Fame Quotes

Humbled by the fact that never in a million years would I ever thought that I would be on the same stage with all these great Hall of Famers and enshrined to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

I've got wealth and fame but I haven't changed my roots.

People always ask me why I still want to play, but I want to know why no one will give me an opportunity. It's like they put a stamp on me: 'Hall of Fame. You're done. That's it.'

I believe some people in this business suffer from fame because they behave in a famous fashion.

Since my induction into the Sports Hall of Fame, I have wanted to have my No. 3 Chevy on exhibit for sports fans to see. I hope others will enjoy the car as much as I have.

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.

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.

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.

Film is an illusion. Fame is ephemeral. Faith and family are what endure.

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.