Fame Quote by Pierre-Jean de Beranger Download Open image “Many have lived on a pedestal who will never have a statue when dead.” — Pierre-Jean de Beranger ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fame Pedestal Statues
The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead. — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
How sad it must be for you to be nothing more than a hollow statue, to have your tomb preserved and your story forgotten. — David Levithan Copy Share Image
There is great incongruity in this idea of monuments, since those to whom they are usually dedicated need no such recognition to embalm their… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I am not concerned about my posthumous fame. Monuments are no good to the dead. — Varg Vikernes Copy Share Image
Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for which they stand. — James Thomson Copy Share Image
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Those only deserve a monument who do not need one; that is, who have raised themselves a monument in the minds and memories of… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“Freedom is the most precious property; I resisted the misery to keep my freedom.” — Pierre-Jean de Béranger Copy Share Image
What divides men is less a difference in ideas than a likeness in pretensions. — Pierre-Jean de Beranger Copy Share Image
A man's reception depends upon his coat; his dismissal upon the wit he shows. — Pierre-Jean de Beranger Copy Share Image
Glory is a shroud that posterity often tears from the shoulders of those who wore it when living. — Pierre-Jean de Beranger Copy Share Image
Adieu! 'tis love's last greeting, The parting hour is come! And fast thy soul is fleeting To seek its starry home. — Pierre-Jean de Beranger Copy Share Image
When in our days Religion is made a political engine, she exposes herself to having her sacred character forgotten. The most tolerant become intolerant… — Pierre-Jean de Beranger Copy Share Image
Gaily! gaily! close our ranks! Arm! Advance! Hope of France! Gaily! gaily! closed our ranks! Onward! Onward! Gauls and Franks! — Pierre-Jean de Beranger Copy Share Image
Most celebrated men live in a condition of prostitution. — Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Copy Share Image
Some people say that 'Drag Race' is about glory and immortalizing yourself in the Hall of Fame. For me, it's about shaking RuPaul down… — Trixie Mattel Copy Share Image
Five World Series rings, 3000-plus hits, the fame, the fortune and playing for the second most historic franchise in baseball... These are just some… — Mookie Betts Copy Share Image
There's nothing like getting feedback that's positive and supportive. That's what I'm all about. I'm really just genuinely doing good music. I'm not looking… — Tiffany Villarreal Copy Share Image
Don't crave fame, do what you do and just apply. I don't think many of them here today are that interested in fashion. Perhaps… — Louise Wilson Copy Share Image
The Baseball Hall of Fame is something every player dreams about, but being a member of God's Hall of Fame is the greatest achievement… — Gary Carter Copy Share Image
I don't want to have anything to do with that: just the fame without personal respect for your privacy. — Lucas Till Copy Share Image
The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a delusion,… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
To become a celebrity is to become a brand name. There is Ivory Soap, Rice Krispies, and Philip Roth. Ivory is the soap that… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such: it is an accident, not a property, of… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Men often mistake notoriety for fame, and would rather be remarked for their vices and follies than not be noticed at all! — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
