Fame Quotes - Page 21

I would not lose so great an honor As one man more methinks would share with me For the best hope I have.

There is no good in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else. The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors.

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.

There are names written in her immortal scroll at which Fame blushes!

Avarice is the miser's dream, as fame is the poet's.

The difficulty is to know conscience from self-interest.

People are looking for fame or a focus, and I can't provide that.

I don't crave fame. I mean, it's nice to be recognized. It is useful.

The cursed hunger for gold. -Auri sacra fames

Fame is not like a jacket. You can't put it on and then take it off.

I consider myself more exportant than important.

With the mega-fame came the mega-downfall - you know, with the press and everything - and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.

I was for sure not prepared for fame when it happened.

I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.

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

I try to be somewhat wary of fame, but I'm not wary of success.

I've experienced as much fame as I ever want to.

You get a lot of fame, but haven't created anything musically.

Fame is a silly business. People who chase it are almost always going to be disappointed.

I wanted to. I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled. Thanks to money and fame, I didn't have to go far to find them.

Seven cities warred for Homer, being dead, Who, living, had no roof to shroud his head.

We publish only to satisfy out craving for fame; there's no other motive except the even baser one of making money.

If thou wilt receive profit, read with humility, simplicity and faith, and seek not at any time the fame of being learned.

A mans fame and hayre grow most after death, and are both equally uselesse.

There's nothing that can prepare you for fame and for the music business at any point in history.