Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

famous

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.

I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.

I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.

Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.

I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.

Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.

Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don't have to be anything else.

I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated.

It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.

I was obsessed with being rich and famous.

I'm famous. That's my job.

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is 'In 15 minutes everybody will be famous.'

In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person.

Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.

It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.

For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.

They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous.

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