Some quotes on fame
Fame is a fickle food – Upon a shifting plate
~ Emily Dickinson
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
~Henry David Thoreau
Fame and riches are fleeting. Stupidity is eternal.
~Don Williams, Jr
He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
~Chuang-tzu
What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.
~Lord Byron
Famous I don’t know about. It’s hard to be famous and alive. I just want to play music every day and hear someone say, ‘Thanks, that was great, here’s some money, same time tomorrow, okay?’
~ Terry Pratchett
If you’re holding out for universal popularity, I’m afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.
~J. K. Rowling.This is from one of the Harry Potter series
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
~Napoleon Bonaparte
Then on the shore Of the wide world I stand alone, and think Till love and fame to nothingness do sink
~ John Keats
He who pursues fame at the risk of losing his self is not a scholar.
~Chuang-tzu
A niche in the temple of Fame.
~Author Unknown
I’m not going to be somebody who wants to hold on to my fame for the rest of my life.
~Shania Twain
Here is a Funny fame quote that some people might not find “funny”
Fame has sent a number of celebrities off the deep end, and in the case of Michael Jackson, to the kiddy pool.
~Bill Maher
Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such: it is an accident, not a property of a man.
~Thomas Carlyle
It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
~ Albert Einstein
If you’re a misfit within a group of misfits, does that mean you’re actually popular and normal?
~Laura Preble
I’m never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don’t do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don’t even do that any more.
~ Dorothy Parker
Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
~Horace Greeley
Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame.
~Sir John Denham
The highest form of vanity is love of fame.
~George Santayana
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
~Henry David Thoreau
When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
~Thomas Carlyle
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
~Lord Byron
Popularity? It is glory’s small change.
~Victor Hugo
I always thought I should be treated like a star.
~Madonna
Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
~Erma Bombeck
And what after all is everlasting fame? Altogether vanity.
~Marcus Aurelius
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