There is no employment in the world so laborious as that of making to one's self a great name; life ends before… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
People think being famous is fun. It's not. Even a little bit of fame. It's bizarre. It's weird. — Steve Lukather Copy Share Image
It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just… — Ben Kingsley Copy Share Image
There are two ways to lose your anonymity in a society - to either become famous or have a disfigurement so I've… — Adam Pearson Copy Share Image
Now, I don't think I'd particularly care if somebody criticised me for having got to a certain level of success because I'm… — Freddie Fox Copy Share Image
I’m a false icon! The media collaborate in promoting my superficial lifestyle as somehow more valid, more worthy of attention than your… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
It has always been the opinion and judgment of wise men that nothing can be so uncertain as fame or power not… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
You become so encapsulated in this world of being a star. People listen to what you say, you have this voice, it… — Tracey Ullman Copy Share Image
“By being a celebrity, you lose your anonymity. It short-circuits your creative powers when people come up and interrupt your train of… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
For some people, fame kills it and becomes more important than the music or the performance. But for me fame is like… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
One of the things I like about being a celebrity is that you can get away with murder. Not just metaphorically, literally.… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
I'm still working! I think of all the other comics that didn't get the light shined on them, just because it's just… — Louie Anderson Copy Share Image
Self-love is almost always the ruling principle of our friendships. It makes us avoid all our obligations in unprofitable situations, and even… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
I will never do 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' There are certain things you'll do that you have some… — Terry Wogan Copy Share Image
Of course you want to be rich and famous. It's natural. Wealth and fame are what every man desires. The question is:… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The only good thing about fame that I've gotten is I've gotten out of a couple of speeding tickets. I've gotten into… — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
Success is not fame or money or the power to bewitch. it is to have created something valuable from your own individuality… — Charlotte Gray Copy Share Image
Rhode Island has become a second home to me after being involved in its cultural life for over 61 years. I look… — George Wein Copy Share Image
Keep your family and old friends around you. That's what I had done and that's what saved my life when it came… — Barry Manilow Copy Share Image
Fame is often called a deal with the devil. Reality show fame is a really bad deal with the devil. — Jane Velez-Mitchell Copy Share Image
He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite. - Edward George… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
I didn't get into this for fame, I genuinely didn't. I love acting, and I know that's a cliche, but I didn't,… — Kit Harington Copy Share Image
In fame's temple there is always a niche to be found for rich dunces, importunate scoundrels, or successful butchers of the human… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
It's never a good idea for a celebrity to sign autographs or take pictures if a crowd is gathering. — Chevy Chase Copy Share Image
I am never going to be famous...I do not do anything. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
A man may have the best of wealth, cars and fame. But there is nothing more precious in life that he will… — Jean-Claude Van Damme Copy Share Image
I'm the age now that Rock was when he picked me up, so I can understand how he felt - how his… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I always want to talk about real life, not about material possessions. I've got to tell the story of the people for… — Slowthai Copy Share Image
There's only one me. I'm obsessed with pop culture and celebrity. I used to be an actor, I used to be a… — Perez Hilton Copy Share Image
You can win a talent show and be so famous that you can't walk down the street, but no-one knows you next… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't want you for fame. I don't want you for glory. I want you so that, we can make a new… — KM II Copy Share Image
A lot of the celebrities' kids are Jake Paulers, and so they'll run up and say, 'My dad is this person,' 'My… — Jake Paul Copy Share Image
I don't make money on the road, and so there's less and less incentive for me to do it when I don't… — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
Fame is damaging when people become reliant on it for their sense of self, and their identity, when fame is linked to… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
Better than glory, or honors, or fame, (Though I am striving for those to-day) To know that some heart will cherish my… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
Famous people don't want to be told that you have a quality in common with them. It makes them think there's something… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
