Quotes About Fame

I roll with bodyguards when I go back home to South Africa.

I grew up in Southern California, so there is just a part of me that is a Hollywood rocker.

THIS Duty implies that we should affectionately interest ourselves in whatever concerns the Honour, the Fame and Security of our Sovereign and his Government.

When I die there may be a paragraph or two in the newspapers. My name will linger in the British Museum Reading Room catalogue for a space at the head of a long list of books for which no one will ever ask.

I've been told I sold 110m albums and singles. If that's the case, I should've come here in a space rocket.

You have to be there not for the fame and glory and recognition and being a page in a history book, but you have to be there because you believe your talent and ability can be applied effectively to operation of the spacecraft.

I think in the media we tend to deify people in these public spaces.

It was so quick for me on 'SNL.' It's not something I consider to be, like, one of the big spaces in my career.

When I am listening to Vivaldi or Japanese music or making spaghetti at 3 in the morning and realize that I don't have the proper sauce for it, fame is of no use.

It's not often you get to sit in front of Nicole Kidman in your boxers with a big bowl of spaghetti.

Clive Dunn, as I understand it, retired to the south of Spain, where he worked extensively in watercolours. I don't own any of Clive Dunn's watercolours. I loved him in 'Dad's Army,' loved him. But not enough to actually seek out his watercolour work.

After 'Heart Skips A Beat' hit No.1, I barely had a chance to celebrate 'cos it was straight over to the judges' houses for the 'Xtra Factor,' filming in Greece, L.A. and Spain.

Do you know how many people would give anything for what you have? Not the fame or wealth—the opportunity to wake up tomorrow healthy, pain free and with a future stretching out before them?

Ashlinn was lovely to look upon, someone who could easily snub half of the highest-paid stars in Hollywood and break the hearts of the rest.

Love finds lazy writers And makes example out of them Nailing them in history

Well don't demand the spotlight if you can't handle the attention.

People are famous for being famous and for nothing else. And good luck to them, because it lasts about a year and then they're nothing again.

He's very, very well-known. I'd say he's world-famous in Melbourne.

The two greatest strokes of luck that can happen to a painter are (1) to be Spanish, (2) to be called Dali

Nobody in the world knew about Megan Fox until I found her and put her in 'Transformers.' I like to think that I've had some luck in building actors' careers with my films.

Character is Power. Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends — there is nothing to compare with it.

The motive of desire for power and fame The motive of fear The motive of revenge The motive of freedom (of body and mind) The motive of desire to create or build in thought or in material

The motive of self-preservation The motive of financial gain The motive of love The motive of sexuality The motive of desire for power and fame The motive of fear The motive of revenge The motive of freedom (of body and mind) The motive of desire to create or build in thought or in material

Before us lie two paths—honesty and dishonesty. The shortsighted embark on the dishonest path; the wise on the honest. For the wise know the truth; in helping others we help ourselves; and in hurting others we hurt ourselves. Character overshadows money, and trust rises above fame. Honesty is still the best policy.