Top 1200 Famous People Quotes & Sayings - Page 7

I hang out with the right people, my friends that I've had since the beginning. We go to the beach, take walks, paint, see our family - just normal things that people who become famous lose sight of.

There's so much, I guess I want to say, nonsense about show business now. Because of reality television. I don't get this, because I was never raised to get this, but I don't understand wanting to be famous. Maybe it's because I was born famous, but I don't get it.

I want to eat, cook, meet famous people and make fun of them.

People say we're all identical, but Jennifer Lopez is an American. She's from New York. She doesn't have an accent. Some of these Latin people - their Spanish is pathetic. They learned it when they became famous as Latinos.

What I've found after doing over 200 celebrity readings on 'Hollywood Medium' is that everyone is looking for the same thing, it doesn't matter how rich you are, how poor you are, how famous or not famous, every human being experiences loss and I'm glad the show starts a conversation about that.

When I go back to my hood, Queens, Brooklyn, or here in L.A., the people that's not famous, that's what inspires me.

I'm really not for famous people who design a line for a company, when you know it's not really them creating it but a team of designers, especially when there are so many talented people who've taken the time to go and study fashion.

I am one of the most famous people in Russia, which is maybe not modest, but it's true.

It wasn't until after I became famous that people noticed I played in the NFL. I kind of snuck in!

I always laugh at people who strive to be famous because all you do is get mithered to death by everyone.

It is difficult to be famous and that successful where you can't even walk down the street without people chasing you, and having people build monuments to you and worshiping you - all that stuff - but I never took that to a place where I believed it. I saw it as being temporary and a phase.

People would go anywhere to see a famous person in the flesh, no matter what they do.

It seems like there's never enough famous white people among comic in Hollywood.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

A lot of people come to Los Angeles and think that they're going to be famous, just like that.

I have always believed that fame is a curse. I never envied one of the famous people I've known.

I remember famous people coming in to speak to me when I was in school and being inspired by them.

Some people are made to be famous and do photo shoots, but I'm not one of them. I'm more comfortable in the library!

Some really famous people, even when they're off-duty, have this energy that is sort of overpowering.

Sometimes I think people are famous because they're themselves and they do a role and you see them do it.

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. Why on God’s green earth would you be on Twitter? Because first of all, the worst thing you can do is make yourself more available, right?

Sure, every young person dreams about being famous, but nobody wants to be famous - unless they're Zsa Zsa Gabor - every single moment of every single day.

I like having friends that are famous, and I think they are the most interesting people that I know.

My father always had people around the house who were famous psychics.

The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.

I think that when you are famous, it can work against you, people have preconceptions about your image.

The time of getting fame for your name on its own is over. Artwork that is only about wanting to be famous will never make you famous. Any fame is a by-product of making something that means something. You don't go to a restaurant and order a meal because you want to have a sh*t.

I've learned to stay away from publicity addicts, people who want to be famous for no reason.

When I was 20, I wanted to be famous and win a Grammy and have people respect and love me.

My name is not big enough for people to go, 'Let me throw money at you because you're so famous!'

Usually, when people hear my last name, before they really get to know me or work with me, there's probably a lot of preconceived notions that come with that. And I imagine most of them aren't good. Because for every wonderful second generation of a famous person, there's people that aren't that way. More entitled people.

There was a time when fame meant that you were either someone who is really gifted in your field or you were making an impact or you are famous because you were a really horrible person, you know? But now, you can become famous by eating a frog. It's just not the same thing.

When you're famous, you have a certain sense of responsibility because so many people are looking at you for inspiration and for influence.

The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not famous, not commercially exploited, and no longer available as a result.

Being famous for being famous isn't our scene.

It's funny - nowadays people that are famous get chased by paparazzi. They have this fame, but they don't have the money to hide from it.

I don't try and coax people to come out because it needs to be right for them as an individual but when I speak to some people I realise that the power and influence that famous sportspeople have is amazing and to show such a positive message can change the world.

America is known as a country that welcomes people to its shores. All kinds of people. The image of the Statue of Liberty with Emma Lazarus' famous poem. She lifts her lamp and welcomes people to the golden shore, where they will not experience prejudice because of the color of their skin, the religious faith that they follow.

I guess if you go around with famous people you are assured of some reflected (or deflected) glory.

What I can't completely understand is most other people's fascination with what the famous among us do with their lips and the rest of their bodies. Why do ordinary people become the target of this curiosity simply by virtue of the fact that other people recognise their names and faces but know almost nothing else about them?

I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.

The more dignity is widely and freely available in a society, the less people want to be famous.

I've certainly not got any famous people's numbers on my phone. It's just not my thing, really.

Just because you're famous doesn't mean you're something special and you're above other people.

I find it really frustrating when people go, "I want to be famous and glamorous like you."

I get so annoyed by famous people who have not actually written the books they slap their names on.

I like photographing the people I love, the people I admire, the famous, and especially the infamous. My last infamous subject was the extreme right wing French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen.

People like consistency. Whether it's a store or a restaurant, they want to come in and see what you are famous for.

People keep asking me about it but I don't want to be famous for being a former anorexic.

The more famous you become, the less people will tell you your faults.

Usually, TED only invites the most accomplished and famous people in the world to give talks.

Funny thing, as you become famous, people write less nice things about you.

Not being well-versed in that arena myself, it's a little bit frightening because I'm not very good in those situations with lots of people and lots of famous people and cameras and all of that. It's not my specialty.

I have no interest in being famous for the sake of being famous.

I don't have the life of a famous person. But I do feel like I've been able to connect with a lot of people.

I've worked with a lot of people who are more famous than myself who are terribly insecure.

When people say that George Harrison made me famous, that is true in a way.

People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're famous.

Don’t make stuff because you want to make money - it will never make you enough money. And don’t make stuff because you want to get famous - because you will never feel famous enough. Make gifts for people - and work hard on making those gifts in the hope that those people will notice and like the gifts.

I believe some people in this business suffer from fame because they behave in a famous fashion.