Quotes About Fame

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not the great occasion, you don't get the great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in times of peace, no one would know his name now.

There's nothing more boring than a rock'n'roll star. Someone who has been on the road for 10 years, expecting attention wherever he goes, drinking himself stupid, who is obnoxious, incoherent, uncreative, and has a massive ego. There's nothing more pointless.

I tell you what's really ridiculous--going into a bookstore and there's all these books about yourself. In a way, it feels like you're already dead.

Jerome says (Ep. ad Nepot. lii): "Shun, as you would the plague, a cleric who from being poor has become wealthy, or who, from being a nobody has become a celebrity.

Almost all were assured a degree of renown for their exploits, and it became common for these crusaders to be celebrated with the nickname 'Hierosolymitani', or 'travellers to Jerusalem'.

Happy are the people whose annals are blank in history books

Fame is no sure test of merit.

I had a kiss with Raquel Welch's daughter - she was a very naughty kisser.

I have this dream life where I get to be a celebrity but I get to navigate the world fairly easily because I'm always in character.

Obviously I've grown up around YouTubers, people getting millions of hits, but I was never anywhere near that.

I was Pippa on 'Home And Away' for nearly a decade.

I can't believe that people actually know my first and last name. I think it's really, really, gosh-darn neat.

I've done a lot of films that have become iconic, not necessarily because of me.

I'm just being myself. To me, that people are interested in Jenni, not necessarily the artist, but the woman... it amazes me still.

It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.

You get an image after you act in a film, but it is not necessary that you last long because of that image.

It would be nice if you have a hit. But I don't think it's necessary to continue with my career at this point.

Walking away from fame, whether by choice or necessity, isn't a bad thing. In fact for many, it's likely saved their lives, careers, families and basic dignity. More celebrities should probably try it.

Before Angelina Jolie became a humanitarian, she was best known for wearing a vial of blood around her neck and kissing her brother.

You know, I can't tell you that I'm very fond of anything I've done, including - and especially- 'The Addams Family.' That's an albatross around my neck that I've got to get rid of somehow.

Diva has a negative connotation.

Here's the funny thing about the response I've been aware of to my dating famous people: It's been very negative. I'm either not good-looking enough, not a good enough actor or not successful enough for these people.

I don't think it's good for anyone to be in the public light - for negative reasons.