#fame

Some men are born posthumously. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#history #men

And [Asimov]'ll sign anything, hardbacks, softbacks, other people's books, scraps of paper. Inevitably someone handed him a blank check on the occasion when I was there, and he signed that without as much as a waver to his smile — except that he signed: 'Harlan Ellison. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#convention #fame #science-fiction #self-referential #science

If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare me a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German, and Germany will declare that I am a Jew. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#infamy #nationality #success

If I didn't care for fun and such, I'd probably amount to much. But I shall stay the way I am, Because I do not give a damn. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#fame #pleasure #fun

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

— Robert Benchley

#writing #talent

Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#greatness #determination

The most stable, and therefore, the most healthy self-esteem is based on deserved respect from others rather than on external fame or celebrity and unwarranted adulation. ↗

— Abraham Harold Maslow

#self-esteem #respect

I've always been famous, it's just no one knew it yet. ↗

— Lady Gaga

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Goodfellow?” Glitch stared at Puck nervously. “Robin Goodfellow?” “Oh, look at that, he’s heard of me. My fame grows.” Puck snorted and leaped off the roof. In midair, he became a giant black raven, who swooped toward us with a raucous cry before dropping into the circle as Puck in an explosion of feathers. “Ta-daaaaaaaaaa. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

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Tut, tut — fame clearly isn't everything. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

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