I'm famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can't count on it. Votes: 4
Dave ChappelleI am one of the graduates of the William Morris famous, famous mail room from the '60s. Votes: 4
Irwin WinklerBritain is famous for being great at inventing and poor at commercializing. Votes: 3
Margaret HeffernanBecause it is there [famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest]. Votes: 3
George Leigh MalloryThis whole segregation between famous people and other people is complete rubbish. Votes: 3
Maisie WilliamsJim Cummings, Whoopie Goldberg & Cheech Marin make up this famous Disney threesome. Votes: 3
Alex TrebekVidal Sassoon was the most famous hairstylist in the history of the world. Votes: 3
John Paul DeJoriaTo put an arrogant 'famous' writer in his place: pretend to be illiterate. Votes: 3
Mokokoma MokhonoanaNo matter how famous you are, there's always somebody more famous than you. Votes: 3
Andrew KreisbergBeing a famous print journalist is like being the best-dressed woman on radio. Votes: 3
Robin WilliamsI don't have the pressure of being a world-famous bombshell that has detonated. Votes: 3
Selma BlairI'll always be this once-famous actress nobody recognises because of a nose job. Votes: 3
Jennifer GreyI'll always be this once-famous actress nobody recognizes... because of a nose job. Votes: 3
Jennifer GreyExposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere. Votes: 3
Francesca AnnisChristopher Hitchens is perhaps the greatest orator ever. He's such a famous atheist. Votes: 3
Michael BubleI've always been passionate about acting. I haven't been passionate about being famous. Votes: 3
David AlpayMore than rich, more than famous, more than happy...I wanted to be great. Votes: 3
Bruce SpringsteenI have no interest in being famous. I just want to make famous photographs. Votes: 3
David LaChapelleI just don't feel much interested in the lifestyles of the rich and famous. Votes: 3
Michael CunninghamI always loved Willie Nelson, but I loved the songs that Willie made famous. Votes: 3
Shane McAnallyYou can do anything when you're famous. That's why famous people are so dumb. Votes: 3
Jarvis CockerI never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant. Votes: 3
Manolo BlahnikPeople enjoy making fun of people who are famous; they love putting people down. Votes: 3
Lee DanielsI never got into things to be famous. Sometimes its fun, sometimes its annoying. Votes: 3
Judah FriedlanderI get very nervous around famous people and I get nervous around beautiful women. Votes: 3
Liev SchreiberIn terms of economic growth, PIMCO originated the famous phrase the 'new normal.' Votes: 3
Bill GrossSometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, Why is that person staring at me? Votes: 3
Bob NewhartActually, you're not famous at all. Maybe you'll get some traction after you're dead? Votes: 3
Peter OrnerI'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf. Votes: 3
Ian MckellenIt's interesting because people assume that because I'm famous I know all famous people. Votes: 3
Daniel RadcliffeThe same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing. Votes: 3
Leigh HuntYou ought to let the Jews have Jerusalem; it was they who made it famous. Votes: 3
Winston ChurchillThere have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous. Votes: 3
Benjamin FranklinIt's an easy guess, why some get famous over night and not during the day. Votes: 3
Aleksandra NinkovicTo be honest with you, I (would) much rather play basketball and not be famous. Votes: 3
Kobe BryantIt's never been my purpose to become an American icon, or more famous or richer. Votes: 3
Juliette BinocheShe has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer. Votes: 3
Ella FitzgeraldIt's not enough to be famous. You have to be professional enough to make reform. Votes: 3
Vitali KlitschkoThe BBC is very good at period drama - world-famous for getting the details right. Votes: 3
Lynne Reid BanksSome people may be famous for creating a pencil sharpener. I'm famous for my tits. Votes: 3
Katie PriceIt's not like I'm that wildly famous that it's disrupted my lifestyle in some way. Votes: 3
Mariana KlavenoI hate that tabloid idea of anybody who is famous having to forfeit their privacy. Votes: 3
Caitlin MoranIt is better to be famous than notorious, but better to be notorious than obscure. Votes: 3
James Kern FeiblemanI've played with some very famous bandits in my time on the celebrity golf circuit. Votes: 3
Jasper CarrottSometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, 'Why is that person staring at me?' Votes: 3
Bob NewhartI am absolutely delighted at the prospect of joining a world famous club like Inter. Votes: 3
Robbie KeaneIâm famous, but Iâm not famous like freaking Brad Pitt or Jennifer Aniston. Votes: 3
Britney SpearsThere are many examples of great songs that become more famous when they are covered. Votes: 3
