Fame Quotes

I've always been profoundly ambivalent about fame. I think it just eats the reality out of you and it can be intoxicating because I like some of it.

I have never wanted to be famous, as such - fame is a by-product.

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

All the work built my fame and certainly made me more money, but the toll it took in my home was not good.

I want it all. Fame, fortune and all the commercials there are to do.

Dozens of America's wealthiest taxpayers - including hedge fund legend Michael Steinhardt, super trial lawyer Guy Saperstein, and Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's fame - have appealed to President Obama not to renew the Bush tax cuts for anyone earning more than $1 million a year.

Maybe it's my 15 minutes of fame, maybe it's longer.

We never really felt a real level of respect. The fame was fantastic, but that wasn't that important to me, because for every million people that loved me I focused on the one that hated me.

The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them.

As an athlete, you choose your sport and are drawn into it but your passion should never be driven by fame and fortune but a desire to create something special that people will always remember.

I have money, fame, a happy wife, our daughter Nell.

Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.

I think it was fantastic being in the 49ers Hall of Fame.

The difference is that with fame comes a spotlight, one which has recently made it impossible to ignore the fact that more and more of those folks we place on pedestals aren't even pausing to consider an option other than lying.