Quotes About Fame

To quote a famous philosopher revered in my time 'But this is no different from regular life. When have you ever known what's going to happen in the future?' Wait a minute, Jonah thought. I said that. Back at Westminster, with Katherine. Does that mean I'm going to be a famous philosopher in the future? Does that mean I'm going to be revered? There wasn't time to ask.

quand je vois combien peu de gens lisent L'Iliade d'Homère, je prends plus gaiement mon parti d'être peu lu. (La conversation à Innsbruck)

Un triunfo sólo sienta a los muertos. En vida, siempre hay alguien pronto a reprocharnos nuestras debilidades, como antaño reprochaban a César su calvicie y sus amores. Pero un muerto tiene derecho a esa especie de inauguración funeraria, a esas pocas horas de pompa ruidosa antes de los siglos y los milenios de olvido. La fortuna de un muerto está al abrigo de los reveses; hasta sus derrotas adquieren un esplendor de victoria.

hakikaten güzel bir ruhun ÅŸana ÅŸöhrete kavuÅŸmayaca??n?, çünkü bunu arzu etmediÄŸini kederlenerek düÅŸünmüÅŸümdür.

If you act like a rock star, you will be treated like one.

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

Nekad neuztraucies par naudu. Dom? par slavu.

podría satisfacer su curiosidad morbosa, su apetito chismográfico, ese placer inmenso que produce a los mediocres, la mayoría de la humanidad, saber que los famosos, los respetables, las celebridades, los decentes, están hechos también del mismo barro mugriento que los demás.

Everyone has a Cordova story, whether they like it or not.

It was always surprising to me how ferociously the public mourned a beautiful stranger -- especially one from a famous family. Into that empty form they could unload the grief and regret of their own lives, be rid of it, feel lucky and light for a few days, comforted by the though, At least it wasn't me.

Millions of people walked through their lives numb, dying to feel something, to feel alive. To be chosen by Cordova for a film was an opportunity for just that, not simply for fame and fortune, but to leave their old selves behind like discarded clothes.

Suicide by media can take a lifetime.

Despite the fame of their bright clothing, Celts are described going naked into battle except for horned helmets. We are told that they had frightening war cries and that the terrifying songs of their ancestors were preludes to violent attacks.

If Joan Rivers had gone to the electric chair instead of Ethel Rosenberg, this is the book she would have written.

Por dios, ¿por qué toda la gente quiere ser Paris Hilton y nadie quiere ser Spider Man?

Pela primeira vez vi como dois tipos amados, divertidos e famosos podem acabar por ser menos amados, não tão divertidos e muito menos famosos por tentar fazer nada mais do que aquilo que os amigos lhes disseram que eles eram bons a fazer. Tenho a certeza que se desfizeram amizades. Amigalhaços leais deixaram de aparecer, causando sentimentos reais de traição e amargura. No fim, acho eu, todos nós os deixámos mal.

Não sou nenhum atirador ressentido, pronto para deitar abaixo os meus pares mais bem-sucedidos (embora esteja pronto para isso, quando a oportunidade se apresentar). Habitualmente sou o tipo que eles chamam para um acontecimento famoso, quando o primeiro chefe mostrou ser um psicopata, ou então um bêbado, bera e megalómano.

in my opinion those who strive for fame will lose their lives on account of fame; those who live in quest of fortune will perish because of riches; those who have titles sleep embracing a tiger; and those who receive official favors walk with snakes in their sleeves.

But the tide turned around when K-Rock in L.A. started playing "Give It Away" all the time.

many of the most famous people in our culture have achieved their dreams but have still not found a way to enjoy them. They often turn to drugs because they feel unfulfilled. This is because they are missing the distinction between achieving one's goals and living one's values

Time had been when friends had thought it possible that he might fill the President's chair; but his name had been too much and too long in men's mouths for that. Who had heard of Lincoln, Pierce, or Polk, two years before they were named as candidates for the Presidency?

You've read some of my stuff?" he asked eagerly, adding with bitterness, " 'The Raven,' I suppose. Such fame as I have appears to rest entirely on the plumage of that gloomy bird.

The house of fame, he thought, is built on melting ice, not steel...

Fame means being respected by everybody, or having some quality that is desired by all men, or by most, or by the good, or by the wise.