Famous Quote by Lawrence Welk

It's a great experience just to understand that finally being well known is not the most important thing.

— Rokia Traore

I got a lot of notoriety early on. Much of my career I was just trying to prove I was as good as the…

— Kip Thorne

If anyone has followed my career, they know that there's been a lot of obstacles and a lot of ups and down through my…

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.

— William Hurt

The main downside was that it [fame] happened so quickly and I didn't have time to establish what kind of person I wanted to…

— George Michael

I think I was very lucky that I didn't get well-known until my early thirties. If it had happened when I was younger, you…

— Eric McCormack

It took me years to learn to deal with the realities of fame and success. It's hard work sometimes but clearly the pluses outweigh…

— Mick Hucknall

Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world,…

— Larry Hagman

I've had some wonderful successes and some extreme disappointments in my career and my life.

— Joyce Maynard

I'm astonished by my success. I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.

— Danielle Steel

I've learned how to be famous and a lot of people don't prepare for it and it's something that can change life for the…

— Israel Adesanya

I had to learn to trust people, and I realized that success was going to be born in hiring really bright people - very…

— Kenneth C. Griffin