Men's fame is like their hair, which grows after they are dead, and with just as little use to them.
George Villiers

One must choose between Obscurity with Efficiency, and Fame with its inevitable collateral of Bluff.
William McFee

I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and agents and lawyers and the press.
Gene Hackman

Fame is everywhere; the 15 minutes are now the dominant themes of our times.
Nick Mancuso

I have never wanted to be famous, as such - fame is a by-product.
Steve Coogan

To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense.
Charles Churchill

Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.
Vicki Baum

Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy.
Bennett Cerf

Everyone in showbiz is driven by ego, so how do you go from having loads of fame to working at 7-11? You can't do it!
Ryan Seacrest

I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it.
David Mallet

Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb the steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar?
James Beattie

Rosie is a Hall of Fame player, and I wouldn't be in the Hall of Fame if it weren't for him.
Frank Gifford

I just want the money and the fame and the adoration, and I don't want any of the other stuff.
Matthew Broderick

It takes a very strange person to enjoy fame, with all the by-products that come with it. It's not necessarily a thrill.
Kelsey Grammer

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.
William Whitehead

If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
Marcus Valerius Martial

I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn't something that I find comfortable.
Aidan Quinn

I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the One-Hit Wonder Wall. I'm still very troubled by the fact that I'm in the hall and my dad isn't.
Debby Boone

Personally, fame never really played any part in our family life.
Oliver Hudson

I'd love to be in the Hall of Fame one day and win Super Bowl rings, or even one... and stay healthy.
Eric Dickerson