Quotes about Fame
Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.
- George Bernard Shaw
We're in a celebrity culture, and when I turn on the news today I hear about Lindsay Lohan, Tiger Woods and Paris Hilton and the Kardashian sisters and 'Dancing with the Stars,' one thing after another, Kate Gosselin's new body.
- Philip Yancey
I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.
- Aldous Huxley
You do not want to get married at 22! Especially if you're famous, because girls are going to be throwing themselves at you.
- Usain Bolt
When I was 14, I was on the cover of 'Bop' and 'Tiger Beat.' Every two months, I would see a new kid's face, and I remember saying, 'This is not something that lasts very long.'
- Leonardo DiCaprio
To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.
- Samuel Johnson
I never knew until I came here to Hollywood that somebody could be really nice to you for years and really hate your guts. Happens all the time here.
- Jean Seberg
He was the best shot in India, and I expect that there are few better in London. Have you heard the name?' 'No, I have not.' 'Well, well, such is fame!
- Arthur Conan Doyle
If in 100 years I am only known as the man who invented Sherlock Holmes then I will have considered my life a failure.
- Arthur Conan Doyle
I was very lucky to get well known much later in life. You need to have flopped quite a few times to get a sense of how little any of it has to do with you.
- George Clooney
So many bright stars, bright in life, burn out quickly.
- Jesse Jackson
Peace hath her victories no less renown'd than war.
- John Milton