It does seem true that a lot of people will do anything, however humiliating, for fame.
If the hall of fame happens, what a tremendous honor. But it's just icing on the cake.
Fame legitimizes. Being conspicuous gets confused with being illustrious.
I am one of the biggest Laura Nyro fans. I still listen to that stuff incessantly. Laura Nyro does not belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Songwriter Hall of Fame? Absolutely.
He is not dead who departs from life with a high and noble fame; but he is dead, even while living, whose brow is branded with infamy.
Why is Kris Jenner a powerhouse? Because some part of us confuses fame and infamy, too. If she really bothered us half as much as we claim she does, we'd look away and stop feeding her empire.
The end of my addiction to fame happened at the exact moment 'Roseanne' dropped out of the top ten, in the seventh of our nine seasons. It was mysteriously instantaneous!
Fame is empowering. My mistake was that I thought I would instinctively know how to handle it. But there's no manual, no training course.
The National is about however long it takes to run that race - eight minutes of fame - but champion jockey is about racing 365 days a year. I actually wouldn't swap any of my winners for the National.
What's the reason I'm playing basketball? I do it because I love it, I do it because of my family, and that's it. I don't do it because of the money. I don't do it because of the fame. I just do it because I love it, and I do it for my family because my family enjoys it.
I think if I'd been born ten years earlier when Ma was at the height of 'Avengers' fame, it would have been a different kettle of fish altogether, but she was very much a ma first and an actress second for my formative years.
The fame stuff, the kind words from websites and things, are very flattering and lovely, but I just wanna act.
No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.
Larry Brown molded me into an MVP and a Hall of Fame player.
What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.
Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.
Look, the fame rocket is only on the upward trajectory for a limited time.
I started as a lyrical singer. But it was through the pop universe that I reached international fame.
I want to be part of Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame, but I don't want to be part of the kind of Hall of Fame that's based on voters' beliefs and assumptions.
Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.
