Fame Quotes

A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.

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.

Fame is a lot of pressure, especially when you're responsible for your entire family. Financially, emotionally - everything.

People can get certain good things out of fame, but until it killed a princess nobody ever talked about how bad it can be.

Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it.

I actually work at my craft, and I actually want to be the best in my category, and I want to be a true actress. And a lot of people just want fame, and there's a huge difference.

I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic.

I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it.

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

Fame can be annoying, but there are perks too.

Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth you waken then you begin to live.

Prince presented us at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

I'm really looking forward to the Hall of Fame ceremonies. It's going to be unbelievable - just crazy. I'm looking forward to thanking all the fans for inspiring me to go out there and play my best football each and every game.

Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction.

I sometimes wonder if the tragedies my family has suffered are a kind of karmic price for all the fame and fortune the Bee Gees have had.

I'd love to be in the Hall of Fame one day and win Super Bowl rings, or even one... and stay healthy.

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.

I don't want to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't think owners should be.

You're asking the wrong girl about fame. I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else.

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.

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

Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.

If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to spell the word artist.

It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.

Fame means so little about somebody when you come right down to it.

You have to work in this business on your own terms. Don't sell out for money, fame, or notoriety.

I don't have a problem with fame. I got into this business intending to be very successful, but I wanted it to be at my price.

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

One thing that people keep on saying to me is that the wealth and the fame must have made up for missing out on my childhood. But the idea of money - putting a price on your childhood - is ridiculous. You will never get those years back and you can't put a price on them.

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.