Quotes about fame
81 quotes from 64 people
T. E. Lawrence1888–1935Letter (1 April 1935); published in The Letters of T.E. Lawrence (1988), edited by Malcolm Brown.If I went to jail, at least I wouldn’t have to sign autographs.
KCKurt Cobain1967–1994As quoted in Details (February 1992)The fame of an actor is won in minutes and seconds, not in years.
Bram Stoker1847–1912Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving (1907), PrefaceEvery man who deserves to be famous knows it is not worth the trouble.
Fernando Pessoa1888–1935A Celebridade (1915)It always did bother me that the American public were more interested in me than in my work.
Gertrude Stein1874–1946Everybody’s Autobiography (1937), Ch. 2I don’t mind people putting us down, because if everybody really liked us, it would be a bore.
John Lennon1940–1980The Beatles Anthology (2000), p. 120
Oliver Cromwell1599–1658Remark to John Lambert as crowds cheered them (June 1650), as quoted by Gilbert Burnet, History of My Own Time
Audrey Hepburn1929–1993How to be Lovely (2005), p. 143
Lady Gagaborn 1986The world goes crazy for Lady Gaga (2009)
Angela Davisborn 1944“Afro Images: Politics, Fashion, and Nostalgia” Critical Inquiry. Vol. 21, No. 1 (Autumn, 1994), pp. 37-39, 41-43 and 45.- T. E. Lawrence1888–1935Letter in T.E. Lawrence: The Selected Letters (1989) edited By Malcolm Brown, as quoted in “The Hero Our Century Deserved” by Paul Gray in TIME magazine (15 May 1989)
Ozzy Osbourne1948–2025What I’ve Learned (2005)The image is one thing and the human being is another…it’s very hard to live up to an image.
Elvis Presley1935–1977Press conference (June 1972),also quoted in Elvis Culture: Fans, Faith, & Image (1999) by Erika Lee Doss, p. 218
Pinkborn 1979Interview with Barbara Ellen, “Philly girl”, The Guardian (4 June 2006)
Anne, Princess Royalborn 1950Susan Ratcliffe (2010) Oxford Dictionary of Quotations by Subject. p. 411: On her “horsey” reputation