Fame Quotes

Fame and secrecy are the high and low ends of the same fascination.

Fame is a by-product. It's not a goal. What matters is loving your work and loving what you do

Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.

I will calmly wait for my induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Don't I have the numbers to be inducted?

Talent works for money and fame; the motive which moves genius to productivity is, on the other hand, less easy to determine.

To have people like my work, even if it's my old work, I can't ask for nothing nicer than that.

The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.

A good reputation is better than fame.

Time is, after all, the greatest of poets; and the sons of Memory stand a better chance of being the heirs of Fame.

Who to patch up his fame, or fill his purse, Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse; Like gypsies, lest the stolen brat be known, Defacing first, then claiming for his own.

When you become famous, they don't give you a handbook.

Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt.

I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.

Fame won't make you feel any better about yourself.

Women can resist a man's love, a man's fame, a man's personal appearance, and a man's money, but they cannot resist a man's tongue when he knows how to talk to them.

There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work.

Some people are foolish enough to imagine that wealth and power and fame satisfy our hearts: but they never do, unless they are used to create and distribute happiness in the world.

Fame is proof that the people are gullible.

Let us rejoice at the many unexplored fields in which there is unlimited fame and fortune to the successful explorer . . .

Men often mistake notoriety for fame, and would rather be remarked for their vices and follies than not be noticed at all!

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

Fame is the beauty parlor of the dead.

Fame is a weird one. You need to distance yourself from it. People see a value in you that you don't see yourself.

The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.

I want to change the world, and do something valuable and beautiful. I want people to remember me before I'm dead, and then more afterwards.

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.

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

One of the drawbacks of Fame is that one can never escape from it.

Not to know me argues yourselves unknown.

Taking the way that opens, even if it seems hardly more than a footpath, not infrequently leads to the highways of heart's desire, if not to fame and fortune.

You will never see the four original Pumpkins on stage ever again, unless it's a Hall of Fame thing. But you would never see a tour. There's so much damage, there's no way.

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise

You have money, fame, youth, beauty, talent. That's a good start... for feeling good.

All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly.

After all, what does fame everlasting mean? Mere vanity.

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.

People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.

Getting buried alive will always be my claim to fame.

But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.

The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there.

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

Even the best things are not equal to their fame.

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."

Know the difference between success and fame. Success is Mother Teresa. Fame is Madonna.

She is best who is least spoken of among men, whether for good or evil.

Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit.

Fame is like getting across the street. It's like, if there's nothing to be across the street for, it's a pointless destination.

Better and sweeter than health, or friends, or money, or fame, or ease, or prosperity, is the adorable will of our God.

Michael Jackson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It caused quite a controversy, because his nose isn't eligible for another fifteen years.

I believe my arrival was most welcome, not only to the Commander of the Fleet but almost to every individual in it.