Alex EbertIt's always a little mind-boggling to realize that these famous actors know who I am. Votes: 3
Emily BluntI think that people who are famous tend to be underdeveloped in their humanity skills. Votes: 3
Diane KeatonThere's more pressure to be famous for being yourself than if you're being a character. Votes: 3
Kim KardashianThe people who think I'm famous are knitters. Most of my life, I'm wildly unrecognized. Votes: 3
Stephanie Pearl-McPheeIt doesn't matter if you're famous or infamous. All that matters is you're a celebrity. Votes: 3
Willie GeistA window covered with raindrops interests me more than a photograph of a famous person, Votes: 3
Saul LeiterHappiness never made anyone rich or famous. That must be why ambitious people avoid it. Votes: 3
Marty RubinYou know, I'm a television personality. It's not like I'm a famous hooker or something! Votes: 3
Brett SomersI like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not. Votes: 3
Catherine DeneuveI don't see anything wrong in someone wanting to be famous or having sky-high ambitions. Votes: 3
Randeep HoodaHappiness is being famous for your financial ability to indulge in every kind of excess. Votes: 3
Bill WattersonI would want to travel the world and write about it. To be a famous writer. Votes: 3
Shantel VanSantenWhy am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong? Votes: 3
Barbra StreisandThe way to become famous fast is to throw a brick at someone who is famous. Votes: 3
Walter WinchellThe whole business of getting famous was good fun, but it was a long time ago. Votes: 3
Julian ClaryYour face is your calling card, but you're not so famous that you can't go out. Votes: 3
Vincent SchiavelliIt is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their finest hour Votes: 3
Lillian HellmanWealth as well as sea water. The more we drink, the more thirsty. The so famous Votes: 3
Arthur SchopenhauerWe were marching since we were babies and all we did was make Jane Fonda famous. Votes: 3
Robert PatrickI'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous. Votes: 3
Ani DiFrancoThis is almost the most famous story The last samurai - Samurai story - in Japan. Votes: 3
Hiroyuki SanadaI don't care about being famous or having a lot of people go, "She's really good." Votes: 3
Laurie AndersonI've never worried about being rich or famous - for me, it's all about the dancing. Votes: 3
Anton du BekeLuckily, I think, I never really wanted to be famous, I just wanted to make movies. Votes: 3
Seth RogenI have some idea of the pressure of finding your own identity with a famous father. Votes: 3
Michael DouglasNot every heiress is famous. Or fun. There are a lot of boring heiresses out there. Votes: 3
Paris HiltonIt is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour. Votes: 3
Lillian HellmanBeing rich and famous isn't all happiness and at times the pressures have got to me. Votes: 3
Frida LyngstadI don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me. Votes: 3
Zoe SuggBeing rich and famous isn't all happiness and at times the pressures have got to me. Votes: 3
Anni-Frid LyngstadI'm probably more famous for sitting on the toilet than for anything else that I do. Votes: 3
Frank ZappaI've never sat there and plotted out how I was going to become successful or famous. Votes: 3
Jennifer AnistonI absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn't. Votes: 3
Noel GallagherThe best way for photographers to become rich and famous is to go into another field. Votes: 3
Bill JayI didn't pursue acting to become famous. I was actually just trying to make a living. Votes: 3
Morris ChestnutYou know you are really famous the day you discover you have become a comic character! Votes: 3
Nelson MandelaMany medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for. Votes: 3
Mary Lou RettonPeople are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're famous. Votes: 3
Danielle SteelAlthough I was born to famous parents, I know and feel the problems of ordinary citizens. Votes: 3
Benigno Aquino IIIThe hardest working person in showbusiness has never been or ever will be a 'famous person'. Votes: 3
Daniel ToshIt is okay to cut your wife's throat as long as you are rich, famous"and black. Votes: 3
Jeff CooperI don't want to name drop, but Russell Crowe is the most famous person in my phone. Votes: 3
Jai CourtneyIf lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z. Votes: 3
Talib KweliI had to wait 110 years to become famous. I wanted to enjoy it as long as possible. Votes: 3
Jeanne CalmentI take acting lessons with my coach, and what do I get famous for? Holding a puppy! Votes: 3
Kim CoatesI don't want to end up being a circus act, doing my most famous tricks when I'm 70. Votes: 3
Pharrell WilliamsFor me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous. Votes: 3
Carla GuginoI'd prefer to go under the radar and just do the acting without being famous for it. Votes: 3
