Quotes by Fame There are not many poets whose fame rests on a single work. Helen Vendler poetfame When the gratitude that many owe to one discards all modesty, then there is fame. Friedrich Nietzsche modestygratitudefame You don't need the fame to be vital. Herbie Hancock meaning-of-lifefameneeds Physicians of the utmost fame, Were called at once; but when they came They answered, as they took their fees, 'There is no Cure for this Disease.' Hilaire Belloc physiciansdiseasefame I'm not into fame. I'm not into making money, outside of financing my books. I'm not into status. My thing is basically about time - not wasting it. Henry Rollins making-moneyfamebook I believe my arrival was most welcome, not only to the Horatio Nelson welcomefamebelieve Fame itself is but an epitaph; as late, as false, as true. Henry David Thoreau latetruthfame Our fruitless labours mourn, And only rich in barren fame return. Homer richreturnfame I could do with more mobbing. Particularly from women. I'd like to be treated like Ricky Martin. Hugh Grant treatedfame The rest were vulgar deaths unknown to fame. Homer vulgarfame But sure the eye of time beholds no name, Homer eyenamesfame The life, which others pay, let us bestow, Homer famepaygiving Short is my date, but deathless my renown. Homer renowndeathlessfame Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute. Herman Melville accidentsmeritfame Silence, which will save from shame, will also deprive me of fame. Igor Stravinsky shamesilencefame The real trap of fame is its irresistibility. Ingrid Bengis trapsrealfame To have fame follow us is well, but it is not a desirable avant-courier. Honore de Balzac desirablewellsfame You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not. Isabel Allende storytellerlegendsfame Fame is not just. She never finely or discriminatingly praises, but coarsely hurrahs. Henry David Thoreau praisefame Dead men hear no tales; posthumous fame is an Irish bull. Israel Zangwill bullsfamemen«1112131415161718192021»
