Quotes by Fame I wanted fame, but I thought it would be incremental, and I became afraid of the overnight-sensation thing. Wes Bentley would-bewantedfame People are looking for fame or a focus, and I can't provide that. Will Oldham focusfamepeople The strongest poison ever known came from Caesar's laurel crown. William Blake crownspoisonfame Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off. William Davenant afarfamerivers The difficulty is to know conscience from self-interest. William Dean Howells difficultyselffame Good sense, good health, good conscience, and good fame,--all these belong to virtue, and all prove that virtue has a title to your love. William Cowper titlesvirtuefame Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity. William Hurt mediocritysuccessfulfame There are names written in her immortal scroll at which Fame blushes! William Hazlitt immortalnamesfame Avarice is the miser's dream, as fame is the poet's. William Hazlitt poetdreamfame Popularity is neither fame nor greatness. William Hazlitt popularitygreatnessfame One must choose between obscurity with efficiency, and fame with its inevitable collateral of bluff. William McFee obscurityreputationfame There is no good in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else. The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors. William Makepeace Thackeray pleasurelife-isfame Who would not rather have the fame of Archimedes than that of his conqueror Marcellus? William Rowan Hamilton conquerormathfame Death makes no conquest of this conqueror: For now he lives in fame, though not in life. William Shakespeare conquestfamedeath By being seldom seen, I could not stir William Shakespeare cometswonderfame My life and my whole eternity belongs to God. All this stuff is temporary. Money, fame, successtemporary. Even life is temporary. Jesusthat's eternal. Willie Robertson life-isfamestuff Celebrity is never more admired than by the negligent. William Shakespeare hastefame My only claim to fame, if I have one, is that I'm an editor. Woody Herman editorsclaimsfame I have watched this famous island descending incontinently, fecklessly, the stairway which lead to a dark gulf. Winston Churchill darkislandsfame The fewer men, the greater share of honor. William Shakespeare honorfamemen«3435363738394041424344»
