Motivational Quotes

Fame

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

- Shakespeare, William

Best Quotes about Fame

1.

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

Parkinson, Cecil

2.

Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such; it is an accident, not a property of man.

Carlyle, Thomas

3.

Famous I don't know about. It's hard to be famous and alive. I just want to play music every day and hear someone say,'Thanks, that was great, here's some money, same time tomorrow, okay?'

Terry Pratchett

4.

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

Caussin, Nicolas

5.

The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured mathematically, and it is independent of persons.

Sontag, Susan

6.

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

Erasmus, Desiderius

7.

We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.

Davis, Bette

8.

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

Morrison, Van

9.

I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.

Martial, Marcus Valerius

10.

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

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

11.

Heartthrobs are a dime a dozen.

Pitt, Brad

12.

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

13.

Celebrity is never more admired than by the negligent.

Shakespeare, William

14.

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

Nabokov, Vladimir

15.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

16.

It's going to come true like you knew it, but it's not going to feel like you think.

Rosie O'Donnell

17.

Popular applause veers with the wind.

Bright, John

18.

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.

Bacon, Francis

19.

To become a celebrity is to become a brand name. There is Ivory Soap, Rice Krispies, and Philip Roth. Ivory is the soap that floats; Rice Krispies the breakfast cereal that goes snap-crackle-pop; Philip Roth the Jew who masturbates with a piece of liver.

Roth, Philip

20.

If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.

J. K. Rowling

21.

We always hear about the haves and the have-nots. Why don't we hear about the doers and the do-nots.

Sewell, Thomas

22.

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

Dave Kellett

23.

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

Boorstin, Daniel J.

24.

Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.

Rivarol, Antoine

25.

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

Warhol, Andy

26.

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

Madonna

27.

I want to be famous everywhere.

Pavarotti, Luciano

28.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

29.

Sometimes I wish I weren't famous.

Wynette, Tammy

30.

Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experienced, but that's not where I live.

Monroe, Marilyn

31.

Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.

Auden, W. H.

32.

If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.

Martial, Marcus Valerius

33.

I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.

Huxley, Aldous

34.

A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear.

Nicholson, Jack

35.

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

William Shakespeare

36.

Men's fame is like their hair, which grows after they are dead, and with just as little use to them.

Villiers, George

37.

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..

Rostand, Jean

38.

A celebrity is a person who works hard all of their life to become well known, and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.

Allen, Fred A.

39.

I must say, I don't feel very qualified to be a pop star. I feel very awkward at times in the role.

Bono, Edward De

40.

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

Lessing, Doris

41.

Who would wish to be among the commonplace crowd of the little famous -- who are each individually lost in a throng made up of themselves?

Keats, John

42.

Riches: A dream in the night. Fame: A gull floating on water.

Proverb, Chinese

43.

Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being somebody, to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his over-animation. One can either see or be seen.

Updike, John

44.

To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten.

Cioran, E. M.

45.

I was the only one there I never heard of.

Farber, Barry J.

46.

May the countryside and the gliding valley streams content me. Lost to fame, let me love river and woodland.

Maro, Virgil Publius Vergilius

47.

Fame is a constant effort