Integrity of life is fame's best friend, which nobly, beyond death, shall crown in the end.
~By John Webster ~
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.
~By Jean de la Bruyere ~
For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.
~By Aeschylus ~
I'm over it. You strive to win a Super Bowl and you do everything you can to get there. But being in the Hall of Fame, you never play for that honor. It's incredible.
~By Dan Fouts ~
If you're a musician or actor, you know that if you're successful, some level of fame goes along with that. You're prepared. But how often does that happen to a programmer?
~By Shawn Fanning ~
One of the drawbacks of fame is that one can never escape from it.
~By Nellie Melba ~
A self made man is a rarity and hated by the parasites that floated to fame thought their parents, relatives and contacts.
~By Al Goldstein ~
Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.
~By Antoine Rivarol ~
No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.
~By Charles Sumner ~
I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the One-Hit Wonder Wall. I'm still very troubled by the fact that I'm in the hall and my dad isn't.
~By Debby Boone ~
My friends are all really nice about my fame, they're just curious really, they ask lots of questions.
~By Emma Watson ~
The sooner I get into the Hall of Fame the better.
~By Dave Winfield ~
The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.
~By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ~
Fame hit me like a ton of bricks.
~By Eminem ~
I've done all this stuff because it's fun. It's never been about fame.
~By Elle Macpherson ~
The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.
~By Robert South ~
My kids are not known, and I think that is very important. So far they have lived a normal life, and will continue to do so. I feel they should have the possibility to live a free life without the burden of fame I have created.
~By Michael Schumacher ~
I have never been accepted. I'll never make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They're never going to let me in.
~By Nancy Sinatra ~
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.
~By Juliette Lewis ~
I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
~By Malcolm Wilson ~
The final ballots represent players, managers, executives and builders who are top-tier candidates and worthy of review for consideration for election to the Hall of Fame.
~By Fay Vincent ~
He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.
~By William Gilmore Simms ~
My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want to go.
~By Leonardo DiCaprio ~
What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.
~By Lord Byron ~
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.
~By Arthur Schopenhauer ~
Men's fame is like their hair, which grows after they are dead, and with just as little use to them.
~By George Villiers ~
A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people bow down to them. To me, that's frightful behaviour.
~By Shirley Manson ~
Fame is a constant effort.
~By Jules Renard ~
Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.
~By Michel de Montaigne ~
The 50 greatest players don't matter when you're in the Hall of Fame. We all know that I was not one of the 50 greatest, I was one of the 25 greatest - in my mind.
~By Dominique Wilkins ~
The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there.
~By Mike Weir ~
Getting buried alive will always be my claim to fame.
~By Crystal Chappell ~
It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the '50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change!
~By Thom Gunn ~
Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off.
~By William Davenant ~
Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.
~By Doris Lessing ~
Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town.
~By Truman Capote ~
Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.
~By Arthur Schopenhauer ~
I think if you're fame-hungry, go out to a nightclub and get drunk... why do that? I don't understand how some people would want fame so bad that they'd go out and get negative attention to earn it.
~By Zac Efron ~
George Harrison was also a pleasure to work with. He was one of the most famous people I've ever known, but in spite of that fame, he was such a nice and friendly guy.
~By Alvin Lee ~
We're constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about.
~By H. Jackson Brown, Jr. ~
The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
~By Gilbert K. Chesterton ~
Money and fame made me believe I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish.
~By Tiger Woods ~
Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.
~By Robert Burns ~
Since my induction into the Sports Hall of Fame, I have wanted to have my No. 3 Chevy on exhibit for sports fans to see. I hope others will enjoy the car as much as I have.
~By Junior Johnson ~
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
~By Moliere ~
Looking back on those days and little leaguer, the Hall of Fame is not even a blinking star, but through baseball travels and moving up the ladder, that star begins to flicker.
~By Wade Boggs ~
And what do Democrats stand for, if they are so ready to defame concerned citizens as the "mob" - a word betraying a Marie Antoinette delusion of superiority to ordinary mortals. I thought my party was populist, attentive to the needs and wishes of those outside the power structure. And as a product of the 1960s, I thought the Democratic party was passionately committed to freedom of thought and speech.
~By Camille Paglia ~
To me, the whole idea of fame and I think it can be a real test of somebody, of who they are. You know, 'cause some strange things happen. I've seen some peculiar things as far as a person just living their life.
~By Tobey Maguire ~
The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.
~By Arthur Schopenhauer ~
Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb the steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar?
~By James Beattie ~
Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.
~By Jean Jacques Rousseau ~
I don't need the fame right now; I'm not running from the law.
~By Tina Yothers ~
I equate fame towards people who know your work, people who will see your work. But all that stuff, like with the Genies and stuff like that, it was so much fun. It's so much fun and it's nice when it comes, but that's not what it's all about.
