Fame Quotes - Page 29

• Gimme a visky with a ginger ale on the side - and don't be stinchy, beby.

  Greta Garbo

  Book, Sides, Ale

  Sven Broman, Greta Garbo (1992). “Conversations with Greta Garbo”, G K Hall & Company

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• Better than glory, or honors, or fame, (Though I am striving for those to-day) To know that some heart will cherish my name, And think of me kindly, with blessings, alway.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Heart, Thinking, Blessing

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2016). “Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)”, p.155, Delphi Classics

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• I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.

  Edward Gibbon

  Taken, Future, Recovery

  'Memoirs of My Life' (1796) ch. 8 (on the completion of 'Decline and Fall')

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• Those that think that wealth is the proper thing for them cannot give up their revenues; those that seek distinction cannot give up the thought of fame; those that cleave to power cannot give the handle of it to others. While they hold their grasp of those things, they are afraid of losing them. When they let them go, they are grieved and they will not look at a single example, from which they might perceive the folly of their restless pursuits - such men are under the doom of heaven.

  Zhuangzi

  Giving Up, Men, Thinking

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• Who to patch up his fame, or fill his purse, Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse; Like gypsies, lest the stolen brat be known, Defacing first, then claiming for his own.

  Charles Churchill

  Purses, Firsts, Gypsy

  Charles Churchill, William Tooke (1844). “The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill”, p.134, London : W. Pickering

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• To people who want to be rich and famous, I'd say, "Get rich first and see if that doesn't cover it."

  Bill Murray

  People, Want, Firsts

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• To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

  Alexander Smith

  Care, I Care

  Alexander Smith (1863). “Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country”, p.144

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• Who builds a church to God and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name.

  Alexander Pope

  Names, Church, Mark

  Alexander Pope, William Warburton (1797). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Life of Alexander Pope. Poems”, p.261

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• Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend.

  Alexander Pope

  Faults, Blame, Praise

  Alexander Pope (1835). “The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes [&c.] by G. Croly”, p.88

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• O, how I faint when I of you do write, Knowing a better spirit doth use your name, And in the praise thereof spends all his might To make me tongue-tied speaking of your fame.

  William Shakespeare

  Writing, Names, Knowing

  William Shakespeare, Howard Staunton (1860). “The Plays of Shakespeare with the Poems”, p.772

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• Discuss unto me: art thou officer, Or art thou base, common, and popular?

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Common, Officers

  'Henry V' (1599) act 4, sc. 1, l. 37

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• Fall Greeks; fail fame; honour or go or stay; My major vow lies here, this I'll obey.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Fall, Greek

  William Shakespeare (2007). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.745, Wordsworth Editions

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• In thee thy mother dies, our household's name, My death's revenge, thy youth, and England's fame.

  William Shakespeare

  Mother, Revenge, Names

  William Shakespeare, Michael Taylor (2004). “Henry VI, Part One”, p.212, Oxford University Press, USA

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• I say, without characters, fame lives long.

  William Shakespeare

  Character, Long, Long Life

  William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson (1808). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.82

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• We're not aware of fame itself, we're not that kind of band.

  Ed O'Brien

  Band, Kind

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• I guess my claim to fame is I've now gaveled Ted Kennedy to order twice.

  Amy Klobuchar

  Order, Ted Kennedy, Claims

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• This position will not be disputed so long as it is admitted that the desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human conduct, or that the best security for the fidelity of mankind is to make their interest coincide with their duty. Even the love of fame, the ruling passion of the noblest minds... would on the contrary deter him from the undertaking, when he foresaw that he must quit the scene before he could accomplish the work.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Passion, Long, Mind

  "The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States".

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• Remember remain alert that you don't get too much attached to the accidental - and all is accidental except your consciousness. Except your awareness, all is accidental. Pain and pleasure, success and failure, fame and defamation - all is accidental. Only your witnessing consciousness is essential. Stick to it! Get more and more rooted in it. And don't spread your attachment to worldly things.

  Rajneesh

  Pain, Attachment, Essentials

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• At times, Singer Johnny Cash rubbed dirt from the earth under his fingernails in order to avoid any arrogance which might stem from his fame, by reminding himself of his roots and origins.

  Robert Hilburn

  Order, Class, Roots

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• Blessed is he whose fame does not outshine his truth.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Blessed, Doe, Reputation

  Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.430, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

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• Once asked if he felt wearied by the constant onslaught of autograph seekers, actor Gregory Peck replied that he would be more worried when they stopped asking.

  Christopher Lee

  Would Be, Asking, Actors

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• No one smiled at me, or looked at me twice; shopping has become my time of reckoning; I will never be able to purchase the stardom I have lost.

  Sandie Shaw

  Shopping, Able, Reputation

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• Be honest and work hard to get what you want. Don't take shortcuts; you only cheat yourself in the long run. Success is not measured by money or fame, but by how you feel about your own goals and accomplishments and the time and effort you put into them.

  Willie Stargell

  Basketball, Running, Hard Work

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• The 50 greatest players don't matter when you're in the Hall of Fame. We all know that I was not one of the 50 greatest, I was one of the 25 greatest - in my mind.

  Dominique Wilkins

  Basketball, Player, Mind

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• The Hall of Fame has strong people.

  James Worthy

  Basketball, Strong, People

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