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Fame Quotes

They said that of all the kings upon the earth
he was the man most gracious and fair-minded,
kindest to his people and keenest to win fame.

– Beowulf, Seamus Heaney (trans.)

Lines 3180-3282: Concluding lines of poem, what the people said about Beowulf after he dies.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.

– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Al Kaline bought a tee and a ball and swung at it all winter. Look where it got him: the Hall of Fame.

– Hal Newhouser

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

– George Villiers

Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; riches take wings; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.

– Horace Greeley

I never wanted fame, of all things, and I’m not just being cheeky. There are benefits that come with being famous, but there’s also confusion. It’s important to make sure your feet stay on the ground.

– Grace Park

Nobody has ever denied that when it comes to his trade – gigolo – John Forbes Kerry is one of the all-time greats. He’s in the Gigolo Hall of Fame. See, a really good gigolo might snag one heiress in a lifetime with a nine-figure trust fund. Kerry has married two. When it comes to gigolos, he’s Steve Jobs.

– Howie Carr

Fame is easy to acquire; impact is much more difficult.

– Hans Rosling

Fame is short-lived, and you’re the last to know when you are no longer hot.

– George Lazenby

Preserve my artistic creativity and ennoble my artistic fame.

– Giacomo Meyerbeer

That fame monster’s a fool, man. It really is.

– Gucci Mane

I’ve got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn’t mean you have the lifestyle people expect.

– Ian Hislop

There are not many poets whose fame rests on a single work.

– Helen Vendler

I know the Hall of Fame is the more sought-after thing. But I’m getting a bigger charge out of my uniform number being put away. Everything I worked hard for and wished for came true.

– Hal Newhouser

The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them.

– Jean Genet

The gospel of Jesus Christ is more enduring than fame, more precious than riches, more to be desired than happiness.

– Joseph B. Wirthlin

I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.

– Imelda May

Fame creeps up on you.

– Ian Mckellen

I’ve always had a lot of ambivalence about fame and celebrity.

– Jane Pauley

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

– J. K. Rowling

That’s one of the cool things about fame. You have an affect on society and where it goes.

– Jeff Bridges

There is a level of fame that is really unmanageable. But most of the people who experience that level of fame are compensated in other ways. Private villas and chauffeured boats.

– John C. Reilly

The feeling of being accepted and acknowledgement and recognition and fame – I’m vain like everybody else. The feeling of achievement that I’ve helped the poor or somebody in need far outweighs the money.

– Joe Jamail

You can’t reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you’ll never lose people knowing you.

– J. Cole

You don’t know who wants you for you, who wants you for the money, who wants you for the fame. You have no idea. And how would you know? There’s no way.

– J. J. Watt

If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.

– Jack London

Fame is a series of misunderstandings surrounding a name.

– Joni Mitchell

I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.

– J. Cole

I don’t like the idea that fame could mean that people can no longer relate to me.

– Jessica Chastain

I’ve always been profoundly ambivalent about fame. I think it just eats the reality out of you and it can be intoxicating because I like some of it.

– Jane Pauley

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