Fame Quotes · Page 160

I came into quite a bit of fame and money at an early age. Quite frankly, I didn't handle it all that…

— Chipper Jones

We worship education but hate learning. We worship success but hate the successful. We worship fame but hate the famous.

— Florence King

With fame there is a crosswire between intensity and intimacy. You have decoy intimacy, but you are also very much alone.

— Mike Myers

“Italian-Americans in New York had not been in much of a flag-waving mood prior to DiMaggio's arrival. By the All-Star break, the…

— Jonathan Eig

That has always seemed to me one of the stranger aspects of literary fame: you prove your competence as a writer and…

— J. M. Coetzee

The Songwriters Hall of fame, that's the one all the big-time writers get into, the really great stuff, the Broadway stuff and…

— John Prine

They say fame is important and that maintaining your fame is even more important. But to me, the most important thing is…

— Juan Gabriel

The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished…

— Sallust

I suppose I should understand it [fame] better by this point, but I really don't.

— Robert Pattinson

He who has lost confidence can lose nothing more.

— Pierre-Claude-Victor Boiste

For my fans around the world, I am pleased to be joining the WWE Hall of Fame, especially at Madison Square Garden.

— Bruno Sammartino

I dont have a problem with fame. I got into this business intending to be very successful, but I wanted it to…

— Jason Patric

The funniest thing is when somebody says "Look I've no idea who you are but my friend said you are on a…

— Matthew Perry

I worked for [Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductee] Tommy Hunter. It was a wonderful training program at the CBC, because…

— Alan Thicke

“Not marble nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme, But you shall shine more bright in these contents…

— William Shakespeare

“A breeze ruffled the neat hedges of Privet Drive, which lay silent and tidy under the inky sky, the very last place…

— J.K. Rowling

I think the production thing was a stroke of luck really. But for me, I had to do it, as it was…

— Jazzie B

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.

— Erma Bombeck

I'm not a famous director yet, and I'm not into fame. I like to just work. As a director, as an actor,…

— Tommy Wiseau

A root is a flower that disdains fame.

— Khalil Gibran

He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame;…

— Edmund Burke

From my position, obviously I want to maximise my potential and go as far as I can go and as high as…

— Andre Ward

I love acting, but I'm not too crazy about money or fame. They don't drive me.

— Samantha Akkineni

I wanted to resign from the planet, not just music. It stopped being fun with success. Money got in the way. Everybody…

— Artie Shaw

I am humbled that Arnold Schwarzenegger will be inducting me into the WWE Hall of Fame. The kindness and support that Arnold…

— Bruno Sammartino