If you were to ask me to choose between democratic values and wealth, power, prosperity and fame, I will very easily and without any doubt choose democratic values.
Narendra ModiI just hope people don’t get sick of us. I’m sick of us and I’m in Destiny’s Child.
Beyonce KnowlesI would never say I was an icon, but so many people have said I am, so I suppose I am. I mean, I can’t not be what everyone says I am. But I don’t feel like an icon.
Jane GoodallSometimes I’m fascinated with how famous my work could be while I’m not so famous.
Frank OceanI heard that when Christina Aguilera went back to her prom, people, like, booed her. I can’t imagine going through that. If you know that’s going to happen, why put yourself in that situation? I’d rather play for 20,000 screaming people, you know?
Taylor SwiftI think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated.
Marilyn MonroeFame hit me like a ton of bricks.
EminemPeace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Thomas JeffersonFor people who may think they know, or have snippets of who I am, you can attack that person. That’s part of being a public figure.
Tom BradyAnd God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he’s no longer God… They’ll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.
John LennonWhen I started out, I didn’t have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.
Katharine HepburnThis man used to go to school with his dog. Then they were separated. His dog graduated!
Henny YoungmanIf a star or studio chief or any other great movie personages find themselves sitting among a lot of nobodies, they get frightened – as if somebody was trying to demote them.
Marilyn MonroeHow many emperors and how many princes have lived and died and no record of them remains, and they only sought to gain dominions and riches in order that their fame might be ever-lasting.
Leonardo da VinciAll my stepchildren carried the burden of my fame. Sometimes they would read terrible things about me, and I’d worry about whether it would hurt them. I would tell them: ‚Don’t hide these things from me. I’d rather you ask me these things straight out, and I’ll answer all your questions.‘
Marilyn MonroeFame will go by and, so long, I’ve had you, fame. If it goes by, I’ve always known it was fickle. So at least it’s something I experience, but that’s not where I live.
Marilyn MonroeWe’re constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and easily tamed, as the elephant; some are susceptible of shame, and watchful, as the goose. Some are jealous and fond of ornament, as the peacock.
AristotleYou know, fame is a funny thing, man, especially, you know, actors, musicians, rappers, rock singers, it’s kind of a lifestyle and it’s easy to get caught up in it – you go to bars, you go to clubs, everyone’s doing a certain thing… It’s tough.
EminemThe charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death.
Blaise PascalI have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.
George WashingtonA lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I’m learning to see the positive side of things, instead of, like, ‚I can’t go to Kmart. I can’t take my kids to the haunted house.‘
EminemI seen a lot of artists be hot for a minute, and then that’s it, and somebody else come in.
Nipsey HussleIt’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
Mark TwainPeople think I’m a celebrity. I’m not a celebrity.
Conor McGregorFame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.
Jean-Jacques RousseauIf I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I’m still waiting, it’s all been to seduce women basically.
Jean-Paul SartreThe truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
Franklin D. RooseveltThe postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you.
John LennonI don’t have people following me around, like bodyguards. I don’t know how people live like that. Maybe the young movie stars have to live like that, I don’t know. But it seems a little crazy to me. I don’t think you need all that stuff.
Anthony HopkinsPursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
Henry David ThoreauThe pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
Benjamin DisraeliEven those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.
Blaise PascalThe life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.
ChanakyaGood 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 BaconGreat men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.
Henry David ThoreauFame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.
Lady GagaI have to admit I’ve found myself doing the same things that a lot of other rock stars do or are forced to do. Which is not being able to respond to mail, not being able to keep up on current music, and I’m pretty much locked away a lot. The outside world is pretty foreign to me.
Kurt CobainSee, ‚A Time to Kill‘ was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.
Matthew McConaugheyIn England, when an athlete gets to the top, we do our best to destroy him.
George BestThose who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
Samuel JohnsonThere was my name up in lights. I said, ‚God, somebody’s made a mistake.‘ But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, ‚Remember, you’re not a star.‘ Yet there it was up in lights.
Marilyn MonroeI’m over being a pop star. I don’t wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic. And I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot. I feel like I’m highly respected, which is more important than any award or any amount of records. And I feel like there comes a point when being a pop star is not enough.
Beyonce KnowlesHonor 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.
Arthur SchopenhauerFame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.
David BowieDon’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
Erma BombeckBefore I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert’s Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.
EminemA statesman who confines himself to popular legislation – or, for the matter of that, a playwright who confines himself to popular plays – is like a blind man’s dog who goes wherever the blind man pulls him, on the ground that both of them want to go to the same place.
George Bernard ShawFame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.
Benjamin DisraeliI get really restless when I haven’t worked for a day and a half. I have a recurring dream that people are lined up next to my bed, waiting for autographs and taking pictures of me!
Taylor SwiftFame itself… doesn’t really afford you anything more than a good seat in a restaurant.
David BowieGod will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he’ll be there.
Billy GrahamThe nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it’s their fault.
Henry KissingerThe human bird shall take his first flight, filling the world with amazement, all writings with his fame, and bringing eternal glory to the nest whence he sprang.
Leonardo da VinciI look out at the stadiums full of people and see them all knowing the words to songs I wrote. And curling their hair! I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It’s just funny. And wonderful.
Taylor SwiftWhat I’ve learned is that you really don’t need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.
Lady GagaI don’t think I could think of a single thing that’s more isolating than being famous.
Lady GagaFame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.
Emily DickinsonI was probably the first footballer ever to have a pop-star profile, and my agent was right when he said we could put my name on stair rods and sell them to people in bungalows.
George BestYou can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Jack London