Fame Quotes

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.

I don't need the fame right now; I'm not running from the law.

I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed.

Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.

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.

The fame and reputation part came later, and never was much of a motivator, although it did enable me to work without feeling guilty about neglecting my studies.

Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.

I like this town, it's really great. They've put me in The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. This town is about music. It's about the kind of music I like.

It is to be regretted that few persons who have arrived at any degree of eminence or fame, have written Memorials of themselves, at least such as have embraced their private as well as their public life.

I guess I don't have a proper perspective on my fame; if I did, I don't think I'd like it.

Fame can be just so annoying because people are so critical of you. You can't just say, 'hi'. You say hi and people whisper' man did you see the way she said hi? What an attitude.

Darryl Strawberry has been voted to the Hall of Fame five years in a row.

Otherwise, to be a movie star, it's a lot of compromise and also a lot of headaches. You can't do what you want. You become a prisoner of your fame. This happened to me in France and I don't want it.

A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.

The sooner I get into the Hall of Fame the better.

George Harrison was also a pleasure to work with. He was one of the most famous people I've ever known, but in spite of that fame, he was such a nice and friendly guy.

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

I understand why people achieve a level of fame and disappear, I never understood it before, but it's an attractive prospect to walk away from it all.

A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.

No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

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.