Kelly ReillyIf you wanna be famous, then it's okay if the music is fake, because fame isn't real. Votes: 3
Josh HommeI'm so famous, people expect me to sell as many records as Celine Dion or Puff Daddy. Votes: 3
Marilyn MansonIt isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich. Votes: 3
Alan AldaPeople would go anywhere to see a famous person in the flesh, no matter what they do. Votes: 3
Tom LehrerI think it's real easy to be famous these days; it's not real easy to sustain success. Votes: 3
Jerry Jeff WalkerI am one of the graduates of the William Morris famous, famous mail room from the 60s. Votes: 3
Irwin WinklerThe problem is, the more famous you get, the more people see you who didn't choose to. Votes: 3
Louis C. K.I don't have famous neighbours and if I did, I'd avoid them. I don't live the jet-set. Votes: 3
Vanessa ParadisPeople should recognize who you are and how you can act rather then how famous you are. Votes: 3
Mae WhitmanI don't feel famous and I didn't want my autobiography to be like a Paris Hilton story. Votes: 3
Beth DittoPeople should recognize who you are and how you can act rather than how famous you are. Votes: 3
Mae WhitmanI liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy. Votes: 3
Sia FurlerIf you don't get famous when you're a kid, it makes the transition to adult actor easier. Votes: 3
Tom GuiryI know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage. Votes: 3
Bill NighyWhenever you're the child of a famous person, you get judged in odd ways because of that. Votes: 3
Jeff BridgesYou know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi. Votes: 3
Marilu HennerI find it really frustrating when people go, "I want to be famous and glamorous like you." Votes: 3
Zoe SaldanaThe good thing about L.A. is that there's always someone more famous 100 yards away from me. Votes: 3
Seth RogenI want to be in 'Glee', but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet. Votes: 3
Carey MulliganIt was never about sort of being famous. I just wanted to be good at what I did. Votes: 3
Katey SagalI'm not cut out to be a famous person; I can't do my hair and makeup well enough. Votes: 3
Jennifer WeinerAnd now he's down this for me. He's made me famous. He's put my name on the world. Votes: 3
Jenny DownhamIt is so strange - if anyone takes my name, I have the ability to make them famous. Votes: 3
Shah Rukh KhanI want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades when I'm dead. Votes: 3
Laura KightlingerOne has to commit their life to music and not expect to get famous or rich doing it. Votes: 3
Anne Akiko MeyersI'm a poet born in the era of Andy Warhol and a generation that wanted to be famous. Votes: 3
Eileen MylesI didn't set out to be famous; if I'd wanted that, I would have gone on Big Brother. Votes: 3
Sam WorthingtonI can't imagine dating someone famous. I try to stay away from that as much as I can. Votes: 3
Dylan PennI seek no longer to be a 'famous' person, and instead I wish to live a 'normal' life. Votes: 3
Sinead O'ConnorAs a famous person you think how you're gonna end it, get away and have a normal life. Votes: 3
Gwen StefaniYou don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you. Votes: 3
Meryl StreepPeople keep asking me about it but I don't want to be famous for being a former anorexic. Votes: 3
Kate BeckinsaleI wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous. Votes: 3
Danielle SteelA man will work and slave in obscurity for ten years and then become famous in ten minutes. Votes: 3
Robert RipleyIf you want to be famous, you must do something more badly than anybody in the entire world. Votes: 3
Miroslav TichyI want to be in 'Glee,' but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet. Votes: 3
Carey MulliganI feel like me and Taylor [Swift] might still have sex. Why? I made that b - -h famous. Votes: 3
Kanye WestWe all can't be famous but we can all be great and we become great when we serve others Votes: 3
Martin Luther King, Jr.Ever since grammar school, I knew I wanted to be famous - I always wanted to be a singer. Votes: 3
Jennifer HudsonI never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun. Votes: 3
Donna LeonAll I wanted to do was to become famous, but then I found out that it was nothing special. Votes: 3
Jean-Claude Van DammeI didn't get into fighting for the money. I didn't want to be famous. I just want to fight. Votes: 3
Alexis DavisYou do a job like mine because you love the job, not because it's going to make you famous. Votes: 3
Ray WinstoneI have just wanted to be an actress. That's always been my goal. I didn't want to be famous. Votes: 3
Kate WinsletThere are a lot of good things about being famous but there are a few not so good things too
Sharon StoneSomeday I'm gonna be famous. Do I have talent, well, no. These days you really don't need it.
