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Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name! (Quote by - Walter Savage Landor)

How vain, without the merit, is the name. (Quote by - Homer)

I awoke one morning and found myself famous. (Quote by - George Gordon Noel Byron)

The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them. (Quote by - Jean Genet)

The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured mathematically, and it is independent of persons. (Quote by - Susan Sontag)

A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all. (Quote by - Clive James)

Fame does lead to money, which I don't have a close relationship with. I'm the kind of guy who never sees the money - it all goes somewhere else. I don't understand it, I don't like to deal with it. I have a fear of not having it, because I grew up without it. (Quote by - David Duchovny)

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words. (Quote by - Robert South)

Fame can be just so annoying because people are so critical of you. You can't just say, 'hi'. You say hi and people whisper' man did you see the way she said hi? What an attitude. (Quote by - Juliette Lewis)

We never really felt a real level of respect. The fame was fantastic, but that wasn't that important to me, because for every million people that loved me I focused on the one that hated me. (Quote by - Donnie Wahlberg)

The final ballots represent players, managers, executives and builders who are top-tier candidates and worthy of review for consideration for election to the Hall of Fame. (Quote by - Fay Vincent)

A sign of celebrity is often that their name is worth more than their services. (Quote by - Daniel J. Boorstin)

O Fame!--if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover She thought that I was not unworthy to love her. (Quote by - George Gordon Noel Byron)

Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his friendly company and instruction. (Quote by - Moses Mendelssohn )

In 1993 my birthday present was a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. (Quote by - Annette Funicello)

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else. (Quote by - Oliver Wendell Holmes)

Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead. (Quote by - Charles Caleb Colton)

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time. (Quote by - Marquis De Vauvenargues)

I've seen many of my contemporaries become superstars, and the way fame and fortune starts to really affect the way they treat other people, and I think it's ugly. (Quote by - Siobhan Fahey)

You can take Elvis. You can take Marilyn Monroe. Success and fame will not be the answer if something inside of you is bothering you, if things in your mind aren't going right. (Quote by - Linda Evans)

I'm glad that he's got all this behind him. And I'm pretty sure that there's a lot of people - and there are certain people that don't report the news accurate for their own personal fame and gain. And they know who they are. (Quote by - Tito Jackson)

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame; a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others. (Quote by - Benjamin Disraeli)

It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence. (Quote by - Clay Aiken)

I was a starter and did some good things there, and then I got a chance to prove myself as a closer. Because of that opportunity, I was blessed with the honor of being elected to the Hall of Fame. (Quote by - Dennis Eckersley)

The highest form of vanity is love of fame. (Quote by - George Santayana)

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