Fame Quotes

2089 Fame quotes by 1424 unique authors

I sometimes wonder if the tragedies my family has suffered are a kind of karmic price for all the fame and fortune the Bee Gees… — Robin Gibb
Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Celebrity gives us delusion of self importance. — Al Goldstein
How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens. — Alexander the Great
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character. — Horace Greeley
A lot of celebrities, especially when you're talking about the really big ones, live in what I call the fame bubble. Nobody ever says no… — Kathy Griffin
I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing. — J. Cole
I'm the same kid who used to hop the trains with headphones and just go to downtown Manhattan, walk around and listen to music or… — J. Cole
I've never chased fame. I came into this business to be a theatre actress. I was nine when I first appeared on stage. But I… — Joan Collins
Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over… — Charles Caleb Colton
Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet. — Billy Connolly
I have never wanted to be famous, as such - fame is a by-product. — Steve Coogan
The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it. — Anderson Cooper
When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's what I was… — Francis Ford Coppola
You will never see the four original Pumpkins on stage ever again, unless it's a Hall of Fame thing. But you would never see a… — Billy Corgan
I know I have this level of celebrity, of fame, international, national, whatever you want to call it, but it's a pretty surreal thing to… — Kevin Costner
The human bird shall take his first flight, filling the world with amazement, all writings with his fame, and bringing eternal glory to the nest… — Leonardo da Vinci
Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that… — Davy Crockett
I'm sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If I see a particular need, I do… — Russell Crowe
I had all the fame anyone could want, and I ran away from it. — Macaulay Culkin
All the work built my fame and certainly made me more money, but the toll it took in my home was not good. — Jamie Lee Curtis
Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught up with this rush to be have achieved greatness before… — John Cusack
Fame doesn't end loneliness. — Claire Danes

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