Seeking Fame Quotes

#1. I liked reading and working out my ideas in the midst of that endless crowd walking in and out of the (library) looking for something. I, too, was seeking fame and fortune by sitting at the end of a long golden table next to the sets of American authors on the open shelves.

Alfred Kazin

#2. He who advances without seeking fame,
Who retreats without escaping blame,
He whose one aim is to protect his people and serve his lord,
The man is a jewel of the Realm

Sun Tzu

#3. I think the concept of seeking fame and fortune in women's football in the States is a bit idyllic. Look at all the teams in America that have folded, and the leagues.

Hope Solo

#4. Their humility stopped them from seeking fame or fortune because their love of country sparked their exploits.

Brian Kilmeade

#5. Everyone in Hollywood is seeking fame and fortune; it's in the water here. Everyone from young women to old men - they all want it.

Karrine Steffans

#6. Just a simple prayer today, for those who are sick or going through darkness of any kind. Dear God, we ask that you place your healing hands on the shoulders of our friends and loved ones, who are suffering and relieve them of these hardships, in Jesus name. Amen.

Ron Baratono

#7. A good journalist is modest; his only job is simple: to decide what counts as news.

Michael Ignatieff

#8. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a by-product. The course was more plodding than heroic: I did not strive valiantly against doubters but took incremental steps studded with a few intuitive leaps.

Steve Martin

#9. In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.

Robert Hall

#10. Laws against the possession of weapons only disarm those who have no intention of committing a crime.

Cesare Beccaria

#11. Just because I'm choosy about what I want - in this case, enlightenment, or peace, instead of money or prestige or fame or any of those things - doesn't mean I'm not as egotistical and self-seeking as everybody else.

J.D. Salinger

#12. The more we shelter children from every disappointment, the more devastating future disappointments will be.

Fred G. Gosman

#13. He was glad to be human. For sure, it was a great inconvenience to have to walk on two legs and wear clothes. There were so many things he didn't know. Yet had he been a fish or a sunflower, and not a human being, he might never have experienced this emotion.

Haruki Murakami

#14. Why is everything an 'adventure' with you?" Sylvie said irritably to Izzie."
"Because life is an adventure, of course."
"I would say it was more of an endurance race," Sylvie said. "Or an obstacle course.

Kate Atkinson

#15. If you pretend to have authority, people never question you.

Jennifer Close

#16. We might say that both the artist and the neurotic bite off more than they can chew, but the artist spews it back out again and chews it over in an objectified way, as an external, active work project

Ernest Becker

#17. Why bother to change, if you can't change into a wolf?

Charlaine Harris

#18. Don't worry -
you see,
to some you are magic.

Atticus Poetry

#19. Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the same time.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#20. For to be afraid of oneself is the last horror. But,

C.S. Lewis

#21. A squat gray building of only thirty-four stories.

Aldous Huxley

#22. I am telling you that the child will not out live the buildings. Do you understand that wheras women may touch the immortal by giving birth, men
great men
must build monuments and seek fame?

Karen Essex

#23. Fame was never something I was seeking in my artistic journey. It's to be used as a tool for an artist to break open doors and keep creating. That's how I enjoyed fame in '74; it was not just for the emptiness of being famous.

Philippe Petit

#24. Why would we want fame, when God promises us glory? Why would we be seeking the wealth of the world when the wealth of heaven is ours? Why would we run for a crown that will perish with time, when we're called to win a crown that is imperishable?

Paul David Washer

#25. At this moment in history, we are called to act as if we truly believe that ... liberty and justice for all is a desirable thing

Starhawk

#26. Step out today not seeking to be in the spotlight but seeking for a spot to light - be a blessing to someone

Bernard Kelvin Clive

#27. I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic.

Steve Martin

#28. I want a woman who can go to the saloon with me, not hypocritical, fame seeking

Denrele Edun