Quotes About Acclaim

I love being famous - it's phenomenal.

The worse the author, the more he is known.

There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.

To me, the Peabody was as big if not bigger than any award, but I do understand an Emmy Award-winning show has a different buzz when it comes to start talking about renewals and things like that. There's a professional something to it that matters.

I'm not an awards-driven person in anything. Anytime you do get caught up in that, you usually end up getting whacked.

There is no bigger certificate than audience appreciation.

I haven't had people chanting at me in the street.

When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.

Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.

The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation.

An actor is a man with an infinite capacity for taking praise.

That sort of reputation which precedes performance [is] often the larger part of a man's fame.

If you live for fame, men may turn against you.

Boris Johnson is a man of great attributes and great qualities.

I'm hugely honored [with the Man Booker Prize].

Brandon is just the kind of man whom every body speaks well of, and nobody cares about; whom all are delighted to see, and nobody remembers to talk to.

I do not care for the money, just for the glory.

I just want the money and the fame and the adoration, and I don't want any of the other stuff.

When you hit the big time, big money, big egos, people don't talk. You have no friends.

You're not famous until my mother has heard of you.

We were excited when we sold our first 10 records. I always felt that if we could get the music out there, and if people became accustomed to it, then a substantial number of them would enjoy it.

Being well known for being well-known did not necessarily imply intelligence.

Science Fiction: Any scientific acclaim that omits God.

It feels good to have your work respected again.