~By Sandra Oh ~
I didn't get into making music for the fame aspect. There are people who do desire that.
~By Sheryl Crow ~
I've been through this fame thing before, when the band was big in '80, '81.
~By John Lurie ~
Darryl Strawberry has been voted to the Hall of Fame five years in a row.
~By Ralph Kiner ~
I believe some people in this business suffer from fame because they behave in a famous fashion.
~By Stephen Rea ~
I don't think I realized that the cost of fame is that it's open season on every moment of your life.
~By Julia Roberts ~
I love being an older comic now. It's like being an old soccer or an old baseball player. You're in the Hall of Fame and it's nice, but you're no longer that person in the limelight on the spot doing that thing.
~By Eric Idle ~
If it turns out to be a hit, well, good luck dealing with fame. And if it's not a hit and you can still survive and make music you believe in, well, then you're truly blessed. I think that's where we are now.
~By Edie Brickell ~
I don't want to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't think owners should be.
~By George Steinbrenner ~
What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.
~By Desiderius Erasmus ~
It's about a young man who has climbed to fame and he discovers that his writing and the relationship with his wife are really more important for him than anything else.
~By Ismail Merchant ~
Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.
~By Tacitus ~
Fame is a bitch, man.
~By Brad Pitt ~
I wouldn't know how I would have coped with The Beatles' sort of fame.
~By Noel Redding ~
Regarding the Hall of Fame, when they decided I was going to be one of the possible candidates, when I heard that, I was so thrilled. You're always hoping for something like that.
~By Gabriela Sabatini ~
The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.
~By Blaise Pascal ~
To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten.
~By Emile M. Cioran ~
You have to work in this business on your own terms. Don't sell out for money, fame, or notoriety.
~By Morgan Brittany ~
Preserve my artistic creativity and ennoble my artistic fame.
~By Giacomo Meyerbeer ~
He's just like my father that way-my father just adored my mother and let her do whatever she wanted. John's like that. He's a very rare man, a very good man, and I've had a good life with him. I'm proud to be walking in the wake of Johnny's fame.
~By June Carter Cash ~
You have to be there not for the fame and glory and recognition and being a page in a history book, but you have to be there because you believe your talent and ability can be applied effectively to operation of the spacecraft.
~By Alan Shepard ~
I've experienced as much fame as I ever want to.
~By Trevor Dunn ~
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
~By Henry David Thoreau ~
I wanted to be an actress. In college I was a serious feminist and very political. I was determined to get one thing out of my career and that was respect. I didn't want money. I didn't care about fame.
~By Christine Lahti ~
Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name!
~By Walter Savage Landor ~
I'd love to be in the Hall of Fame one day and win Super Bowl rings, or even one... and stay healthy.
~By Eric Dickerson ~
If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.
~By Jack London ~
I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people talk about celebrity and fame. I don't understand the attraction.
~By Cate Blanchett ~
Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.
~By Vicki Baum ~
Sometimes I'm uncomfortable with the level of fame I've got! It all depends on the day and what's going on. I don't desire any more fame. I don't need it.
~By Philip Seymour Hoffman ~
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
~By Emily Dickinson ~
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.
~By Conan O'Brien ~
It's very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it's really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music.
~By Tom Petty ~
A lot of celebrities, especially when you're talking about the really big ones, live in what I call the fame bubble. Nobody ever says no to them or challenges them or even teases them.
~By Kathy Griffin ~
Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.
~By Roger McGuinn ~
You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.
~By Marquis De Vauvenargues ~
Passion is the thing that sustains you in acting. If you're doing it for fame and money, don't even bother because it will never happen. The last thing I ever expected was to be paid for this.
~By Scott Patterson ~
Regarding fame, fortune and Oregon I do wish I had more money.
~By John Fahey ~
A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!
~By Oliver Wendell Holmes ~
With fame, you can't trust everybody. You can't depend on them being there for you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got and what you can bring to their life. It's not a relationship-it's a leech.
~By Chris Brown ~
Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when I first met Bud in Pittsburgh when he came through there, he heard me sing and he wanted me to come to Chicago.
~By Billy Eckstine ~
What is fame? an empty bubble; Gold? a transient, shining trouble.
~By James Grainger ~
I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.
~By Robert Mapplethorpe ~
It's been a tremendous ride. My 15 years, my 15 minutes of fame, is up.
~By Emmitt Smith ~
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!
~By Davy Crockett ~
Who would not rather have the fame of Archimedes than that of his conqueror Marcellus?
~By William Rowan Hamilton ~
Whether you are an astronomer or a life scientist, geophysicist, or a pilot, you've got to be there because you believe you are good in your field, and you can contribute, not because you are going to get a lot of fame or whatever when you get back.
~By Alan Shepard ~
Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.
~By Baruch Spinoza ~
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