#Fame Quotes

“I say, without characters, fame lives long.”

“Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives,Live regist'red upon our brazen tombsAnd then grace us in the disgrace of death;When, spite of cormorant devouring Time,Th' endeavor of this present breath may buyThat honor which shall bate his scythe's keen edgeAnd make us heirs of all eternity.”

“He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.”

“Glory is like a circle in the water, which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, till, by broad spreading, it disperse to naught.”

“Too much to know is to know nought but fame;And every godfather can give a name.”

“There's hope a great man's memory may outlive his life half a year.”

“Men seek to be great; they would have offices, wealth, power, and fame. They think that to be great is to possess one side of nature,--the sweet, without the other side,--the bitter.”

“The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the books of honor razed quite, And all the rest forgot for which he toil'd”

“Much of the wisdom of the world is not wisdom, and the most illuminated class of men are no doubt superior to literary fame, and are not writers.”

“Too much to know is to know naught but fame.”

“The book written against fame and learning has the author's name on the title-page.”

“Death makes no conquest of this conqueror: For now he lives in fame, though not in life.”

“Englands genius filled all measureOf heart and soul, of strength and pleasure,Gave to the mind its emperor,And life was larger than before:Nor sequent centuries could hitOrbit and sum of Shakespeares wit. The men who lived with him becamePoets, for the air was fame.”

“A comedian can only last till he either takes himself serious or his audience takes him serious.”

“Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is.”

“Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.”

“I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.”

“But stories that live longestAre sung above the glass,And Parnell loved his countryAnd Parnell loved his lass.”

“I can forgive even that wrong of wrongs,Those undreamt accidents that have made meSeeing that Fame has perished this long while,Being but a part of ancient ceremonyNotorious, till all my priceless thingsAre but a post the passing dogs defile.”

“Better was it to go unknown and leave behind you an arch, then to burn like a meteor and leave no dust.”

“The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.”

“When people come up to me and say, "I was at your Game 7 in the playoffs in Toronto," or, "I saw your first goal in the NHL," that triggers memories. But I don't sit around my kitchen table and tell my kids, "You know, one year I got 92 goals."”

“Exaggeration, the inseparable companion of greatness.”

“Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats.”

“The way to become famous fast is to throw a brick at someone who is famous.”

“It is permissible even for a dying hero to think before he dies how men will speak of him hereafter. His fame lasts perhaps two thousand years. And what are two thousand years?... What, indeed, if you look from a mountain top down the long wastes of the ages? The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare.”

“What has praise and fame to do with poetry? Was not writing poetry a secret transaction, a voice answering a voice? So that all this chatter and praise, and blame and meeting people who admired one and meeting people who did not admire one was as ill suited as could be to the thing itself- a voice answering a voice.”

“Publicity in women is detestable. Anonymity runs in their blood. The desire to be veiled still possesses them. They are not even now as concerned about the health of their fame as men are, and, speaking generally, will pass a tombstone or a signpost without feeling an irresistible desire to cut their names on it.”

“It feels good when it helps to get a good seat for a football game. But it never helped me make a good film or a good shot in a polo game, or command the obedience of my daughter. It doesn”

“You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. Do no bother yourself about it; disdain. Keep your mind serene as you keep your life clear.”

“What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.”

“Fame is a heavy burden.”

“Calm and silent and steady work, and no newspaper humbug, no name-making, you must always remember.”

“I never get tired of signing autographs 'cause I used to do it so much in class dreaming about the day that it might mean something to somebody.”

“I heard a rumor I died, Murdered in cold blood dramatized, Pictures of me in my final state, You know mama cried, But that was fiction, Some coward got the story twisted, Like I no longer existed, Mysteriously missin', I'm known worldwide baby, I ain't hard to find.”

“I don't understand how people can stand next to you one year,and next year, they cannot. They're going crazy, screaming. They can't take it that you're there. But last year I was in the same club,walking around,lonely like a motherfucker. Couldn't get a date or a dance. I was too skinny, too something, and now, "He's just adorable. He's just, oh!”

“In my brain all I think about is fame.”

“Nothing but pain, stuck in this game, searching for fortune and fame.”

“I get really restless when I haven't worked for a day and a half. I have a recurring dream that people are lined up next to my bed, waiting for autographs and taking pictures of me!”

“There's a machine that I have nothing to do with. It's called the "Tupac Machine."”

“This fast life soon shatters, cause after all the lights and screams, nothing but my dreams matter.”

“When I go to a restaurant, yeah, I know that a line is probably going to form in front of the table, but didn't I always wish for that? Yeah, I did.”

“I've always strived to be successful, not famous.”

“Fame is proof that the people are gullible.”

“The sculptor, the painter the musician the dancer, or any artist, if he can first obtain celebrate in Paris, acquires very easily the esteem and eulogy of other countries.”

“I fear the popular notion of success stands in direct opposition in all points to the real and wholesome success. One adores public opinion, the other, private opinion; one, fame, the other, desert; one, feats, the other, humility; one, lucre, the other, love; one, monopoly, and the other, hospitality of mind.”

“It is better to be faithful than famous.”

“Any relationship I ever have will have to be hidden, or else it will be destroyed before it even starts.”

“I'm used to seeing it, but it's weird having an Academy Award. You usually only see one of them on the TV show when they give them out, so it's kind of surreal to have one in your house.”

“I didn't always have 14,000 people wanting to hang out with me on a Saturday night.”