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Fame Quotes


"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."


"Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows."


"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."



"Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame."



"Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town."


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


"Fame is everywhere; the 15 minutes are now the dominant themes of our times."


"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."
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"If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are."


"I have never been accepted. I'll never make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They're never going to let me in."
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"In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame."


"I respect the Hall of Fame, and if they think that I'm worthy enough, I would be very honored. And if they don't, I gave it all that I had to this game."



"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."


"I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I am."


"Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid."


"So all the rest is O.K., but fame is a hollow ground, isn't it? It's an empty kind of thing."


"Fame and recognition break all scandals, if I were a prostitute I would have chosen to be a famous one."


"The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming."


"Fame is nothing but the sum of all the misunderstandings that cluster around a new name. Wherever a human achievement becomes truly great, it seeks to hide its face in the lap of general, nameless greatness."


"Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity."


"Notoriety wasn't as good as fame, but was heaps better than obscurity."


"What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism."


"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."


"It's been a tremendous ride. My 15 years, my 15 minutes of fame, is up."


"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."


"I guess it comes back to the old motto, you have you're fifteen minutes a fame."
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