A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. Fred Allen
The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think it’s their fault. Henry Kissinger
The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness. Daniel J Boorstin
A sign of celebrity is often that their name is worth more than their services. Daniel J Boorstin
A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn’t know. H L Mencken
In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth. C Wright Mills
A celebrity is anyone who looks like he spends more than two hours working on his hair. Steve Martin
The professional celebrity, male and female, is the crowning result of the star system of a society that makes a fetish of competition. In America, this system is carried to the point where a man who can knock a small white ball into a series of holes in the ground with more efficiency than anyone else thereby gains social access to the President of the United States. C Wright Mills
To become a celebrity is to become a brand name. Philip Roth