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Quotes About Fame

No hits is the mark of how deeply unfamous you are, because true freedom comes from being unknown.
~ Ruth Ozeki
He was nice enough, an old guy who got famous in the 1960s for doing drugs and getting high and calling it research, so you have to figure he was a bit of a flake and probably pretty immature, too.
~ Ruth Ozeki
A man who catches History's eye is thereafter bound to a mistress from whom he will never escape.
~ Salman Rushdie
Everyone had learned that it was worth giving up privacy for the merest possibility of fame, and the idea that only a private self was truly autonomous and free had be lost in the static of the airwaves.
~ Salman Rushdie
Olympic Gold changed me and my life dramatically. I became a celebrity overnight and people see me as a famous skater, not a real person.
~ Oksana Baiul
Whitney Houston rear-ended a city bus with her sports car, but no one was hurt. She said she didn't know what happened. One minute she was concentrating on the big white line, and the next, boom!
~ Jay Leno
You should want to fight the biggest fights you can and so you could maximize your stature in the sport, on the front pages of the newspapers, and your pocket book.
~ Dan Goossen
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.
~ Katarina Witt
Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.
~ Tommy Lasorda
The real big stars only keep this up for about seven years.
~ Ruud van Nistelrooy
A career in entertainment has a lifespan, like one in sport.
~ Sophie Ellis Bextor
If we have youth, beauty, blessed gifts, strength, if we find fame, fortune, favor, fulfillment, it is easy to be nice, to turn a warm heart to the world.
~ Oliver Sacks
People are coming to shows on the strength of one song. I guess that's the way it goes.
~ Kurt Cobain
Although I'm not an orphan and I can't lift a horse. I was, however, briefly famous for my feats of strength: at about age 11, I could competitively arm-wrestle a full-grown man.
~ Lisa Lutz
I stress out so much about the red carpet and interviews and pictures, and, you know, not getting my skirt tucked in my knickers.
~ Maisie Williams
Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. To be successful, it is also very important to be humble and never let fame or money travel to your head.
~ A. R. Rahman
I'm the world's most famous photographer, most sought after photographer, most awarded photographer.
~ Peter Lik
Its kinda nice to be remembered by your peers and your fans, because you can achieve a lot of success and be a creep too! But we try to be nice, just normal people.
~ Karen Carpenter
Success is when your signature becomes an autograph.
~ A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
With a lot of success comes a lot of negativity.
~ Beyonce Knowles
Fame is cool but I believe in success.
~ Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
I think it's my energy and love of life that has been the real key to my fame and success.
~ Shakira
I'm a millionaire, I'm a multi-millionaire, I'm filthy rich. You know why I'm a multi-millionaire? 'Cause multi-millions like what I do.
~ Michael Moore
I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in success.
~ Ingrid Bergman