Motivational Quotes

Fame

The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.

- Schopenhauer, Arthur

Best Quotes about Fame

1.

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

Lessing, Doris

2.

Few people rise to our esteem upon closer scrutiny.

Proverb, French

3.

A sign of celebrity is often that their name is worth more than their services.

Boorstin, Daniel J.

4.

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!

Crockett, Davy

5.

The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

6.

The difference between great celebrities and the unknown is the former failed and yet went at it again; the latter gave up in despair.

7.

There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who let well enough alone.

Ellinger, Jules

8.

When you can do the common things in life in a uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

Carver, George Washington

9.

I won't be happy till I'm as famous as God.

Madonna

10.

Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead.

Colton, Charles Caleb

11.

What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.

Erasmus, Desiderius

12.

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.

Bruyere, Jean De La

13.

The day will come when everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.

Warhol, Andy

14.

Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till by broad spreading it disperses to naught.

William Shakespeare

15.

It is a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.

Nabokov, Vladimir

16.

It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

17.

Fame is an illusive thing -- here today, gone tomorrow. The fickle, shallow mob raises its heroes to the pinnacle of approval today and hurls them into oblivion tomorrow at the slightest whim; cheers today, hisses tomorrow; utter forgetfulness in a few months.

Miller, Henry

18.

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

19.

It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.

Caussin, Nicolas

20.

Time hath a wallet at his back, wherein he puts. Alms for oblivion, a great-sized monster of ingratitudes.

Shakespeare, William

21.

Fame is only good for one thing-they will cash your check in a small town.

Capote, Truman

22.

Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous.

Johnson, Don

23.

People should realize we're jerks just like them.

Bono, Edward De

24.

Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.

Spinoza, Baruch (Benedict de)

25.

Even the best things are not equal to their fame.

Thoreau, Henry David

26.

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

27.

I had it all and blew it.

Mantle, Mickey

28.

The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

29.

My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices. I have flattered no ruling powers; I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me.

Byron, Lord

30.

Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else.

Bennett, Alan

31.

What desire for fame attends both great and small; better be damned than mentioned not at all!

Wolcot, John

32.

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

33.

He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.

Chuang-tzu

34.

If I'm such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you've got somebody around who loves you.

Garland, Judy

35.

You can't choose what you're famous for in life.

Dave Kellett

36.

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

Cato The Elder

37.

It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.

Parkinson, Cecil

38.

Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us.

Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De

39.

Living in L.A., everyone likes to mold you and change you. I don't care about fame, I don't care about being a celebrity. I know that's part of the job, but I don't feed into anyone's idea of who I should be.

Jessica Alba

40.

The love of glory gives an immense stimulus.

Ovid

41.

Celebrity is never more admired than by the negligent.

Shakespeare, William

42.

'Tis the white stag, Fame, we're a-hunting, bid the world's hounds come to horn!

Pound, Ezra

43.

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.