Brad PaisleySlowly but surely, we are acquiring that famous culture of democracy, which is our objective.
Paul BiyaBefore I was famous, I already was the person that attracted and dealt with a lot of weirdos.
Tucker MaxA lot of people come to Los Angeles and think that they're going to be famous, just like that.
Alison BrieThere are two ways to become famous. Degrade yourself or have talent. The first way is easier.
Gary JanettiI hope someday when I date my fan, she loves me as a person and not as a famous Greyson Chance
Greyson ChanceEvery schoolboy hath that famous testament of Grunnius Corocotta Porcellus at his fingers end.
Robert A. BurtonTo be famous is to be stuck in an inflexible place. But at least it is to be stuck with money.
Spalding GrayI awoke one morning and found myself famous. Ich erwachte eines Morgens und fand mich berühmt.
Byron, Lord George Gordon NoelJust because you're famous doesn't mean you're something special and you're above other people.
Avril LavigneNico [Rosberg] is not seeking the limelight as Lewis [Hamilton] does. Lewis wants to be famous.
Bernie EcclestoneIt's easier to get on show business, the hard part is to maintain. Nobody stays famous forever.
Chris RockI've certainly not got any famous people's numbers on my phone. It's just not my thing, really.
Gareth BaleHell, I'm going to play pro basketball. I'm going to maybe be famous. I'm going to write books.
John Edgar WidemanThe more dignity is widely and freely available in a society, the less people want to be famous.
Alain de BottonI have always believed that fame is a curse. I never envied one of the famous people I've known.
Bob DylanTo be famous is to stand on a pedestal and give the world permission to tell you all your flaws.
Chris ColferPeople seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.
Cullen HightowerWe humans have many vestigial features proving that we evolved. The most famous is the appendix.
Jerry A. CoyneThe fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble - famous and meaningless.
Steven MorrisseyAnybody auditions for X-Factor it's because they want to be famous, not because they are artists.
Bruce DickinsonI want to get so famous that I don't have to wake up in the morning. It'll probably never happen.
Gabriel IglesiasI know it's a cliche but I never wanted to be famous. I don't believe anybody wants to be famous.
Jeremy RennerThere was already a famous Sternberg in psychology and it was obvious there would not be another.
Robert SternbergSometimes I wonder if I'm as famous for my wheelchair and disabilities as I am for my discoveries
Stephen HawkingI realize it's impossible to have any sympathy, I mean, true sympathy, for people that are famous.
Bill MurraySometimes people offer you plays, they offer you parts, but they only offer it because I'm famous.
Chris RockI wanted to have money; I wanted to be special; I wanted people to like me; I wanted to be famous.
Ellen DeGeneresI don't need my name in lights I'm famous in my Father's eyes Make no mistake He knows my name.
Francesca BattistelliWhile I made a splash, rappers came and passed But still I ask myself: how long does famous last?
G-EazyI don't know about this thing - being famous. I haven't figured it out yet. It still mystifies me.
Helen SlaterEffort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown.
Idries ShahThere are two types of actors: those who say they don't want to be famous and those who are liars.
Kevin BaconThe thing I like least about being famous is being overly scrutinized for everything I say and do.
Madonna CicconeI guess if you go around with famous people you are assured of some reflected (or deflected) glory.
Ambeth R. OcampoI get so annoyed by famous people who have not actually written the books they slap their names on.
Anderson CooperPersons famous in the arts partake of the immortality of princes, and are upon a footing with them.
