Wakati mwingine tukitaka kutambulika hatuna budi kuweka mbele aibu ya heshima yetu.

Controversy is a last resort for the talentless.

It’s relatively easy to act nice and normal in front of a crowd, or in public. The tricky part is doing it in private.

You just wait. I’m going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.

If I had time, I would become timeless.

Fame is an island, and right before the castaway, the getaway of being known without being known.

Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.

The day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches from my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do anything worthy of attention.

INSCRIPTION, n. Something written on another thing. Inscriptions are of many kinds, but mostly memorial, intended to commemorate the fame of some illustrious person and hand down to distant ages the record of his services...

Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.

A kind of banalization of celebrity has occurred: we are now offered an instant, ready-to-mix fame as nutritious as packet soup.

I am the one that exposed the situation last November. I will get my five minutes of fame in seven to ten days now.

Drown those degrading thoughts.

Options abound world over, Options to choose from and be the best.

If I were named Brad Pitt, I’d thank the actor by the same name, because due to his hard work and handsomeness, I’d be famous.

Any celebrity will tell you there’s no money in being invisible. But any bank robber will tell you there’s all the money in the world to be had if you’re invisible. I want my body...

I am focused on the work. I am constantly creating. I am a busy girl. I live and breathe my work. I love what I do. I believe in the message. There’s no stopping. I...

I think, because…well, I like the idea of coming up with a story that never existed before, but I don’t really want to be in charge. I don’t want to be famous. I guess I...

It’d be great to be so famous that if I murder someone, I will never, ever, ever serve any jail time, even if it’s totally obvious to everyone that I did it.

Life is a warfare and a stranger’s sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.

The majority of pop stars are complete idiots in every respect.

I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo Coelho in his book: Aleph.(Note: bracketed text is mine.)… ‘I spoke to three scholars,’ [the character says...

The meaning of life in western secular society is to be successful. So many people are success mad and they are encouraged to reach for something and have so called “worthwhile goals”. Money, fame, power,...

Fame is proof that people are gullible.

I think I know what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.

I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn’t something that I find comfortable.

The thoughts of othersWere light and fleeting,Of lovers’ meetingOr luck or fame.Mine were of trouble,And mine were steady;So I was readyWhen trouble came.

The fear of not being remembered is a dangerous thing.

The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it.

Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor’s shoulders.

Shun darkness and evil vices for they that embrace them wear off with time!

I want a billion people to know my name as well as they know their own. I want to clone myself to fame.

People confuse fame with validation or love. But fame is not the reward. The reward is getting fulfilment out of doing the thing you love.

The Hall Of Fame Is Built On Quicksand

It is not our fame or wealth that puts us in danger; it is our arrogance and egotism

Because wouldn’t it be terrible if you slipped and hurt yourself?

Names turned over by time, like the plough turning the soil. Bringing up the new while the old were buried in the mud.

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.

A celebrity is an object that the media manufactures today, just so they have a subject tomorrow.

Fame is nothing but the sum of all the misunderstandings that cluster around a new name…Wherever a human achievement becomes truly great, it seeks to hide its face in the lap of general, nameless greatness.

Fifteen years ago, a business manager from the United States came to Plum Village to visit me. His conscience was troubled because he was the head of a firm that designed atomic bombs. I listened...

Forever encased in the amber of a writer’s prose.

I want to hear one more of your storiesTangle up in your dreams, give up the fight‘Pour one more glass of that wineAnd I might not go home tonight…

We are very disappointed that the Hall of Fame has turned down our offer, though we are not completely surprised. We understand and respect the Hall of Fame’s position.

Not fame, but wisdom is the beauty of life.

Dreams and freedom are the same. In order for them to be, they come with a price.

I want it all. Fame, fortune and all the commercials there are to do.

Shout out for Joy! Don`t scream out in fear for victors shout and victims scream.

She raised herself up on an elbow, stroked my forehead & said in a hushed half-whisper, ‘You will be famous.’ “The seed was planted. Ambition fed on the compost of my vanity.

That’s what fame does to you. You acquire another self.