278 quotes found
“It is a lie to write in such way as to be rewarded by fame offered you by some snobbish quasi-literary groups in the intellectual gazettes.”
“Until our own time, history focussed on man the achiever; the higher the achiever the more likely it was that the woman who slept in his bed would be judged unworthy of his company. Her husband's f...”
“One can't work/by limelight.//A bowlful/right at/one's elbow//produces no/more than/a baleful/glow against/the kitchen table.//The fruit purveyor's/whole unstable/pyramid//doesn't equal/what daylig...”
“Popularity does not happen overnight with a blink of an eye. It takes time, effort and creative knowledge to reach that particular goal in life.”
“If you can dispense with reputation, then you are free from care. Reputation is only a visitor, but reality is here to stay.”
“Some of you may be perfectly happy with mediocrity. Some of you will get nothing but heartbreak. Some of you will be heralded as geniuses and become huge. Of course, all of you think that one descr...”
“Before you chase success, status, power, wealth fame or love; first fall in love with yourself - for the person you'll be if and when you get there is still the same. Success will be a painful path...”
“We must resolve to live our lives and to build our lives in such a way, that if every ounce of fame were to dissipate tomorrow, and the only people who still remember our names are the few people a...”
“There is such a thirst to be known, isn't there? What is it about being known that would cause us to hunger so much after it, at any cost? I'm afraid too many of us have forgotten that far more nob...”
“Being famous is not all that one should want in life...there is much more to life than name and fame...”
“Odysseus inclines his head. "True. But fame is a strange thing. Some men gain glory after they die, while others fade. What is admired in one generation is abhorred in another." He spread his broad...”
“Some men are born posthumously.”
“The whole of history is the history of murderers. If you become a murderer, fame will be very easy. You can become a prime minister, you can become a presidentbut these are all masks. Behind them y...”
“This life is like a game, so you better play it right!”
“I have to seem like a human being all the time, but I seldom have to be one. I have people to do that for me.”
“To be wealthy, powerful or famous does mot matter to me. Starting a social good ripple that will turn to an ocean wave matters to me.”
“I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is "In 15 minutes everybody will be famous.”
“i have taken life as its came to me first time i wanted to go to life .”
“I sometimes rented a car and drove from event to event in Europe; a road trip was a great escape from the day-to-day anxieties of playing, and it kept me from getting too lost in the tournament fun...”
“I am not moved by riches and fame, but selflessness and a passion for humanity.”
