(203 quotes found)
“I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.”
Ani Difranco
“When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God why was I here? what was my purpose? Surely, it wasn't just to win three gold medals. There has to be more to this life than that.”
Wilma Rudolph
“What a heavy burden is a name that has become famous too soon.”
Voltaire
“I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.”
Ray Charles
“I awoke one morning and found myself famous.”
Lord Byron
“It is better to be faithful than famous”
Theodore Roosevelt
“I'm famous for my bottom dances, but you'll only see my bum and willy if you raise a million pounds within an hour.”
Billy Connolly
“The cool thing about being famous is traveling. I have always wanted to travel across seas, like to Canada and stuff.”
Britney Spears
“You go to school, you get a master's degree, you study Shakespeare and you wind up being famous for plastic glasses”
Sally Jessy Raphael
“Yeah, I love being famous. It's almost like being white, y'know? People are nice to ya, they give you the beneift o' the doubt... You drive a flash car down the freeway and the cops'll pull y'over and before they even look they like 'What the f**k are you doing?' and then they see it's you and they like 'Awww man, it's Chris Rock, it's okay, man we thought you was a nigga'.”
Chris Rock