Fame Quotes · Page 101

But here in the struggle for fame and pelf I want to be able to like myself. I don't want to look…

— Edgar Guest

We have always pretensions to fame which, in our own hearts, we know to be disputable.

— Samuel Johnson

Fame often comes to those who are thinking about something else, whereas celebrity comes to those who think about nothing else. Celebrity…

— Phillip Adams

2007 began on a high for me because I had the honour of having my name added the Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame.

— Halle Berry

I'm famous now. But now that I've got fame and some of the other things I thought would make me happy -…

— Russell Brand

What good is the money and the fame if you're not changing anything?

— Naughty Boy

OBLIVION, n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's eternal dumping…

— Ambrose Bierce

Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don't want it to happen to me.

— Shakira

A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous…

— Van Morrison

If you are born with fame, it is an accident. If you die with fame, it is an achievement.

— Abdul Kalam

I made it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But all I want in this world is for my kids to…

— Jason Taylor

Fame, they tell you, is air; but without air there is no life for any; without fame there is none for the…

— Walter Savage Landor

Luckily, thanks to the way my parents taught me, I think I can handle the fame in the right manner.

— Alessandro Del Piero

I'm not a rock star. Sure I am, to a certain extent because of the situation, but when kids ask me how…

— Eddie Van Halen

To be honored with the WWE Hall of Fame, I cannot put into words how big it is for me.

— Bruno Sammartino

I've always warned my clients about fame being very dangerous, and unfortunately, they need to be famous to make a living, but…

— Shep Gordon

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

— Francis Bacon

I loved sports, but I excelled at basketball. We'd nail an old crate onto a wooden board and that was our basket…

— Dawn Staley

All the best reasons for going into politics never really change: the desire for glory and fame and the chance to do…

— Michael Ignatieff

Just so people know, the Silverlake Conservatory of Music is not at all about celebrity or fame or being a star. It's…

— Flea

If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you…

— Patrick Swayze

Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.

— Alan Hirsch

All hunt for fame, but most mistake the way.

— Charles Churchill

The problem with fame is you no longer belong to you. You lose your persona and become the object of other people's…

— Dionne Warwick

Artists are able to do well in the political arena because of fame, if only they can educate themselves.

— Ronee Blakley

I hope this doesn't sound pompous but I don't think of myself as famous, whatever fame I've got has come through what…

— Peter Cushing

I feel really honoured to be in the Walk of Fame in Birmingham with so many great people already like Ozzy Osbourne.

— Ellie Simmonds

I've wanted recognition; I wanted success; I wanted appreciation; I love the perks of being in the movies. I love the fame…

— Vidya Balan

I was lucky to be with Johnny... he taught me a lot about fame.

— Kate Moss

Fame can take a toll on your personal life. Half of us were in short-lived marriages or not married at all. When…

— Big Bank Hank

I feel like fame is wasted on me.

— Ben Affleck

Ben's Mr. Market allegory may seem out-of-date in today's investment world, in which most professionals and academicians talk of efficient markets, dynamic…

— Warren Buffett

I'm a normal working actor - just the way I want it. I have never been the one to want the fame…

— Tony Revolori

The difference between great celebrities and the unknown is the former failed and yet went at it again; the latter gave up…

— Anonymous

Never gonna know if you never even try !!

— The Script

If I can still be successful making films and no-one will ever know me, then that would be great. Because we (actors)…

— Channing Tatum

I actually can't think of anything worse than being famous... Fame really distorts your perception of yourself.

— Edie Campbell

I think fame can come and go.

— Ashley Tisdale

You always question people's intentions. That may be a combination of having money, having fame, and being a little older.

— Matt LeBlanc

As an athlete, you choose your sport and are drawn into it but your passion should never be driven by fame and…

— Katarina Witt