Fame Quotes

Acquaintance lessens fame.

I wanted fame, but I thought it would be incremental, and I became afraid of the overnight-sensation thing.

I've never been driven by fame or money or anything like that. It's never been part of my psyche.

I think the concept of seeking fame and fortune in women's football in the States is a bit idyllic. Look at all the teams in America that have folded, and the leagues.

To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten.

Acting is a life experience. I'm always learning things when I'm making a movie. So the fame part of it is fine when you consider what you get out of this job.

I've been through this fame thing before, when the band was big in '80, '81.

Who would not rather have the fame of Archimedes than that of his conqueror Marcellus?

Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.

I think anybody who's famous has to deal with their fame in their own way, and I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who's looking out into the world of celebrity obsession.

Fame is empowering. My mistake was that I thought I would instinctively know how to handle it. But there's no manual, no training course.

At a certain point, if you work really hard and you get good and people like your work, you do deserve the fame - but you shouldn't take it for granted.

Money and fame made me believe I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish.

Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off.

The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there.

I never really enjoyed the fame stuff.

Fame changes a lot of things, but it can't change a lightbulb.

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.

I'm not in the leftist controlled Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because of my political views, primarily my lifelong militant support of the NRA, the Second Amendment, and my belief that the only good bad guy is a dead bad guy.

Personally, fame never really played any part in our family life.

I'm glad that he's got all this behind him. And I'm pretty sure that there's a lot of people - and there are certain people that don't report the news accurate for their own personal fame and gain. And they know who they are.

Fame is a lot of pressure, especially when you're responsible for your entire family. Financially, emotionally - everything.

People can get certain good things out of fame, but until it killed a princess nobody ever talked about how bad it can be.

Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it.

I actually work at my craft, and I actually want to be the best in my category, and I want to be a true actress. And a lot of people just want fame, and there's a huge difference.

You can take Elvis. You can take Marilyn Monroe. Success and fame will not be the answer if something inside of you is bothering you, if things in your mind aren't going right.

I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic.

I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it.

Fame can be annoying, but there are perks too.

Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth you waken then you begin to live.