Fame Quotes

I am so proud to be the Baltimore Ravens' first Hall of Fame inductee.

Fame has always been a downside to acting for me. It gives me the creeps.

Fame's carapace does not allow for easy breathing.

I don't think fame changes people. People change as they gather more experiences and information about life.

It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should collapse in ruin.

All fame is is having people you don't know coming up to you and saying, 'Hello.' I'm always polite and people are always nice, but it's weird.

Authentic stardom ... is a gift which, if it is to have any permanent significance, must be bestowed by a public rather than a manager.

I don't think I have even achieved fame. Of course, Hemingway says that fame is death's little sister.

The nights seem to me too long... I am often scolded by Madame Pasteur, but I tell her I shall lead her to fame.

Artists should never think of themselves as an idol. Fame is a side effect of one's work.

I think that being thrown into instant fame must be, at times, difficult.

A wise beautiful lake never desires to be famous, because fame dirty it! To remain pure, distance yourself from the reputation!

Everything in the media is fleeting. Don't get the wrong idea. Fame is when you're still the hot topic next week or even the week after.

My fame came from my success as a country music singer.

WWE asked me to be in the Hall of Fame, and I turned it down. You know why? They put Pete Rose in the wrestling Hall of Fame. This guy can't even get into his own Hall of Fame.

I don't deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn't deserve that, either. So I'll keep it.

The thing about fame, is you never think it's going to happen to you. So when it does, it's sort of a shock. Some people are just better at it than others.

I'll probably go to London and hide.

I never do anything normal anyway. I just get other people to do it now.

I suppose I should understand it [fame] better by this point, but I really don't.

The TV provides pictures, therefore creates fame, and that's what makes it seductive to a lot of people. They want to be famous. They want to be recognized. And I've gotten all that out of my system.

When first the college rolls receive his name, The young enthusiast quilts his ease for fame; Through all his veins the fever of renown Burns from the strong contagion of the gown

Writers write for fame, wealth, power and the love of women.

I've seen many of my contemporaries become superstars, and the way fame and fortune starts to really affect the way they treat other people, and I think it's ugly.

Fame sweeps you away. I had to go home every six months to remember who I am.

I do think fame can distort reality. I've always felt that.

You see somewhere along the way, we've allowed the pursuit of fame and things to blind us to the issues that prevent us from moving upward.

Fame is weird and amorphous and unpredictable.

I am so happy and proud to learn of Hideo Nomo's election to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. He was quite a pitcher and competitor, but he is also a very special and caring person.

I just want to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, so that when I'm long gone my great-great-grandchildren can walk up to it and say, "That's my ancestor." That will be my legacy.

I can never really enjoy being famous.

Men seek fame and high places only to learn that they were happier in obscurity

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.

If anybody gets highbrow around the studio, out he goes.

Fame Imperishable and glory that will never die -- that is what we march for!

The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse.

Fame and fortune are calling. Are we taking the call or blocking the number?

It'd be great to be so famous that if I murder someone, I will never, ever, ever serve any jail time, even if it's totally obvious to everyone that I did it.

Tut, tut — fame clearly isn't everything.

A kind of banalization of celebrity has occurred: we are now offered an instant, ready-to-mix fame as nutritious as packet soup.

Foolish names and foolish faces often appear in public places.

What a waste of time to be posthumously famous.

If fame came near to you to get you, you must run away from it very fast! Because this is a matter of freedom and captivity!

Notoriety wasn't as good as fame, but was heaps better than obscurity.

Men are much more unwilling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known than their crimes.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

It is strange how the memory of a man may float to posterity on what he would have himself regarded as the most trifling of his works.

Fame is O.K. I hate it, but it's O.K. I'm beginning to understand how I can be hidden. It's an attitude.

That's one of the cool things about fame. You have an affect on society and where it goes.