Quotes About Fame

Serpent-Breath was famous...Wasp-Sting, short and lethal.

One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on. The more you are talked about, the more you will wish to be talked about.

Vanity is a motive of immense potency. Anyone who has much to do with children knows how they are constantly performing some antic, and saying Look at me. Look at me is one of the most fundamental desires of the human heart. It can take innumerable forms, from buffoonery to the pursuit of posthumous fame.

Oh, that the church would fall on its face and cry out the words the prophet Habakkuk cried: "LORD, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, O LORD. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known" (3:2).

My reputation precedes me now.

Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows.

Having had a reputation for being sexy is a great prop to lean on now.

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows.

John Higgins is an absolute legend. He has such a good reputation.

That incident ruined my reputation for 10 years. Get one Beatle drunk and look what happens!

This is something that everyone has to understand: you don't win anything on your reputation.

In Hollywood, people get reputations, just rumors that are passed down.

Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten.

Because of the incredible reputation I have, people find me exciting to watch on film.

In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar players.

Let's face it: I've got a bit of a reputation.

The newspapers had described me as the Jagger of the Aga. It wasn't hard living up to the reputation.

People are dying to get a National Award... it's a national reputation.

My reputation has increased, not just in Korea but across the continent.

I don't think I'll ever get away from my reputation.

I have a reputation and name myself, everyone knows that. But I believe in myself as well.

I've never turned down an autograph request. I've never not taken a picture with someone.

At 16, 19, 20, you're just kinda going along with whatever's happening. You're not as proactive as you become when you're older. And particularly, something like fame that's happening so quickly - the requests are coming so quickly for you to do interviews or photo shoots, or you're getting work opportunities or whatever, it's happening so fast.