Certainly fame is like a river, that beareth up things…

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

— Francis Bacon

I never set out to achieve anything, certainly not fame like this,I still have to deal with how to actually make my life work.

— Robert Pattinson

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle…

— Francis Bacon

Fame is like a big eraser. It's strange, now that I'm famous. In my parents' opinion, all the shitty things - all the wreckage…

— Bobcat Goldthwait

I don't care about money or fame or anything like that, but it would be a perk

— Lucas Grabeel

It's very confusing when fame comes early on in your career. You get a little bit bent out of shape in terms of what's…

— Adam Clayton

Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.

— Adam Clayton

I'm drawn to dark characters, and to things that are really weighty.

— Tony Vincent

Take it not amiss, O speech, that I borrow weighty words, and later try hard to make them seem light.

— Wislawa Szymborska

“An obese ego is just about the heaviest thing you’ll ever carry. So maybe you should stop feeding it.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“In a patriarchal society, one of the most important functions of the institution of the family is to make feel like a somebody whenever…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“If you're down to earth in spite of being the most powerful being, then I think there is no soul in the world who…

— Shivam Chaudhary

The anger of those in authority is always weighty.

— Seneca the Younger

Guns N' Roses is a weighty subject, but in the same breath, I don't take it that seriously.

— Duff McKagan

I don't feel any kind of a responsibility (other than to myself) to write "weighty" lyrics. In fact I sometimes wish I could learn…

— Stuart Adamson