Quotes about fame

"The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured mathematically, and it is independent of persons."

Sontag, Susan on fame   

"Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men."

Spinoza, Baruch (Benedict de) on fame   

"What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little."

Stanislaus, Leszczynski on fame   

"The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign."

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius on fame
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"Even the best things are not equal to their fame."

Thoreau, Henry David on fame
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"The difference between great celebrities and the unknown is the former failed and yet went at it again; the latter gave up in despair."

Unknown, Source on fame   

"Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being somebody, to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his over-animation. One can either see or be seen."

Updike, John on fame   

"The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you."

Vanderbilt, Gloria on fame   

"Men's fame is like their hair, which grows after they are dead, and with just as little use to them."

Villiers, George on fame   

"Each man has his appointed day: short and irreparable in the brief life of all, but to extend our fame by our deeds, this is the work of mankind."

Virgil on fame   

"Fame hides her head among the clouds."

Virgil on fame   

"What a heavy burden is a name that has become famous too soon."

Voltaire on fame   

"The day will come when everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes."

Warhol, Andy on fame   

"Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict."

Welch, Raquel on fame   

"What desire for fame attends both great and small; better be damned than mentioned not at all!"

Wolcot, John on fame   

"Sometimes I wish I weren't famous."

Wynette, Tammy on fame   

"Knighthood lies above eternity; it doesn’t live off fame, but rather deeds. "

Stojanovic, Dejan on fame