Quotes About Fame

Perhaps no artist in history had ever been treated so gingerly.

A passionate desire for posthumous glory was a leading motive for men of the Renaissance, whatever their calling.

was not that the building won fame for its style, although the WPA Guide said that it had a "directness of expression evident in few commercial buildings," it's because working with General Motors, Shreve and Lamb got to know John J. Raskob of General Motors, who would later call upon them to design the Empire State Building.

Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face.

He is Magic Johnson with a jump shot, all right. Larry Bird's jump shot. Lloyd Daniels can do everything with a basketball except one. . . . Autograph it.

Vain the ambition of kings Who seek by trophies and dead things To leave a living name behind, And weave but nets to catch the wind.

Integrity of life is fame's best friend, Which nobly, beyond death, shall crown the end.

Nature doth nothing so great for great men, as when she's pleased to make them lords of truth: Integrity of life is fame's best friend, which nobly, beyond death, shall crown the end.

For a while I was on the cover of every Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, which was regarded as the pinnacle of success in America.

When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me.

The first time probably people really were aware of me, I unfortunately had the title of Showtime's Funniest Person in America. And that's a really tough title to travel around with when you're not even known.

One time I actually cleaned out my closet so good I ended up on the cover of Time magazine.

Henri? He's just the most famous, most creative, most amazing colorist in the universe, that's all!

Yeah, people following me down the street and at the airport and all that. I can't imagine what it must be like for people who are, you know, actually famous.

We're teaching young girls that this is what they should be focusing on: rich and famous girls who are rich and famous for nothing.

I never expected to get the Tom Jones treatment and it amazes me that I do. Strangely it's women who throw their underwear at me when I'm performing live. My male fans tend to be quite shy. My female fans are wild. I never know what to do with all the lingerie that lands at my feet. Maybe I should open a shop.

I met Prince William at a musical festival and he let me know he was a fan of my music. But the invitation to sing at his wedding reception came completely out of the blue. The fact that Kate and William knew the words to my songs was very touching.

I'm quite private. And I never wanted to be the biggest star in the world, really. So in that sense I've got a good balance of doing great shows, of making an appearance every now and then and writing music, and I don't really have to do much else.

The advantage of taking pictures of the famous is that they get published.

when you're really cute that's all you have to be, you make a career out of it. someone asks you what you do, you say, 'nothing. i'm cute.

But you know, I have a pretty good relationship with the press and the paparazzi. It's just when they step over the line that, you know, enough's enough.

I don't know if you've ever been driven very slowly through a crowd of screaming fans, in full view of the world's media, on a gold-painted golf cart with a pair of enormous illuminated glasses and a bow tie on the front, but if you haven't, I can tell you that it's a pretty excruciating experience.

The image is one thing and the human being is another. It's very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.