Fame Quotes

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I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry themselves about style,… — Pietro Aretino
Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous. — Lucius Accius
Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud. — Wystan Hugh Auden
I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new generation being the… — Dan Aykroyd
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. — Francis Bacon
Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it… — Francis Bacon
Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent. — Kevin Bacon
I take things like honor and loyalty seriously. It's more important to me than any materialistic thing or any fame I could have. — Lloyd Banks
I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous. — Tyra Banks
There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how… — George Matthew Adams
Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may have all these and yet… — George Matthew Adams
I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy. — Brigitte Bardot
One thing about being famous is the people around you, you pay all their bills so they very rarely disagree with you because they want… — Charles Barkley
The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of that highest art in music… — P T Barnum
The end of my addiction to fame happened at the exact moment 'Roseanne' dropped out of the top ten, in the seventh of our nine… — Roseanne Barr
I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have good friends; that's… — Drew Barrymore
I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot. — Jean-Michel Basquiat
Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a romantic… — Jean-Michel Basquiat
Tom Cruise, he's a lot more famous than me. — David Beckham
I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do was sing. I don't want… — Adele

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