"The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death."

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"Most sane human beings who have managed to attain and retain fame each uses it to dramatically increase their name's chances of being remembered until Jesus comes back, since their heart cannot do what they consciously or unconsciously lust for, that is to say, for it to beat until Jesus returns."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Fame, Truth, Legacy, Life

"Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Fame, Richness, Truth, Values

"Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Fame, Fire, May, Will

"I don't think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don't generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It's not like being a movie star."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Fame, Truth, Reality, Happiness, Wisdom

"Back then: to be regarded as well-known, one had to be great. Today: to be regarded as great, one has to be well-known."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Fame, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Power

"Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead."

Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer

Fame, Flowers, Future, Grave

"If you see my fifteen minutes of fame let me know I've been searching for it for years."

Stanley Victor Paskavich, American Politician

Fame, Time, Recognition, Hope

"There are never any real stars in LA, but we've got a bunch of fake ones made out of brass and terrazzo. We embed them in the sidewalks outside of strip clubs and gift shops- Walk of Fame, walk of shame walk of names we're all destined to forget sooner or later."

Kris Kidd, American Writer

Fame, Memory, Time, Celebrity

"If you are a person that is willing to fulfill your reputation becoming famous, you should feel optimistic about your goals."

Saaif Alam, Indian Writer

Fame, Reputation, Optimism, Goal

"Gain fame, and the paparazzi or media waits and watches for them to slip, just to shame their name."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Fame, Media, Pressure, Public

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"When I consider the small span of my life absorbed in the eternity of all time, or the small part of space which I can touch or see engulfed by the infinite immensity of spaces that I know not and that know me not, I am frightened and astonished to see myself here instead of there now instead of then."

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"Since we cannot know all there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything."

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"We must keep our thought secret, and judge everything by it, while talking like the people."

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"Most sane human beings who have managed to attain and retain fame each uses it to dramatically increase their name's chances of being remembered until Jesus comes back, since their heart cannot do what they consciously or unconsciously lust for, that is to say, for it to beat until Jesus returns."

"Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said."

"Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again."

"I don't think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don't generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It's not like being a movie star."

"Back then: to be regarded as well-known, one had to be great. Today: to be regarded as great, one has to be well-known."

"Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead."

"If you see my fifteen minutes of fame let me know I've been searching for it for years."

"There are never any real stars in LA, but we've got a bunch of fake ones made out of brass and terrazzo. We embed them in the sidewalks outside of strip clubs and gift shops- Walk of Fame, walk of shame walk of names we're all destined to forget sooner or later."

"If you are a person that is willing to fulfill your reputation becoming famous, you should feel optimistic about your goals."

"Gain fame, and the paparazzi or media waits and watches for them to slip, just to shame their name."

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"To make a man a saint, it must indeed be by grace; and whoever doubts this does not know what a saint is, or a man."

"I would prefer an intelligent hell to a stupid paradise."

"Men blaspheme what they do not know."

"Since we cannot know all there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything."

"Nothing fortifies scepticism more than the fact that there are some who are not sceptics; if all were so, they would be wrong."

"Man is only a reed the weakest thing in nature but he is a thinking reed."

"It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the truth."

"Imagination decides everything."

"We must keep our thought secret, and judge everything by it, while talking like the people."