Fame Quotes

84 quotations about Fame
How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.
Alexander The Great · Fame
Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.
W. H. Auden · Fame
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
Francis Bacon · Fame
Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.
Vicki Baum · Fame
The strongest poison ever known came from Caesar's laurel crown.
William Blake · Fame
I must say, I don't feel very qualified to be a pop star. I feel very awkward at times in the role.
Edward De Bono · Fame
People should realize we're jerks just like them.
Edward De Bono · Fame
A sign of celebrity is often that their name is worth more than their services.
Daniel J. Boorstin · Fame
Popular applause veers with the wind.
John Bright · Fame
Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
Edmund Burke · Fame
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
Lord Byron · Fame
Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.
Lord Byron · Fame
Fame is the thirst of youth.
Lord Byron · Fame
To many fame comes too late.
Luis De Camoens · Fame
Fame is only good for one thing-they will cash your check in a small town.
Truman Capote · Fame
I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.
Cato The Elder · Fame
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
Cato The Elder · Fame
It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.
Nicolas Caussin · Fame
Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us.
Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort · Fame
The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
Gilbert K. Chesterton · Fame
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
Marcus T. Cicero · Fame
To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten.
E. M. Cioran · Fame
Acquaintance lessens fame.
Claudius · Fame
I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.
Confucius · Fame
We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
Bette Davis · Fame

Authors on Fame

Alexander The Great W. H. Auden Francis Bacon Vicki Baum William Blake Edward De Bono Daniel J. Boorstin John Bright Edmund Burke Lord Byron Luis De Camoens Truman Capote Cato The Elder Nicolas Caussin Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort Gilbert K. Chesterton Chinese Proverb Marcus T. Cicero E. M. Cioran Claudius