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

Name one hero who was happy.”I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason’s children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but...

A wealthy and wise man doesn’t shake hands with people, he gives an helping hand.

They’re right there. They’ve got a Hall of Fame coach. They’ve got good players. It’s just a matter of getting that flow and confidence going.

I sometimes rented a car and drove from event to event in Europe; a road trip was a great escape from the day-to-day anxieties of playing, and it kept me from getting too lost in...

Fame is an unnatural construct and those who go in search of it are the least likely to find it.

I was uncomfortable with that kind of fame when you’re in the tabloids every day.

So many people think that they are not gifted because they don’t have an obvious talent that people can recognize because it doesn’t fall under the creative arts category—writing, dancing, music, acting, art or singing....

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.

Heroes must see to their own fame. No one else will.

This pervasive craving to be recognized as special amounted to an abdication of power, an outsourcing of your core responsibilities. I spurned the fawning of strangers, but I did feel special to myself. I had...

You’re not Dostoevsky,’ said the citizeness, who was getting muddled by Koroviev. Well, who knows, who knows,’ he replied. ‘Dostoevsky’s dead,’ said the citizeness, but somehow not very confidently. ‘I protest!’ Behemoth exclaimed hotly. ‘Dostoevsky...

He went to Man United and the fame and money seemed to affect him badly. He became cockier and arrogant and we met less and less.

With our film, we were trying to show a group of people who have experienced degrees of fame and it’s either been fleeting or they’re trying to regain it.

[Rachel McAdams is quietly and cheerfully philosophical when it comes to talking about her impending fame. Now that her recent Wedding Crashers is a bona fide hit, the beautiful actress, back on screen in Wes...

I want to change the world, and do something valuable and beautiful. I want people to remember me before I’m dead, and then more afterwards.

I’m not interested in corporate magic or fame.

Kleos is sometimes translated as “acoustic renown” the spreading renown you get from people talking about your exploits. It’s a bit like having a large Twitter following.

I grew up watching my father make plates that featured penises as centerpieces. Pink, proud, and stiff, encircled by cerulean Greek key, Dad’s creations made me feel scared and small. I saw a private part...

I feel like fame is wasted on me.

Anonymity beats fame. One cannot undo fame.

Fame is the responsibility, the perennial discipline, the concubine who solicits and imbibes, bit by bit, the love, the relations, the serenity, and the soul, leaving behind the subaqueous plaudits that pinch to the core..

Desire to give and not always receive.

God takes us through life`s journey. Always nudging our Spirits to go for plus and shun the minus.

Doing autograph sessions all day is not what I signed up for. But that’s just all part of not being famous.

The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you.

I’ve always been famous, it’s just no one knew it yet.

Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with...

Don’t drive a car in the dream, else you won’t drive it on earth. Don’t wish to become, else you won’t become. Don’t associate with fools, else your ancestors will be insulted. Don’t be addicted...

Integrity of life is fame’s best friend,Which nobly, beyond death, shall crown the end.

America takes her writers too seriously.

Lao Tzu’s first paragraph in the book “Tao Te Ching” is that the Tao that can be told is not the absolute Tao.Lao Tzu has his own logic, the logic of paradoxes, the logic of...

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by that time I was too famous.

In the inverted food chain of fame, it was the big beasts who were stalked and hunted

I have heard the most fantastical gossip about myself and each time I thought, “If only my life were that exciting, fun, outrageous, and sexy”. Then again my memory wasn’t so sharp when I took...