Fame Quotes

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name!

Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.

People are looking for fame or a focus, and I can't provide that.

I'm the age now that Rock was when he picked me up, so I can understand how he felt - how his fame limited his freedom. You get kinder as you go along.

There is no schooling for fame and success. You learn as you walk.

My real big Internet claim to fame is the fact that I was first to jailbreak the iPhone.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Whatever fame came did so not because I sought it.

Fame attracts lunatics.

If you're a musician or actor, you know that if you're successful, some level of fame goes along with that. You're prepared. But how often does that happen to a programmer?

There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work.

It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the '50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change!

I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled, and thanks to money and fame, I didn't have to go far to find them.

Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers.

Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his friendly company and instruction.

I've done all this stuff because it's fun. It's never been about fame.

Michael Jackson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It caused quite a controversy, because his nose isn't eligible for another fifteen years.

Fame does lead to money, which I don't have a close relationship with. I'm the kind of guy who never sees the money - it all goes somewhere else. I don't understand it, I don't like to deal with it. I have a fear of not having it, because I grew up without it.

I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom.

I know I have this level of celebrity, of fame, international, national, whatever you want to call it, but it's a pretty surreal thing to think sometimes that you're in the middle of another famous person's life and you think to yourself, 'How the hell did I get famous? What is this some weird club that we're in?'

I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have good friends; that's the good stuff in life.

I respect the Hall of Fame, and if they think that I'm worthy enough, I would be very honored. And if they don't, I gave it all that I had to this game.

I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.

My drum sticks are in the "Hall of Fame." I know that.

A lot of people are like, 'So you want to be famous.' And I'm like, 'No, I want to be good at my craft. I don't care about fame, I don't care if I even ever make it. As long as people know what I am as an actress in this business, I'm set for my career right now.'

Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.

I don't even think about fame at all.

Getting buried alive will always be my claim to fame.