Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else - very rarely to those who say to themselves, 'Go to, now, let us be a celebrated individual!'.
He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.
I watched 'Fame,' and I just love the choreography. It just gives me a place to be in another zone.
My claim to fame has always been that iconic picture that ended up in 'The San Francisco Chronicle' of Bill Russell jumping over my head.
Pete Rose may not make the Hall of Fame, but a statue of him is going to be erected outside the Cincinnati Reds ballpark.
At first it was exhilarating but when I realized it wasn't going away, it became scary and claustrophobic. Fame is a weird thing.
In 2002 and 2003, the Bush administration decided against bombing Zarqawi's camp in northern Iraq because it might derail plans to depose Saddam Hussein. By focusing on Zarqawi in his speech at the United Nations, Secretary of State Colin Powell inadvertently spread his fame throughout the Arab world.
Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
If you look at some of the people in the Hall of Fame, my numbers are compatible.
In my very first NFL game, I completed my first pass to Hall of Fame running back Marshall Faulk.
Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed.
Michael Jackson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It caused quite a controversy, because his nose isn't eligible for another fifteen years.
I was not prepared for fame. It hit me hard, and I did not have the capacity to cope.
Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it.
I honestly don't think I sought fame. It wasn't something I courted or wanted, particularly.
When you're a performer, of course you want an audience, but it's very, very different from courting fame.
I don't crave fame. I mean, it's nice to be recognized. It is useful.
Nothing is more despicable than to reach fame by crawling, position by cringing.
Would it be an honor to be bestowed Hall of Fame credentials? Yeah. Does it define me as a person? No.