Famous Quotes

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If we lacked curiosity, we should do less for the good of our neighbor. But, under the name of duty or pity, curiosity steals into… — Friedrich Nietzsche
We must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the great principles of freedom and the rights of man which are the joint inheritance of… — Winston Churchill
Whereas you have someone like Houdini, who works really, really hard to get really, really famous, and then has actual intellectual ideas that he puts… — Penn Jillette
Congratulation s to my friends and all the team of famous the Dance of the Vampires! As the Chagal of the German production, I'm so… — Jerzy Jeszke
The usefulness of madmen is famous: they demonstrate society's logic flagrantly carried out down to its last scrimshaw scrap. — Cynthia Ozick
Being a famous writer is a little like being a tall dwarf. You're on the edge of normality. — John Updike
I'm famous for splurging at fast-food places. I'm currently obsessed with Taco Bell's bean and cheese burritos with extra green sauce and extra cheese. Gluttony! — Fergie
The attribution of a speaker is in fact a part of the quotation. Some statements simply are better if a certain famous person said them. — Gary Saul Morson
In a speech, the columnist Charles Krauthammer.... offered a new version of Socrates' famous saying, "The unexamined life is not worth living." In our age… — John Leo
I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me. — Haile Gebrselassie
Towns are full of people, houses full of tenants, hotels full of guests, trains full of travelers, cafés full of customers, parks full of promenaders,… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Rich parents are famous both for miserliness and astonishing longevity. And, when they finally do die, you'll find they've left their estate in inviolate trust… — P.J. O'Rourke
I wanted to be a rich, famous rock-and-roll star in that order. — Dee Snider
The famous are balloons far up in the sky, to be envied for their quiet freedom or shot down as enemies. — Arthur Miller
When a place advertises itself as 'World Famous,' you may be sure it isn't. — Herb Caen
The famous Florentine elegance, which attracts tourists to the shops on Via Tornabuoni and Via della Vigna Nuova, is characterized by austerity of line, simplicity,… — Mary McCarthy
The famous carry about with them a great weight of patriarchal baggage-the footnotes of their lives. — Elizabeth Hardwick
I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning… — Eddie Van Halen
I don't have this feeling like, 'Oh, I want to live in the United States and make movies and become famous just because the money… — Diego Luna
I worked on scores. I went to the musical library in Berlin which is very famous. I discovered that we had scores of Beethoven, printed… — Kurt Masur
All I say is that I don't go out with famous men. — Samantha Mumba
There's so many things I want to do. I want to work with great filmmakers, great actors, great scripts. And there's no reason for me… — Tobey Maguire
In a school where everyone is famous or rich or whatever, you have a culture, 'What does your dad do?' 'What does your mom do? — Cynthia Nixon
I was getting a lot of editorial, as in lots of pages in 'Vogue,' but it's far more important to get your dresses on the… — Bruce Oldfield
I also want to go to an Italian island and do cuisine properly with some famous Italian chef and, like, his mother. — Elizabeth Olsen

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