278 quotes found
“The thoughts of othersWere light and fleeting,Of lovers' meetingOr luck or fame.Mine were of trouble,And mine were steady;So I was readyWhen trouble came.”
“A person whom works exclusively for money places a price tag on his or her soul. A person whom labors to attain fame seeks a false form of adulation. The writer ignores the lure of a glamorous life...”
“Real men do not work for fame. That is what I think. Popularity is just a piece of crap. I prefer a private life.”
“By the aid of philosophy you will live not unpleasantly, for you will learn to extract pleasure from all places and things: wealth will make you happy, because it will enable you to benefit many; a...”
“We cannot measure a persons value to the human race by tabulating the size of his estate. We must judge each person by his or her final contribution to humanity and nature.”
“Not to be rich, not to be famous, not to be mighty, not even to be happy, but to be civilized--that was the dream of his life.”
“Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!There are points to be scored. There are games to be won.And the magical things you can do with that ballwill make you the winning-est winner of al...”
“I only want to be famous to my friends.book: stuff i think about”
“...The happy Warrior... 'tis, finally, the man, who, lifted high, conspicuous object in a nation's eye, or left unthought-of in obscurity, who, with a toward or untoward lot, prosperous or adverse,...”
“I may be a living legend, but that sure don't help when I've got to change a flat tire.”
“Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.”
“Fame is a jealous mistressAnd will brook no rival.”
“Why all this deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg, and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out virtue?”
“The most stable, and therefore, the most healthy self-esteem is based on deserved respect from others rather than on external fame or celebrity and unwarranted adulation.”
“If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.”
“It had been years since she question his fidelity, but he'd stepped on to the old fame track again, and that was where the road had taken them before. Infidelity could be forgiven, but forgetting i...”
“Richness and fat does need,In logic clever fine deeds,But paunches never do breed,Fine thoughts or sublime seeds.[45] - 2”
“I'm just Phil from Rossendale. And now people are screaming for me 'cause I make YouTube videos - it's just crazy!”
“It's quite widespread in rock culture, that mythology of the shooting star.I'd rather be the North star. As bob (Dylan) says, you can navigate by it.”
“A kind of losing loadum is their game,Where the worst writer has the greatest fame.”