Francis I of FranceNot everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Vee scowled at him. She is famous for that scowl. It's a look that does everything but audibly hiss.
Becca FitzpatrickI can deal with it now, but 13 is a tough age to be recognized and famous. It's a tough age, period.
Bill SkarsgardI'm certainly lucky to have got famous through something that was so well liked, generally speaking.
Daniel RadcliffeThe hardest thing about being famous? Just working I guess. Just work. The famous part's the luxury.
Drake BellI'm the world's most famous photographer, most sought after photographer, most awarded photographer.
Peter LikOver the past 10 years of being famous, my relationship with the camera has not been a pleasant one.
Ryan PhillippeI think it's IMPOSSIBLE for anyone famous to come from here, because everyone around here is insane.
Terry PratchettI never cultivated a personality. Almost everyone who is really famous has cultivated a personality.
Val KilmerI've always been passionate about acting. I haven't been passionate about being famous. Votes: 2 David Alpay
Everybody wanted me to be rich and famous on my art. And I said no to all the commercials and all the seedy offers. Votes: 1 Philippe Petit
We were marching since we were babies and all we did was make Jane Fonda famous. Votes: 1 Robert Patrick
They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous. Votes: 1 Lillie Langtry
There's more pressure to be famous for being yourself than if you're being a character. Votes: 3 Kim Kardashian
Mum loves me being famous! She is so excited and proud, as she had me so young and couldn't support me, so I am living her dream, it's sweeter for both of us. It's her 40th birthday soon and I'm going to buy her 40 presents. Votes: 1 Adele
Bill Cosby is a famous black guy who has a bully pulpit the size of the world; it's global. He puts his colossal foot on the vulnerable necks of poor people, and as a result of that, we don't have a balanced conversation. Votes: 1 Michael Eric Dyson
Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing. Votes: 2 Macy Gray
I remember feeling guilty that I had a good childhood. I thought everybody who is famous has to have a desperate childhood and work his way out of it, but I had a great one. Votes: 1 Tomie dePaola
Music is in me. I don't have much of a choice. People might listen to one of my songs or come and see my because of my famous last name, but if my music's not good they won't hang around. Votes: 1 James McCartney
I often visit Maria Tatar's 'The Grimm Reader' for a cold dose of courage. Her translations come from the Brothers Grimm, whose now-famous collection of 'Kinder- und Hausmarchen' ('Children's and Household Tales') was first published in 1812. The book was not intended for young readers. Votes: 1 Kate Bernheimer
Look at the news stand, you know? I mean, it's a cacophony of famous people or people who want to be famous with blurbs all around it, and it's supposed to be, you know, that's supposed to be creativity in journalism. My God, it's unbelievable. It's shocking. Votes: 1 George Lois
The death of a famous person is different from the death of a loved one, whether it is Michael Jackson, Frank McCourt, or Walter Cronkite. We didn't know any of them personally, and yet, we experience a sense of loss. Votes: 1 Madeleine M. Kunin
I made a conscious decision back then that I would rather be the best actress who ever lived than the most famous one. Votes: 1 Sally Kirkland
There's the famous thing that the A&R man from the record company is supposed to do: He's supposed to come into the studio and listen to the songs you've been recording and then say, 'Guys, I don't hear any singles.' And then everybody falls into a terrible depression because you have to write one. Votes: 1 Jarvis Cocker
I've never dreamed of being famous. The idea of it really scares me. Votes: 2 Jeremy London
More than anything else, my mother wanted to be an actress - a famous actress - which in the 1950s was all about being young, sexy, and available. She was all that, and more. She had big blue eyes, alabaster skin, a heart-shaped face, a beautiful figure. She was just a knockout. Votes: 1 Meredith Baxter
Of course, screwed up families are not the exclusive province of the famous. Still, most families get to screw up in private. Votes: 2 Shawn Amos
It's always a little mind-boggling to realize that these famous actors know who I am. Votes: 4 Emily Blunt
Being a famous actress may give you a sense of being important, but believe me, it's just an illusion. Votes: 2 Juliette Binoche
My dad was an architect, and he wasn't a rich guy, but in our little world in Philadelphia, he was famous. He loved to see his picture in the paper. I wanted to be more famous than him. Votes: 1 Kevin Bacon
