Fame Quotes - Page 40

• All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.

  William James

  Health, Love Is, Wings

  William James (1911). “The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature; Being the Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion Delivered at Edinburgh in 1901-1902”

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• Earth sounds my wisdom, and high heaven my fame.

  Homer

  Heaven, Sound, Earth

  Homer (1872). “The Iliad ...”, p.384

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• 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.

  Alan Shepard

  Believe, Book, Pages

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• You should always have a product that has nothing to do with who you are or what people think about you... so that you never start thinking that your product is you, or your fame or your aura.

  Andy Warhol

  Thinking, People, Marketing

  Andy Warhol, Kynaston McShine (1989). “Andy Warhol: a retrospective”

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• I thought the more famous I became, the more friendships I would have, but the opposite was true.

  Alanis Morissette

  Opposites

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• Advice, as it always gives a temporary appearance of superiority, can never be very grateful, even when it is most necessary or most judicious. But for the same reason everyone is eager to instruct his neighbours. To be wise or to be virtuous is to buy dignity and importance at a high price; but when nothing is necessary to elevation but detection of the follies or faults of others, no man is so insensible to the voice of fame as to linger on the ground.

  Samuel Johnson

  Wise, Grateful, Men

  The Rambler, No 87, January 15, 1751.

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• So many people have tried to get happiness and serenity from outside things; it's pretty much common knowledge that is a road to nowhere. I've never heard anybody say, 'Fame made me the complete person I am.' Well, I'm sure people have said it, but nobody I respect.

  Jared Leto

  People, Serenity, Common

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• But you do have to learn, if you want to be a satirist, you can't be part of the party. Meaning, you can't go horseback riding with Jackie O in Central Park if you're going to make a joke about her that night.

  Joan Rivers

  Party, Humor, Night

  "Joan Rivers Interview: Her 6 Best One-Liners" by Merle Ginsberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 12, 2013.

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• "I've learned what's funny verbally ain't so funny on e-mail: They don't hear your intonations. Melissa broke up with somebody over that. She tried to tell him: "That was a joke!" But he just didn't get it. Mick Jagger said, "F- 'em if they don't get the joke." And I love him. That comes with age: Knowing it's their problem, not mine."

  Joan Rivers

  Humor, I Love Him, Knowing

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• NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder leading to the vaudeville stage, with angels ascending and descending.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Leadership, Kindness, Angel

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.85, Courier Corporation

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• One of the drawbacks of Fame is that one can never escape from it.

  Nellie Melba

  Art, Women, Drawbacks

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• My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough.

  Aaron Carter

  Stuff, Interviews, Favorites Things

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• I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with the idea of being famous.

  Alison Lohman

  Thinking, Ideas, Being Famous

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. September 12, 2003.

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• People should realize we're jerks just like them.

  Edward de Bono

  People, Realizing, Jerk

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• People are famous for being famous and for nothing else. And good luck to them, because it lasts about a year and then they're nothing again.

  Brian Johnson

  Good Luck, Years, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Nothing but pain, stuck in this game, searching for fortune and fame.

  Tupac Shakur

  Pain, Games, Fortune

  Song: Fame, Album: Better Dayz

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• Being famous before you've formed your personality, before you have that self-esteem, is dangerous.

  Chris Evert

  Self Esteem, Personality, Dangerous

  "A Separate Peace" by Steve Friedman, www.elle.com. August 17, 2011.

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• I always loved working as an actress, but I didn't understand why I couldn't just opt out of being famous. And then I realized you can, and I think I did. And eventually, I came to understand that you can do that and also keep working.

  Debra Winger

  Thinking, Actresses, I Realized

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• Having bodyguards is just part of being famous, I think.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Thinking, Bodyguard, Being Famous

  Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. August 15, 2012.

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• To put it simply - you know, a lot of people believe that the benefit of this job is fame and fortune. I believe that you pay for the fortune through the fame. I don't buy into the notion that being famous is somehow a good thing, or an exciting thing, or a wonderful thing.

  Evangeline Lilly

  Jobs, Believe, Simply You

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

  Fran Drescher

  Tickets, Events, Tables

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• It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I'm still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I've got more to give than I ever have.

  Gary Barlow

  Artist, Phones, Giving

  "Gary Barlow: the sexy one". Interview With Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. October 8, 2011.

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• I don't know about this thing - being famous. I haven't figured it out yet. It still mystifies me.

  Helen Slater

  Stills, Havens, Knows

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• When you reach a certain status in Hollywood, you have to play a lot of games to stay in the limelight. It becomes more about being famous than being an actor.

  Jason Lee

  Play, Games, Hollywood

  "Jason Lee: 20(ish) Questions". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.ericspitznagel.com. June 1, 2006.

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• Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do.

  Johnny Mathis

  Way, Doing What You Want, Sometimes

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