Fame Quotes · Page 70

I didn't really want to be a celebrity. It just kind of happened to me.

— Amber Rose

Whatever fame came did so not because I sought it.

— Jo Stafford

It doesn't matter if you're famous or infamous. All that matters is you're a celebrity.

— Willie Geist

I don't think I could think of a single thing that's more isolating than being famous.

— Lady Gaga

Being unknown for the right reasons is far greater than being famous for the wrong reasons.

— Anonymous

Pursuing fame is the ultimate in people-pleasing and the ultimate betrayal of self.

— Justine Bateman

“I know this about celebrity (fame). Glory fades away. It's fickle. It comes and goes.”

— Adolph Caesar

“Fame has replaced the sea as the element of choice for adventure.”

— Alan Moore

Money's a necessary evil, there to give you moments. It gives me things I couldn't have - nice things - but happiness?…

— Dani Alves

It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go…

— Nathan Lane

It is silly to go on pretending that under the skin we are brothers. The truth is more likely that under the…

— Henry Miller

The only reason I wanted to get one [a star on Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame] was because Simon Cowell didn't have…

— Ryan Seacrest

I went to America not for fame or fortune but to be able to communicate with the biggest audience.

— Donovan

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.

— Sallust

It's success, not fame, that is quite addictive. I'm addicted to a lot of things and, as it happens, success is one…

— Robbie Williams

This celebrity thing has been interesting. It's hard to get used to, because I don't see myself as a celebrity.

— Ron Stallworth

There is no friend like the old friend, who has shared our morning days, No greeting like his welcome, no homage like…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

All this fame and money, which have so thrilled me when they came to others, leave me cold when they come to…

— E. M. Forster

I got very famous for a minute and then it just all went away, you know? And for the last 20 years…

— Colin Hay

I'm very expressive, but I'm also a very private person. It is so hard to be private in the entertainment business. I'm…

— Shirley Eaton

“Jesus is the perfect name! He who put away his fame! And persecuted in shame! That you will never be the same!…

— Israelmore Ayivor

I'm already crazy. I'm a fearless person. I think it creeps up on you. I don't think it can be stopped. If…

— Lady Gaga

A man who cannot win fame in big own age will have a very small chance of winning it from posterity. True,…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

I think a lot of people get lost. They start following iconic figures and get drowned in the pool of celebrity. Our…

— Israel Broussard

I would never try to measure fame; I'm really just a regular chick from New Jersey.

— Mj Rodriguez

With fame, I'm able to create more. With every success, you have more freedom to create.

— Cyndi Lauper

I still feel very uncomfortable with the term 'celebrity' because I don't see myself as one.

— Nicole Seah

I was quite shy of fame. It took some getting used to.

— Paul Young

Who builds a church to God and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name.

— Alexander Pope

Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous.

— Kate McKinnon

I consider myself more exportant than important.

— Vanna Bonta

I don't want to just be known for 'Yellowjackets.'

— Sophie Thatcher

You see people all the time who are on hit shows and then you never hear from them again.

— Patricia Heaton

Money-or rather the lack of it to carry out my ideas-may worry me, but it does not excite me.

— Walt Disney

Everybody knows that I don't have a muse. I'm not interested in that.

— Miuccia Prada

I make films for money and fame. But I made 'Kanjeevaram' for recognition.

— Priyadarshan

It's probably healthier to find fame later in life.

— Bill Nighy

Silence, which will save from shame, will also deprive me of fame.

— Igor Stravinsky

I'm not in it for fame. I've been famous in the streets already.

— Nipsey Hussle

I think that 'celebrity' and 'chef' should be a permanent oxymoron.

— Alex Guarnaschelli