You should definitely visit the Louvre, a world-famous art museum where you can view, at close range, the backs of thousands of other tourists trying to see the Mona Lisa. Votes: 3 Dave Barry
There's a myth among amateurs, optimists and fools that beyond a certain level of achievement, famous artists retire to some kind of Elysium where criticism no longer wounds and work materializes without their effort. Votes: 2 Mark Matousek
Cartola is an artist from Brazil who didn't record until much later in his life, but had a big influence on a lot of famous artists down there, like Gilberto Gil. I discovered his music recently when I was in Brazil. Votes: 3 Jesse Harris
When you become famous, you start getting invites to parties where there are famous athletes and famous rock stars, politicians, people who have tremendous power and affluence. It's not in my DNA, but certainly I have been exposed to it. Votes: 3 Billy Baldwin
I'm a novelist who read a lot as a kid. When you grow up on books and then grow up to write books, famous authors are a lot more meaningful to you than TV and movie stars. Votes: 3 Claire Scovell LaZebnik
I'm a novelist who read a lot as a kid. When you grow up on books and then grow up to write books, famous authors are a lot more meaningful to you than TV and movie stars. Votes: 3 Claire Scovell LaZebnik
Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world. Votes: 2 Babe Ruth
And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business. Votes: 2 Shaquille O'Neal
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired. Votes: 2 Moliere
The Narrow Road to the Deep North' is one of the most famous books of all Japanese literature, written by the great poet Basho in 1689. Votes: 3 Richard Flanagan
I didn't want kids to think that to be happy, they had to be famous or rich or live in the big city. Votes: 1 Dan Savage
My high-school coach Tony Reginelli was kind of famous for 'Reggie-isms,' kind of like 'Yogi-isms.' He always said if you want to be a good quarterback, when sprinting left you want to be amphibious and throw left-handed. I told him, 'You mean ambidextrous, coach?' Votes: 1 Peyton Manning
My mother took me to Venice one time and showed me all the houses where famous composers used to live. It gave me a fascination for music and the city, but also for architecture. It was a valuable lesson. Votes: 3 Ben van Berkel
If it's not some daring, dangerous affair, it's just not interesting, or so it seems. So, here you have two people - a famous American iconic couple - who actually like each other sexually, in marriage. Imagine. Votes: 1 Shelley Long
I've never worried about being rich or famous - for me, it's all about the dancing. Votes: 1 Anton du Beke
But things move in circles: one minute it's the models who are famous, then it's the actresses, then it's the designers. Votes: 1 Rachel Hunter
Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul. Votes: 1 Annette Bening
I grew up with the one of the most famous fathers in the world in the 1960s and '70s. He passed away in 1984, and as time went on, people didn't know him. That blew me away. Votes: 4 Kate Burton
They gave it to us for about five bucks a week, and we just went there to live. Probably the first band that ever did that back then and it became the famous cottage. Votes: 1 Jim Capaldi
I don't have many famous friends, really, except Simon Cowell. Votes: 4 Leona Lewis
How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long? Votes: 1 Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I didn't know what to expect from a famous movie star; maybe that he'd be sort of stuck-up, you know. But not Gary Cooper. He horsed around so much... that I had a hard time painting him. Votes: 1 Norman Rockwell
Change your thoughts and you change your world. Votes: 2 Norman Vincent Peale
Be strong and of good courage; fear not or be dismayed; for the Lord, even my God, will be with thee. He will not fail thee, till thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord. Votes: 2 David
If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it. Votes: 1 John C. Maxwell
A famous love story is hard to maintain when you both live in the spotlight. Votes: 4 Lauren Bacall
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. Votes: 2 Confucius
Luckily, I think, I never really wanted to be famous, I just wanted to make movies. Votes: 1 Seth Rogen
Be a famous musician. Be a famous act or. Be a famous write r. Be a famous basketball player. Be famous. Votes: 2 Dallas Clayton
I think there are just a million interviews in anthologies with famous musicians that are about the music, and they're really boring to read. Votes: 3 Neil Strauss
We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free. Votes: 2 Jiddu Krishnamurti
Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous. Votes: 3 Jean-Michel Basquiat
For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world. Votes: 2 Jesse Owens
