Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Many have lived on a pedestal who will never have a statue when dead. — Pierre-Jean de Beranger Copy Share Image
“€7,500, first-class, everything—and all that for 40 minutes selling them some old stuff.” — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
To be perfectly honest, I feel I have a duty to use my celebrity status in a positive way. — David Schwimmer Copy Share Image
I didn't get into making music for the fame aspect. There are people who do desire that. — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
I never stopped and worked so hard to get the fame and money I deserved. — Shehnaaz Gill Copy Share Image
Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Looking at the proliferation of personal web pages on the net, it looks like very soon everyone on earth will have 15… — M G Siriam Copy Share Image
Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in the fantasies of people who have never… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
I don't ever want to be hugely famous because I had a little taste of it after 'East Is East' and 'Bend… — Archie Panjabi Copy Share Image
Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our… — Herodotus Copy Share Image
If fame belonged to me, I could not escape her; if she did not, the longest day would pass me on the… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
Of course the rich and famous tend to have more going on in their lives than ordinary people, but they aren't always… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
The downside of being a celebrity is that people kind of know about you, and you really don't need them to know… — Jason Alexander Copy Share Image
My father was into fame and leaving his mark. He was a city planner, sort of a genius in that world, the… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
Since the day I finished shooting there's been at least one person come up to me every single day and then after… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary: it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It's hard to absorb and to allow all that attention and accolades for 'Rent' because the rest of the country doesn't know… — Idina Menzel Copy Share Image
I feel like a celebrity is someone who sits and takes pictures with people 'cause they love themselves and how they look… — Machine Gun Kelly Copy Share Image
The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve… — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
Think about it. For the sake of fame, men will risk great dangers. They put themselves in the jaws of death more… — Karen Essex Copy Share Image
There are all these tests that are done on young kids and they all say they want to be famous but I… — Katie Melua Copy Share Image
Fame was not at all what it was cracked up to be, as far as I was concerned. — Dave Madden Copy Share Image
Dont confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other. — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
You can read about yourself but what's important is how you feel about yourself. — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it. — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
I love a good party - but I'm not all that attracted to a celebrity lifestyle. — Hozier Copy Share Image
To have fame follow us is well, but it is not a desirable avant-courier. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image