Top 1200 World Famous Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

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

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

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

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.

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

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

I'm world-famous in West Bromwich.

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?

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

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

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.

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.

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

It's not like I'm the most famous person in the world.

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

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

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

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

No doubt there are people who are our guests [ in Oh, Hello] who are more famous, but to me, Mel Brooks is the most famous person. So that was really cool.

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 world-famous ... all over Canada.

When you're famous, you're always famous. It doesn't go away.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

You can't turn fame off regardless if you're a platinum-selling artist or you're in jail every week. If you're famous, you're famous. You're in the headlines either way you go.

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

Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all. Fame! You'll be as famous as famous can be, with the whole wide world watching you win on TV. Except when they don't Because, sometimes they won't. I'm afraid that some times you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.

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

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

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

It's very hard, when you're a famous person, to "de-famous" your home, but tokens of my fame just felt like a burden for my children. And for me.

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.

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

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

It's not like I'm the most famous person in the world

I don't want to be famous famous. I'm happy on the second tier, where I have autonomy on a professional level but I can still go out to the movies without being recognized.

I'm English. Our dentistry is not world famous.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.

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

Popstars really draws you in. It's fascinating. It's interesting to watch people thrown together in that kind of a situation. Even if the egos weren't involved and they weren't trying to be world famous. It's the Real World, only better.

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

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

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.

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

I always work only with friends, but it must be about them and myself. Because I film only very personal moments, nothing preplanned, staged or written, it has to be real and spontaneous. Some of them have become famous, some are not yet famous, some will never be famous. But they are all my friends.

When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.

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?