#fame

Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name! ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#fading #fame #grave #little #name

I often say fame is kind of like a drug or like sugar: when it's controlling you it doesn't feel good at all. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#fame #feel #feel good #good #i

I'd much rather see a world where, when you make some quirky comment on a blog or news story or you upload a video clip, instead of just a moment of fame for your pseudonym, you'll get 50 bucks. The first time that happens, you'll realise that you're a full-class citizen. You have the potential to make money from the system. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

#bucks #citizen #clip #comment #fame

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. ↗

— Matt LeBlanc

#fame #famous #funny #get #hide

You always question people's intentions. That may be a combination of having money, having fame, and being a little older. ↗

— Matt LeBlanc

#being #combination #fame #having #intentions

George Harrison was also a pleasure to work with. He was one of the most famous people I've ever known, but in spite of that fame, he was such a nice and friendly guy. ↗

— Alvin Lee

#ever #fame #famous #famous people #friendly

Money is a good thing and it's obviously useful, but to work only for money or fame would never interest me. ↗

— Annie Lennox

#fame #good #good thing #interest #me

I'm not one of those writers that sits worrying about posthumous fame. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#fame #i #posthumous #sits #those

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#fame #obtain #others #people #some

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. ↗

— Juliette Lewis

#attitude #because #critical #did #fame