Fame Quotes
Fame Quote of the day
Though you can get smart from reading everything that a smart person writes, you cannot get famous from reading about everything that a famous person does or is said to have done.
The name of a great writer is usually bigger than the title of his book. Both literally and figuratively.
Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.
The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.
Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.
Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.
Fame Imperishable and glory that will never die -- that is what we march for!
I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is "In 15 minutes everybody will be famous.
Kleos is sometimes translated as "acoustic renown" the spreading renown you get from people talking about your exploits. It's a bit like having a large Twitter following.
Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
The charm of fame is so great, that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.
I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.
He was the best shot in India, and I expect that there are few better in London. Have you heard the name?''No, I have not.''Well, well, such is fame!
Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it!
For I see not what there is desirable in publick esteeme, were I able to acquire & maintaine it. It would perhaps increase my acquaintance, the thing which I chiefly study to decline.
The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.
Spurious fame spreads from tongue to tongue like the fog of the early dawn before the sun rises.
I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness And from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting.
Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
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.
The best fame is a writer's fame. It's enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough to get you interrupted when you eat.
Fame means being respected by everybody, or having some quality that is desired by all men, or by most, or by the good, or by the wise.
