Fame Quotes · Page 17

My drive was not to get fame.

— David Essex

You don't want to be a Kardashian.

— Bryan Cranston

I had it all and blew it.

— Mickey Mantle

I'm not the Hollywood type of person.

— Dwight Henry

I don't really consider myself to be famous.

— Victoria Justice

I should like to be famous and unknown.

— Edgar Degas

“Drown those degrading thoughts.”

— Agu Jaachynma N E

For what is glory but the blaze of fame?

— John Milton

You can thank your lucky stars that everything I wish for will never come true.

— Anonymous

Would you believe I was a famous star? It's the truth.

— Hedy Lamarr

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

— Robert Pattinson

It's better to be known as a puppet than pretend not to be a puppet like Nawaz Sharif.

— Subramanian Swamy

Nobody else is going to draw the attention that the Charlo twins will.

— Jermall Charlo

I have no interest in being famous. I just want to make famous photographs.

— David LaChapelle

I never wanted to be famous; that was not my dream. I just like being creative.

— Shenaz Treasury

The applause and the favour of our fellow-men Fan even a spark of genius to a flame.

— Ovid

On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn't be entitled to our political opinions.

— Barbra Streisand

People have this fantasy that it's all just an easy ride if you know someone important. Well, it's not. I've known lots…

— Sondra Locke

When you come, please be so kind as to check your neuroses and psychoses at the gate... Fans and other obnoxious pests…

— Henry Miller

The temple of fame stands upon the grave: the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of great…

— William Hazlitt

I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of 'star' and I didn't particularly want to be portrayed as one.

— Brian Eno

We imagine that the admiration of the works of celebrated men has become common, because the admiration of their names has become…

— William Hazlitt

I've worked with a lot of really famous people. It stops being weird really quickly. For me, at least.

— Zoe Kazan

Belichick, I recognize the fact this is a Hall of Fame coach. He'll go down in history as maybe the greatest football…

— Rex Ryan

I'm not a celebrity or near celebrity. Sometimes people will say, "You're famous" and that stops me right there. What does fame…

— Richard Bach

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

— Adam Clayton

The Golf Hall of Fame is full of players with unusual looking swings. Some of the prettiest swings you've ever seen in…

— Peter Jacobsen

I like traveling and I like not being part of the film world. Especially when you're in the middle of a junket,…

— Martin McDonagh

Celebrities like to pay lip service to causes but rarely do so by putting their lives in peril. And even more rarely…

— Andrew Breitbart

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'm looking through old things of mine, and there was this binder from when I was 14 years old. It is essentially…

— Teyonah Parris

I never wanted fame, of all things, and I'm not just being cheeky. There are benefits that come with being famous, but…

— Grace Park

I'm not into fame and ego.

— Taboo

I don't consider myself a star.

— Andres Iniesta

The whole fame and fortune thing is addictive.

— Jimmy Nail

Try to get at me but my swag wont let you.

— $Teady

Nobody sane wants just to be famous.

— Jamie Dornan

“Going down in history is a dead end pursuit”

— Benny Bellamacina

Fame is a form of misunderstanding.

— Anonymous

There's no crash course on how to be famous.

— Matt Rife