960 Quotes About Fame

The night I met him [he] told me that, for some reason, life usually grants us what we are not looking for. He was given wealth, fame, and power, yet his soul yearned only for spiritual peace so that he could silence the shadows in his heart...

A place in the sun, that's what I am aiming for... and who could ever ask for more?' -Columbine to Pierrot

Author says he suffered from both "a craving to be famous" and "a horror of being known to like being known.

If there’s anything that makes us great, maybe it’s cultivating the appreciation of great things.

The poet walks the earth in relative obscurity. You might see him surface briefly at an open microphone event or at a workshop, but for the most part he stays in his burrow.His bosses love him. He writes elegant copy and sticks to his knitting. You hardly know he’s there in his cubicle.

I have heard the most fantastical gossip about myself and each time I thought, "If only my life were that exciting, fun, outrageous, and sexy". Then again my memory wasn't so sharp when I took drugs. Some of what was said about me might be true. At worst it gave me jerk-off material.

A la gloria de los más famosos se adscribe siempre algo de la miopía de los admiradores.

When everyone is famous, no one will be famous.

It's quite widespread in rock culture, that mythology of the shooting star.I'd rather be the North star. As bob (Dylan) says, you can navigate by it.