(437 quotes found)
“I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.”
Ani Difranco
“It is better to be faithful than famous”
Theodore Roosevelt
“I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.”
Ray Charles
“What a heavy burden is a name that has become famous too soon.”
Voltaire
“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
“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
“The cool thing about being famous is traveling. I have always wanted to travel across seas, like to Canada and stuff.”
Britney Spears
“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
“I awoke one morning and found myself famous.”
Lord Byron
“Who would wish to be among the commonplace crowd of the little famous - who are each individually lost in a throng made up of themselves?”
John Keats