Fame Quotes

2089 Fame quotes by 1424 unique authors

The famous balance of nature is the most extraordinary of all cybernetic systems. Left to itself, it is always self-regulated. — Joseph Wood Krutch
When you are famous it is hard to work on small problems. This is what did [Claude Elwood] Shannon in. After information theory, what do… — Richard Hamming
Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up. — Tacitus
Do not seek fame. Do not make plans. Do not be absorbed by activities. Do not think that you know. Be aware of all that… — Zhuangzi
Famous archer, Howard Hill won all of the 267 archery contests he entered. He could hit a bullseye at 50 feet, then split first arrow… — Zig Ziglar
You have available to you, right now, a powerful supercomputer. This powerful tool has been used through-out history to take people from rags to riches,… — Brian Tracy
A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may… — Denis Waitley
I have watched this famous island descending incontinently, fecklessly, the stairway which lead to a dark gulf. — Winston Churchill
A famous man is Robin Hood, The English ballad-singer's joy. — William Wordsworth
The temple of fame stands upon the grave: the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of great men. — William Hazlitt
He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius. — William Gilmore Simms
Sometimes I find myself thinking, rather wistfully, about Lao Tzu's famous dictum: 'Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish.' All around… — William Carlos Williams
The brawling of a sparrow in the eaves The brilliant moon and all the milky sky And all that famous harmony of leaves Had blotted… — William Butler Yeats
In the construction of Immortal Fame you need first of all a cosmic shamelessness. — Umberto Eco
The whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men. — Thucydides
Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth,… — Thomas Gray
But whither am I strayed? I need not raise Trophies to thee from other men's dispraise; Nor is thy fame on lesser ruins built; Nor… — John Denham
If to die honorably is the greatest Part of virtue, for us fate's done her best. Because we fought to crown Greece with freedom We… — Simonides of Ceos
Bond's introduction: "Bond. James Bond." Repeated in 17 subsequent Bond films. Number One in the Top Ten Most Famous Movie Quotes. -The Guinness Book of… — Sean Connery
And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win. "But what good came of it at last?" Quoth little Peterkin. "Why, that I… — Robert Southey

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