Top 1200 Famous Book Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for.

The humanity of famous intellectuals lies in being wrong with gracious courtesy when dealing with those who are not famous.

I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.

When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.

I got starstruck not by someone who is famous, but by someone who's famous in the miniature painting community. When I was a kid, I used to paint miniatures. There were famous people in the miniature community from forums online. I went to some big event and I saw them in real life and I was so starstruck.

If I'm going to be famous, I want to be famous for doing something good - having talent.

The only way to be turned off to being famous is to be famous.

I have no interest in being famous. I just want to make famous photographs.

The Kardashians can be famous for being famous. What do they do? I can't figure it out.

I guess I am famous in a way. I would rather consider it recognizable - I think that is more logical. I don't feel famous.

It's amazing, but I guess that happens when you become overly famous. Every week now, I get more famous.

I’m famous, but I’m not famous like freaking Brad Pitt or Jennifer Aniston.

When I go to Atlanta, I'm famous. I can get on a flight, anything. Because they're watching every show, and if you're black, you famous.

I handle fame by not being famous...I'm not famous to me.

Rich and famous is not bad, but poor and famous sucks.

If you're famous, you suck, just for being famous. People in England totally get that; Americans don't.

I'm not just looking to be famous and attach myself to famous names. I want to make history in the business in terms of creativity.

Famous is celebrityism, and I don't want that... I know that I'm not that. Everybody knows who you are. I can't imagine living that life, but I don't think I consider myself famous.

What if there was a library which held every book? Not every book on sale, or every important book, or even every book in English, but simply every book - a key part of our planet's cultural legacy.

Fame you'll be famous, as famous as can be, with everyone watching you win on TV, Except when they don't because sometimes they won't.

I didn't want to be famous for its own sake. I wanted to be famous so as to be happy.

You're not famous unless people's mothers know who you are. Everybody else, you think you're famous, but you're just hot, and heat cools off.

It's not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey.

No matter how famous you are, there's always somebody more famous than you.

Sometimes I'm fascinated with how famous my work could be while I'm not so famous.

Some people may be famous for creating a pencil sharpener. I'm famous for my tits.

Everybody want famous, like me to be a famous director.

Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.

I woke up famous for about a minute, then stopped being famous again.

I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day? I couldn't think of anything worse.

I don't need a lot of attention. I'd much rather have the work be famous than the face be famous.

I want to be famous so I can be humble about being famous. What good is my humility when I am stuck in this obscurity?

To speak today of a famous novelist is like speaking of a famous cabinetmaker or speedboat designer. Adjective is inappropriate to noun.

If you're famous, I don't - for the life of me - I don't understand why any famous person would ever be on Twitter.

I'm not famous; I am simply very well-known to certain people. Famous is something different.

A blessed companion is a book! A book that, fitly chosen, is a life-long friend. A book — the unfailing Damon to his loving Pythias. A book that — at a touch — pours its heart into our own.

Since I was four, my goal was to be a famous singer and a famous actor.

There's a tendency, when the offspring of a famous person does something notable, to define them by their more-famous parent.

I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous.

Some people don't care why they are famous; they just want to be famous, and that makes my skin crawl a bit.

My mother was loved by so many people, famous and not so famous.

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.

Celebrity culture, it's everywhere, isn't it? It's reality TV, Big Brother. I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day?

I wanted to be famous. I guess I thought acting would make me famous.

The way to become famous fast is to throw a brick at someone who is famous.

I wanted to go hide. I wasn't looking to be more famous, I'm famous enough.

People have heard my music, but all my famous songs were made famous by somebody else... But that was my goal.

If I got too famous, I'd just quit acting, but I think it's highly unlikely I'm going to get really famous.

If you're famous for being famous, that's usually a four-year career.

If I had to change one thing about my life, it would probably be, I wouldn't be famous. Because when you're famous it's so hard.

If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before.

I have the ability to move around without being recognized all the time. I mean, you want to be famous - but not too famous.

I never wanted to be famous. The characters I do are famous, and that's fine for me.

Bruce was famous, but not 'Elvis famous.' He was confident and lighthearted. Comfortable in his own skin. Or so it seemed.

Who doesn't want to be famous? I am famous. I'm dying to be on TV.

I am one of the graduates of the William Morris famous, famous mail room from the '60s.

Yes. I am one of the graduates of the William Morris famous, famous mail room from the '60s.

You can do anything when you're famous. That's why famous people are so dumb.

I'd rather be remembered as a famous painter than a famous model, so I'll have to start the ball rolling now.

I'm like really famous. I got a famous anus.