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Quotes About Renown

Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.
~ Tacitus
Apparently there isn't a professional in Berlin for which you can't get famous.
~ Peter Schneider
Apparently there isn't a profession in Berlin for which you can't get famous.
~ Peter Schneider
At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous.
~ Phil Donahue
Being famous is fun.
~ Jason Witten
I love being famous.
~ Karan Wahi
What shall I do to be forever known,And make the age to come my own?
~ Abraham Cowley
was then, and later too, that the Nephilim appeared on earth—when the divine beings cohabited with the daughters of men, who bore them offspring. They were the heroes of old, the men of renown.
~ Adele Berlin
Even when I'm railed at, I get my quota of renown.
~ Pietro Aretino
I can't stand the word 'celebrity.' It's such a brash word.
~ Annie Leibovitz
I've been well-known in Britain for a long time.
~ Martin Freeman
My buildings are more famous than me.
~ Jean Nouvel
I am afraid that if you want to go down into history you'll have to do something for it.
~ Joseph Conrad
The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
~ Walter Scott
His [the author's] renown… has been purchased, not by deeds of violence and blood, but by the diligent dispensation of pleasure.
~ Washington Irving
I get recognized, but I'm not really a famous famous.
~ Dave Attell
I love being famous - it's phenomenal.
~ Dave Chappelle
Tom Cruise, he's a lot more famous than me.
~ David Beckham
When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.
~ James Carville
Fame is an interesting phenomenon.
~ Paulina Porizkova
My fame will outshine that of Victor Hugo or Napoleon.
~ Raymond Roussel
The star thing, the celebrity thing, is new to me.
~ Jeremy Renner
I'm a real big celebrity. I'm this megastar.
~ Flavor Flav
I'm not a celebrity or anything.
~ Aesop Rock