Famous people complain about fame, but they never want to give it back, myself included. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
The real bummer of fame is that at some point you're bound to get demoted. — Paulina Porizkova Copy Share Image
Celebrity doesn't serve me unless it advances the work that I'm doing. — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
If the hall of fame happens, what a tremendous honor. But it's just icing on the cake. — Kurt Warner Copy Share Image
Many actions calculated to procure fame are not conducive to ultimate happiness. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
If you wanna be famous, then it's okay if the music is fake, because fame isn't real. — Josh Homme Copy Share Image
The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to… — Jean Genet Copy Share Image
I actually don't know anyone who wants to be famous for fame's sake, at least not anyone I respect. But you need… — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
Luckily, thanks to the way my parents taught me, I think I can handle the fame in the right manner. — Alessandro Del Piero Copy Share Image
I never took the fame too seriously. It was a great period in my life, but it doesn't define me. — Jonathan Taylor Thomas Copy Share Image
I had my Aunt Rosie, who was famous and then not, so I got a lesson in fame early on. And I… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
I'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I weren't famous. — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
Talent works for money and fame; the motive which moves genius to productivity is, on the other hand, less easy to determine. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
My life is quite normal and for me it helps with my comedy. If you jump headlong into celebrity life it affects… — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
I'm not a celebrity or near celebrity. Sometimes people will say, "You're famous" and that stops me right there. What does fame… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
It's very confusing when fame comes early on in your career. You get a little bit bent out of shape in terms… — Adam Clayton Copy Share Image
There are many mediocre entertainers who don't aspire to much more than fame and glory. It's very easy to have them as… — Carmen Ejogo Copy Share Image
The second death. To think that you died and no one would remember you. I wondered if this was why we tried… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Don’t try to present your art by making other people read or hear or see or touch it; make them feel it.… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
I have found strength where one does not look for it: in simple, mild, and pleasant people, without the least desire to… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Lesson to would-be fame seekers: It's not really a new world when it comes to celebrity. There are no shortcuts. It's still… — Sarah Lacy Copy Share Image
I had some great role models along the way. My on-field heroes were the great Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, and Willie Mays.… — Allan Ray Copy Share Image
I envy that man who passes through life safely, to the world and fame unknown. — Euripides Copy Share Image
“Shun darkness and evil vices for they that embrace them wear off with time!” — Jaachynma N.E. Agu Copy Share Image
I'm not going to give it the big 'I am' now that I'm a New York Times bestseller. — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
I don't crave fame. I mean, it's nice to be recognized. It is useful. — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
Fame and fortune are calling. Are we taking the call or blocking the number? — Nicole Richie Copy Share Image
I know my audience, and they're not people that the studios know anything about. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
Immortal Spenser, no frailty hath thy fame but the imputation of this idiot's friendship! — Thomas Nashe Copy Share Image
What I do is what I like; if I'm not as famous as I'd like to be, I've done it to myself. — Blake Shelton Copy Share Image