Fame Quotes · Page 146

I have seen really happy people in my life sing really well. Yes, when people get fame, then there's depression.

— Atif Aslam

As a believer just because you gain more fame or authority doesn't mean anything, this means you have more feet to wash

— Andy Stanley

“Why all this deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg, and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out virtue?”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Entertainers wrongly assume that their fame, money, and influence arise from broad knowledge rather than natural talent, looks, or mastery of a…

— Victor Davis Hanson

I am one of the biggest Laura Nyro fans. I still listen to that stuff incessantly. Laura Nyro does not belong in…

— Paul Stanley

Writers get exactly the right amount of fame: just enough to get a good table in a restaurant but not enough so…

— Fran Lebowitz

Once asked if he felt wearied by the constant onslaught of autograph seekers, actor Gregory Peck replied that he would be more…

— Christopher Lee

Everyone just screams and screams and screams. I have accepted it as real now, but it still feels surreal.

— Robert Pattinson

I don't think I'll ever get used to the pressures of fame. I have two-pointsomething million followers on Twitter, and if I…

— Josh Hutcherson

I'm not stupid enough to think that I can deal with another 10 or 15 years of major exposure. I think that…

— George Michael

It seems, in fact, that the more advanced a society is, the greater will be its interest in ruined things, for it…

— Alain de Botton

“I'll never have to give an account for not being more like my favorite celebrity, that shining star in my chosen field…

— Steve Goodier

Through fashion I have shown my interpretation of the competitive spirit by dressing sportsmen and women, choosing to work with both those…

— Giorgio Armani

“Missing what most of the time? The babbling faceless agora, the fame, the parties, the pop of flash bulbs? The lovers, the…

— Peter Heller

I never prayed for no money, and I never prayed for no fame. I said, 'I'll take care of that myself. You…

— Wolfman Jack

O Fame! if I ever took delight in thy praises, Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, Than to see…

— Lord Byron

“You really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.”

— Lady GaGa

If you were to ask me what I want to do - I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to…

— Lady Gaga

Power has got to be the most intoxicating thing in the world—and of all forms of power the most intoxicating is fame.

— Diana Vreeland

“Self pity isn't a trophy or a badge to show off as though you've got the rhythm of cool in your corner.”

— Calvin W. Allison

Time helps a lot. I found the fame thing really was a torment for a while. Then you learn to deal with…

— Mel Gibson

If you become famous but haven't actually achieved anything, then your life has no real meaning - unless you're spectacularly shallow.

— Bill Bailey

I think this whole celebrity world is weird anyway. Weird and funny and kind of pathetic and yet so right for parody.

— Ben Stiller

The good part about being famous is being able to help people. The hard part is every day you have to be…

— Michael Jordan

A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its…

— Benjamin Disraeli

I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.

— Dana Carvey

Everyone is complicated, but when you're famous, you have to be pigeon-holed. By doing different stuff, that's rubbed up in complicated ways…

— David Baddiel

I think, most of the time, fame is just an inconvenience that needs to be negotiated around to get done what you're…

— Charlie Hunnam

You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star, you don't bother…

— Marilyn Horne

The first thing I learned was that even if you have a lot of money and power and fame, you can still…

— Nhat Hanh

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I'm here to fight for the re-education of what celebrity is: to say, 'Yes, we are celebrities, but yes, we're also innovators.…

— Kanye West

Notoriety and public confession in the literary form is a frazzler of the heart you were born with, believe me.

— Jack Kerouac

Sometimes I like [being famous], sometimes I don't. I've always been a people watcher. I like to go to malls and just…

— Drew Carey

There is a mathematical formula to why you got famous. It isn’t some magical thing that just started happening.

— Chad Kroeger

I'm going to be an MVP. I'm going to be Defensive Player of the Year. Not just once, multiple times... And the…

— Thon Maker

We assume that celebrities have it easy and so love to watch them having to endure a bit of hardship.

— Shirley Jones

I can fall in and out of love, have marriages that barely last a month. When they go down the drain, I'll…

— Brad Paisley

All my first dates are interrupted by my fame because every picture taken is a fan that you can gain.

— Drake

I'm not built to be famous, I'm not a star. I'm not special, so being stared at makes me very anxious.

— James Buckley