A Quote by Marilyn Monroe

Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've experienced them both.

Marilyn Monroe

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Also Both Drawbacks Experienced Fame Fickle Know Them

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Marilyn Monroe
American - Actress
June 1, 1926 - August 5, 1962

Jail is a good experience but it has its drawbacks ... all the disadvantages of married life with none of its compensations.

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

It might be a kind of relief to be finished. You have to start all over again. But I believe you’re always as good as your potential. I now live in my work and in a few relationships with the few people I can really count on. Fame will go by, and, so long, I’ve had you fame. If it goes by, I’ve always known it was fickle. So at least it’s something I experienced, but that’s not where I live.

Marilyn Monroe

Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live.

Marilyn Monroe

One of the drawbacks of fame is that one can never escape from it.

Nellie Melba

I saw the drawbacks of fame as a kid. It wasn't for me.

Duncan Jones

If fame goes by, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live.

Marilyn Monroe

People's experiences are all different, and you don't know what the person experienced. They know, but you don't, so I think it's important to listen carefully to what a person has to say. And not to force them into any direction at all but simply to model what you've experienced, model it and also be what I call a Listening Presence. If you're really listening, then some of the barriers can dissolve or change.

Pauline Oliveros

Fame is a fickle thing that only lasts as long as you can be out there offering yourself to the public. And as soon as you relax for five minutes, they're gone, you know, and they're following somebody else.

Jesse Stone

I thought TV fame was hip... well, that was because I hadn't experienced rock star fame yet.

David Faustino

Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.

Emily Dickinson

Fame is fickle, but Obscurity is usually faithful to the end.

Mason Cooley

While I know that Twitter is doing just fine with or without my 140-character contributions, I also know that people are fickle, and when using something becomes too annoying, they stop.

Rachel Sklar

It enrages me to see only certain players singled out for the Hall of Fame because they were born with a God-given specialty. When I take my kids to the Baseball Hall of Fame, I want them to experience the full array of talents that make the game what it is today, not just the larger-than-life freaks of nature. I want them to know that you don't have to be the biggest or the strongest to reach your goals, and that hard work and perseverance are also rewarded.

Bert Blyleven

Acting isn't a sure thing. We're not set to have jobs for the rest of lives, and fame is really fickle.

Nolan Gould

There's a panic, a rush, to this 'achievement' of fame. There's also the ambivalence of fame: the love of it and the hatred of it. We sometimes hate the famous while, at the same time, straining to achieve fame oneself.