642 private quotes tagged famous

“People are famous for being famous and for nothing else. And good luck to them, because it lasts about a year and then they're nothing again.”— Brian Johnson

“Hold on to that. You have an autograph. I'm going to be famous some day.”— Haywood Nelson

“They eat the dainty food of famous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach.”— Luigi Barzini

“Persons famous in the arts partake of the immortality of princes, and are upon a footing with them.”— Francis I

“The big thing that everyone forgets, you're famous and on TV and everything, but I think there's something very rewarding to be able to write a song, record it, and have it turn out as you heard it in your head, or even better.”— Phil Collen

“Slowly but surely, we are acquiring that famous culture of democracy, which is our objective.”— Paul Biya

“Indy makes the race driver. You become famous when you come here.”— Rodger Ward

“Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.”— Simeon Strunsky

“More than anything else, my mother wanted to be an actress - a famous actress - which in the 1950s was all about being young, sexy, and available. She was all that, and more. She had big blue eyes, alabaster skin, a heart-shaped face, a beautiful figure. She was just a knockout.”— Meredith Baxter

“Everyone always asks me, 'Do you want to be famous... ' I never really thought about becoming famous. I just want to work, to be able to put out inspiring and good film and TV.”— Kim Shaw

“That save from Pele's header was the best I ever made. I didn't have any idea how famous it would become - to start with, I didn't even realise I'd made it at all.”— Gordon Banks

“I still forgive him, because by doing what he did, he made it famous.”— Alberto Korda

“Whenever you're the child of a famous person, you get judged in odd ways because of that.”— Jeff Bridges

“Some of the things I've seen a lot of my female-actress friends who are relatively famous receive - I've seen some hideous things. Like some really, really bad things... like, the FBI should be contacted immediately.”— Elisha Cuthbert

“What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.”— Lady Gaga

“I've never sat there and plotted out how I was going to become successful or famous.”— Jennifer Aniston

“I don't like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I'm from New York. I will kill to get what I need.”— Lady Gaga