Many species of wit are quite mechanical; these are the favorites of witlings, whose fame in words scarce outlives the remembrance of their funeral ceremonies.
It is pleasing to be pointed at with the finger and to have it said, "There goes the man. " [Lat. , At pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier his est. ]
I do not like being famous. I like being normal.
Fill an author with a titanic fame and you do not make him titanic; you often merely burst him.
What wretched doings come from the ardor of fame; the love of truth alone would never make one man attack another bitterly.
The definition of success to me is not necessarily a price tag, not fame, but having a good life, and being able to say I did the right thing at the end of the day. Of course, the price tag is definitely part of it, but it's not the whole thing in my book.
People care about my fame, not me. But that's fine. I have my own life.
Fame is bought by happiness.
On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame
The thirst after fame is greater than that after virtue; for who embraces virtue if you take away its rewards?
It takes a very strange person to enjoy fame, with all the by-products that come with it. It's not necessarily a thrill.
A lot of times we expect people who get money and fame to suddenly become this "role model" or this "icon. " That ain't how it works. Money and fame - all it does it just allows you to be more of who you really are.
Celebrities become excluded from everyday life, kind of in exile in an echelon that is deemed better, anyway: Life of celebrity, all the fame and glamor.
When you first get fame, you're so insecure that you just become a ding dong.
My success is not about the wealth and fame. I am most concerned with my relationship to God, which is the most important.
Fame can be annoying, but there are perks too.
Mickey Mouse. . . is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame.
My drum sticks are in the "Hall of Fame. " I know that.
Everyone just screams and screams and screams. I have accepted it as real now, but it still feels surreal.
Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.