Fame an fortune are nothing if you're not happy and healthy.
I have never been accepted. I'll never make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They're never going to let me in.
If you live for fame, men may turn against you.
I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.
You have to be there not for the fame and glory and recognition and being a page in a history book, but you have to be there because you believe your talent and ability can be applied effectively to operation of the spacecraft.
Whether you are an astronomer or a life scientist, geophysicist, or a pilot, you've got to be there because you believe you are good in your field, and you can contribute, not because you are going to get a lot of fame or whatever when you get back.
Fame is empowering. My mistake was that I thought I would instinctively know how to handle it. But there's no manual, no training course.
Everyone in showbiz is driven by ego, so how do you go from having loads of fame to working at 7-11? You can't do it!
My kids are not known, and I think that is very important. So far they have lived a normal life, and will continue to do so. I feel they should have the possibility to live a free life without the burden of fame I have created.
Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.
The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.
Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.
If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.
The highest form of vanity is love of fame.