Epitaph Quote by Peter Duncan Download Open image ““What's fame, after all? It can be what someone writes on your tombstone.”” — Peter Duncan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Epitaph Fame Time Writing
Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
“Fame. Everyone dreams of fame. You long to live forever, to gain the power of light. But fame is fickle.” — Matt Suddain Copy Share Image
“Certainly fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swoln, and drowns things weighty and solid.” — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“It was supposed to say “Great Artist” on my tombstone, but if I died right now it would say “such a good teacher/daughter/friend” instead;… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
“Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.” — Shannon Alder Copy Share Image
“Fame in our day is too common to be confused with the enduring glow around the deserving book.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“I don't want my life to be defined by what is etched on a tombstone. I want it to be defined by what is… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
“Fame. Everyone dreams of fame. You long to live forever, to gain the power of light. But fame is fickle. One minute you're a young man alone in the universe; the next you're traveling beyond the stars and making grand discoveries; the next you're being ridiculed for proposing it might be possible to travel beyond the boundaries of time and… — Matt Suddain Copy Share
“But fame isn’t what gets me out of bed in the morning. It’s purpose.” — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
“It's one thing to be famous and another thing to be totally controlled by fame.” — Ricky Martin Copy Share Image
If I were to write my epitaph... Epitaph? Hey, shut-up Albert. I'd want to be remembered as someone who loved his sport and tried… — Albert II, Prince of Monaco Copy Share Image
Wouldn’t that make a charming epitaph? Here lies Cat. Killed not by fang, but Ferragamos. — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
Epitaphs are cheap, and they do a poor chap a world of good after he is dead, especially if he had hard luck while… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
"Gun-wielding recluse gunned down by local police" isn't the epitaph I want. I am hoping for "Witnesses reported the sound up to two hundred… — James Nicoll Copy Share Image
I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment.' — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
Our respect for the dead, when they are just dead, is something wonderful, and the way we show it more wonderful still. We show… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
History fades into fable; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy; the inscription molders from the tablet: the statue falls from the pedestal. Columns,… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Either our history shall with full mouth Speak freely of our acts, or else our grave, Like Turkish mute, shall have a tongueless mouth,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Lots of people can have girlfriends. But I can throw around guitars onstage! That'll be my epitaph: 'He never had a girlfriend, but you… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