I'm terrified of being too famous. What I'm really afraid of is that the audiences will go into the theater and not be able to forget that it's me, that fame will stand in the way of my acting. I want to keep being able to change into different shapes and different personalities. Votes: 1 Noomi Rapace
I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher. Votes: 1 Moses Mendelssohn
The Narrow Road to the Deep North' is one of the most famous books of all Japanese literature, written by the great poet Basho in 1689. Votes: 1 Richard Flanagan
The Narrow Road to the Deep North' is one of the most famous books of all Japanese literature, written by the great poet Basho in 1689. Votes: 1 Richard Flanagan
I was born on October 21, 1956 in Burbank, California. My father, Eddie Fisher, was a famous singer. My mother, Debbie Reynolds, was a movie star. Her best-known role was in 'Singin' In The Rain.' Votes: 2 Carrie Fisher
I've only ever wanted to be a singer; I never wanted to be famous. Votes: 1 Katherine Jenkins
Ibiza is a popular vacation place for a lot of the players in Spain. If you go in the summer, there are some of the world's most famous movie and music stars, so nobody cares about soccer players. Votes: 3 Xavi
The big thing that everyone forgets, you're famous and on TV and everything, but I think there's something very rewarding to be able to write a song, record it, and have it turn out as you heard it in your head, or even better. Votes: 2 Phil Collen
I didn't feel good about cutting out parts of very famous speeches, ... You think you somehow need all of it or you get none of it, but that's not true. Votes: 3 Tom Stoppard
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for. Votes: 2 Maureen Dowd
Our most famous writers are Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. It would make sense that the poetry would reflect some of those same values, some of the same techniques. Votes: 5 Robert Morgan
Sweden is famous for many things - but not fashion. Votes: 1 Stefan Persson
Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young. Votes: 1 Duke Ellington
I never fear famous politicians, never fear the big parties, I only fear the people do not understand. Votes: 3 Khem Veasna
You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He's just famous for his sound. Votes: 1 David Lee Roth
But just playing the partner of someone famous, I had a lot more freedom. Votes: 1 Rachel Griffiths
The whole business of getting famous was good fun, but it was a long time ago. Votes: 4 Julian Clary
I'm a novelist who read a lot as a kid. When you grow up on books and then grow up to write books, famous authors are a lot more meaningful to you than TV and movie stars. Votes: 3 Claire Scovell LaZebnik
Being rich and famous isn't all happiness and at times the pressures have got to me. Votes: 1 Frida Lyngstad
Barack Obama hopes his famous health care victory will mark him as a transformative president. History, however, may judge it to have been his missed opportunity to be one. Votes: 1 George Will
I have this famous joke that I use: Why was God able to create Heaven and Earth in seven days and seven nights? Because he didn't have installed customers and legacy technology to worry about. Votes: 1 Brad D. Smith
Among famous traitors of history one might mention the weather. Votes: 1 Ilka Chase
In New York, after that famous home run, they expected me to be up there every year. That homer raised me to a high level, with the top guys in the game. Votes: 1 Bobby Thomson
I think I'll always be famous. I just hope I don't become infamous. Votes: 1 CeeLo Green
I have some idea of the pressure of finding your own identity with a famous father. Votes: 1 Michael Douglas
You know, I think Jesus was famous and also in a lot of trouble because he always chose people over sort of established procedures. Votes: 1 Gene Robinson
To my surprise, the more I searched about Qi Xiangfu, the more I found of a life lived partly online. He once wrote a short memoir in which he described himself in the third person, with the formality usually reserved for China's most famous writers. Votes: 3 Evan Osnos
I've never dreamed of being famous. The idea of it really scares me. Votes: 1 Jeremy London
Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else. Votes: 1 Alan Bennett
It struck me that working digitally with a small crew, I could lay out a general plan for Famous and hope for mistakes which would create something more than satire and something less than truthful reality. Votes: 1 Griffin Dunne
For me, if the music is good, whether the artist is famous or unknown, I love being part of the music and contributing what I can to the bass end. Votes: 1 Tony Levin
While not a musician, my father was a music agent for years before becoming pop culture icon Famous Amos. Votes: 1 Shawn Amos
