Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

fame

Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young. 6 wisdom & wit from Duke Ellington

Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don't have to be anything else. 15 other sayings from Orson Welles

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free. 9 quotes from Jiddu Krishnamurti

I was obsessed with being rich and famous. 8 thoughts from Paul Lynde

I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated. 53 sayings from Marilyn Monroe

It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour. 7 quotes from Lillian Hellman

I'm famous. That's my job. 3 quotes from Jerry Rubin

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability. 115 quotes from George Bernard Shaw

My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person. 18 quotes from Andy Warhol

Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. 18 other thoughts from Andy Warhol

I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is 'In 15 minutes everybody will be famous.' 18 more wisdom & wit from Andy Warhol

In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. 18 quotes from Andy Warhol

After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school. 27 more quotes from Kin Hubbard

It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. 10 sayings from Robert Benchley

For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world. 2 more quotes from Jesse Owens

The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing. 6 other quotes from Leigh Hunt

They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous. 6 wisdom & wit from Lillie Langtry

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady. 52 quotes from Albert Camus

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous. 78 quotes from Voltaire

I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous. 2 other quotes from Lefty Gomez

I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous. 23 quotes from Walt Disney

Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness. 7 sayings from Jose Marti

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. 29 other quotes from Arthur Schopenhauer

I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist. 2 quotes from Nat King Cole

Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns. 9 more thoughts from Lawrence Welk

A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous. 5 quotes from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe