top of page
.png){kind=small}
Fame Quotes
"Fame is everywhere; the 15 minutes are now the dominant themes of our times."
16
"Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame."
10
"Getting buried alive will always be my claim to fame."
9
"Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid."
9
"Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows."
8
"Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity."
7
"The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming."
6
"A curious consequence is that I have become a minor celebrity."
6
"The 50 greatest players don't matter when you're in the Hall of Fame. We all know that I was not one of the 50 greatest, I was one of the 25 greatest - in my mind."
6
"I guess it comes back to the old motto, you have you're fifteen minutes a fame."
6
"Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost."
6
"Regarding the Hall of Fame, when they decided I was going to be one of the possible candidates, when I heard that, I was so thrilled. You're always hoping for something like that."
Fame,
6
"I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I am."
5
"I don't want to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't think owners should be."
5
"You will never see the four original Pumpkins on stage ever again, unless it's a Hall of Fame thing. But you would never see a tour. There's so much damage, there's no way."
5
"Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch - unless he's Humphrey Bogart."
4
"I feel sorry for these kids in bands. Everything is so disposable nowadays. These kids don't even get 15 minutes of fame, it's like a minute and a half."
4
"It's been a tremendous ride. My 15 years, my 15 minutes of fame, is up."
4
"I have never been accepted. I'll never make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They're never going to let me in."
Fame,
4
"You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were."
4
"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."
4
"I certainly don't think I would have been asked to pose for Rage if I wasn't a known writer."
4
"A lot of celebrities, especially when you're talking about the really big ones, live in what I call the fame bubble. Nobody ever says no to them or challenges them or even teases them."
4
"Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name."
4
"So all the rest is O.K., but fame is a hollow ground, isn't it? It's an empty kind of thing."
4
bottom of page