Fame Quotes

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.

If you want me in the Hall of Fame put me in because of some contributions that I have made to country music.

It's been a tremendous ride. My 15 years, my 15 minutes of fame, is up.

Acting is a win-win situation. There is no risk involved. That's why I get tired of hearing actors who try to make out that there's a downside to it. Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad.

I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on to be the art director of Discover for many years.

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.

I'll take anyway to get into the Hall of Fame. If they want a batboy, I'll go in as a batboy.

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.

I think Ray Guy and John Madden for sure should be in the Hall of Fame and Cliff Branch should be as well.

If I should get selected into the Hall of Fame, I'd be able to say 'thank you' to all the legends that are in the Hall of Fame. And also say thank you to my teammates, and also to all the fans. It's going to be like a dream come true.

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.

Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.

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.

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.