Quotes About Fame

When I was living on the street I would be standing out in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater, leaning against my car and signing autographs and nobody had any idea that I was living in it.

Worldly renown is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes this way and now comes that, and changes name because it changes quarter.

I marked all kindred Powers the heart finds fair:-- Truth, with awed lips; and Hope, with eyes upcast; And Fame, whose loud wings fan the ashen Past To signal-fires, Oblivion's flight to scare; And Youth, with still some single golden hair Unto his shoulder clinging, since the last Embrace wherein two sweet arms held him fast; And Life, still wreathing flowers for Death to wear. Love's throne was not with these; but far above All passionate wind of welcome and farewell

If you take a bunch of superstars and put them in a room where they don't have their assistants and entourage, it's funny to see what happens.

Yes, I travel in unusual circles. George Osborne and his wife Frances are my cousins.

I get recognized, but I'm not really a famous famous.

I never wanted to be famous.

You can become famous but you can't become unfamous. You can become infamous but not unfamous.

Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.

I'm famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can't count on it.

I love being famous - it's phenomenal.

When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors - old friends, family.

Tom Cruise, he's a lot more famous than me.

The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by.

Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fames proud temple shines afar?

Although I now call him 'Sting' to his face, I can still distinguish 'Sting' from 'Gordon Sumner'.

He showed that fame may be won and what services be rendered by a plain son of the people unaided by any gifts of fortune.

Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse.

When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.

Like a moth, Rene was attracted to the flame of fame

Celebrities seek fame. They take actions to get attention. Most often, the actions they take have no particular moral content.

Late in his life, Rene complained of living a life of a celebrity one minute and a "John Doe" the next.

You know, technology CEOs like to think of themselves as rock 'n roll stars.

it was impossible to get into—unless you were extremely rich, famous, or high up on the criminal chain. Or, of course, a politician, which would make you all of the above.