Quotes and Sayings about Fame

But fame is a strange thing. Some men gain glory after they die, while others fade. What is admired in one generation is abhorred in another.

There are eight million people in this city. And those teeming masses exist for the sole purpose of lifting the few exceptional people onto their shoulders.

Show business is like champagne. You'll appreciate it more if you don't drink it every day.

I don't need no money, fortune, or fame
I got all the riches baby, one man can claim

Does the person in TV have to be better than the one watching at home?

In the end, superstars are just ordinary people. For outsiders, it seems different because you always see these characters in the spotlight.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it.

Famous people are above the law.

Publicity. It has a way of flattening. Flattening you and the people you love into types.

I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.

Growing old on screen is not for the faint of heart.

There are no captions on red-carpet photos that say, "This girl trained for two weeks, she went on a juice diet, she has a professional hair and makeup person, and this dress was made for her." I just wish they'd say, "It ain't the truth."

Fame is a beast that you can't control or be prepared for.

Fame is not like a jacket. You can't put it on and then take it off.

Being famous is wicked. But it's better to be normal.

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

Fame comes and goes. Longevity is the thing to aim for.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.

Don’t pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.

In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

How can you squander even one more day, not taking advantage of the greatest shifts of our generation? How dare you settle for less, when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?

If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.

Hero not the handsome actor who plays a hero's role. Hero not the glamour girl who'd love to sell her soul.

Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

Success is all about having the confidence to shoot for something even if it seems impossible.

The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

Only when I’m dancing can I feel this free.

Nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from.

Name one hero who was happy.

Remember, with great power. comes great responsibility!

No wonder the city never sleeps, it's too busy trying to get laid.

The crime problem in New York is getting really serious. The other day the Statue of Liberty had both hands up.

I only drink Champagne on two occasions: when I'm in love and when I'm not.

As much money and life as you could want! The two things most human beings would choose above all - the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.

Sometimes, I feel like I'm 40. Tennis years are like dog years.

It's harder to defend the Champions League than to win it, because everyone is chasing FC Bayern right now. We're currently seen as the best team in the world - that means we're the team everyone wants to beat.

I'm retiring as a football player from the University of Tennessee who played for the Colts and the Broncos and was very lucky to have played for all of them.

A Christian telling an atheist they're going to hell is as scary as a child telling an adult they're not getting any presents from Santa.

Remember when we crashed Dad's beloved Maserati? We were all banged up. But better to suffer in silence than let him know what we did. This feels like that. Only, I can't take this damaged thing to the wrong side of town and claim someone stole it.

I think love should come out of nowhere, sweep you up completely.

Riding a race bike is an art - a thing that you do because you feel something inside.

Only those who dare truly live.

The only failure is not to try.

My father always said, "Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf" - so I make sure I read.

She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within.

I get recognized more for my Lip Sync Battle than I do for being Spider-Man.