Cartola is an artist from Brazil who didn't record until much later in his life, but had a big influence on a lot of famous artists down there, like Gilberto Gil. I discovered his music recently when I was in Brazil. Votes: 1 Jesse Harris
There's nothing to be said for being famous. It's a pain. You can't be rude to people - it's inexcusable not to be nice. Anyway, it's not in my nature. I was trained to be nice. Votes: 1 Terry Wogan
Going to New York to do whatever - show business - it just seemed fun. It seemed fun to go to the big city and meet all kinds of different people and maybe be famous. It was just exciting. So I wasn't scared. Votes: 1 January Jones
Many people don't know our famous 'soup kitchen' episode on Seinfeld was inspired by an actual soup restaurant off 8th Avenue in New York. Votes: 1 Jason Alexander
A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception. Votes: 4 Van Morrison
The Oceanic White Tip is considered one of the most dangerous sharks in the sea along with the Great White and Tiger. It is responsible for some of the most famous episodes of man-eating in history, such as when the U.S.S. Indianapolis sank in 1945. Votes: 1 Brian Skerry
I don't do the whole, 'Put my name on it, make me famous' thing. Votes: 1 T-Pain
The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured mathematically, and it is independent of persons. Votes: 1 Susan Sontag
It's quite a famous story that takes place on Christmas Eve, and the Germans, French, and Scottish are trying to make peace one night and they bury their dead and they play football. I play a German opera singer, in German, which I never have so I am really excited about that. Votes: 1 Diane Kruger
Our most famous writers are Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. It would make sense that the poetry would reflect some of those same values, some of the same techniques. Votes: 1 Robert Morgan
When I wasn't famous, I had a lot of friends, almost all of them Italian. The racism only started when I started to play football. Votes: 1 Mario Balotelli
My summer reading suggestion: Pick a really famous, really long novel. Votes: 1 Maria Semple
Of course there have been times I regretted being the kid in 'E.T.' My world went completely crazy. I was that stupid kind of famous, where you can't go anywhere. Votes: 1 Henry Thomas
Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh. Votes: 1 Meg Cabot
If you play a real character who's famous and still alive, it makes things easier if you have the luck to have a good relationship with them. Votes: 1 Daniel Bruhl
I actually don't know anyone who wants to be famous for fame's sake, at least not anyone I respect. But you need to have a certain amount of power in order to be able to do what you want. Votes: 1 Michael Ian Black
I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist. Votes: 1 Robert Crumb
Most of what Hawaii has to offer is no secret. Pipeline is probably the most famous wave in the world. Votes: 1 Kelly Slater
My sister Mathilde is an actress, but more like a French Jennifer Aniston. She's famous just in France. She's very commercial and does big comedies. So, acting was part of my family, and that's how I was raised. Votes: 1 Emmanuelle Seigner
I became famous so quickly and so young - it was daunting. I was immature and I used to say some really stupid things in interviews. I never smiled on stage so I looked really serious, but it was because I hated my teeth and was incredibly nervous. Votes: 1 Gary Numan
One of the strengths of the DC Universe has been the strength of the rogues' gallery. Often times they're as famous - if not more infamous - than our heroes. Votes: 1 Jim Lee
I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent. Votes: 1 Kat Dennings
Now, we believe that the majority of teachers in America know our system must be reformed, to put students first so that America can compete, that teachers don't teach to become rich or famous. They teach because they love children. Votes: 1 Chris Christie
Public misbehavior by the famous is a powerful teaching tool. Votes: 1 Bill O'Reilly
Thus, after finishing high school, I started with high expectations and enthusiasm to study chemistry at the famous Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Votes: 1 Richard Ernst
The whole business of getting famous was good fun, but it was a long time ago. Votes: 2 Julian Clary
I would want to travel the world and write about it. To be a famous writer. Votes: 1 Shantel VanSanten
It's difficult for me to trust a woman. Men are attracted to beautiful women. Women are attracted to men who offer security - financial security. And if you have money and you're famous, women find that sexy. Votes: 1 Curtis Jackson
One of the strengths of the DC Universe has been the strength of the rogues' gallery. Often times they're as famous - if not more infamous - than our heroes. Votes: 1 Jim Lee
I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy. Votes: 4 Brigitte Bardot