Fame is something which must be won; honor is something which must not be lost. Arthur Schopenhauer
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. Francis Bacon
Fame is proof that the people are gullible. Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work. Jean de la Bruyere
Fame is only good for one thing-they will cash your check in a small town. Truman Capote
Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are. Erica Jong
Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men. Spinoza
The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death. Blaise Pascal
What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism. Desiderius Erasmus
The highest form of vanity is love of fame. George Santayana
To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten. E M Cioran
Your earthly fame is but a gust of wind that blows about, shifting this way and that, and as it changes quarter, changes name. Dante Alighieri
Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled. Livy
The worst thing about being famous? I think it’s what everybody says…the lack of privacy and the idea that you’re not really allowed to make mistakes and everything that you do is viewed under a microscope. Madonna
In fame’s temple there is always a niche to be found for rich dunces, importunate scoundrels, or successful butchers of the human race. Johann Georg Zimmermann
Fame’s but a hollow echo. Sir Walter Raleigh
Fame and tranquillity can never be bedfellows. Michel de Montaigne
Wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous. Lucius Accius
Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives. Johann Friedrich von Schiller
In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. Andy Warhol
I’m bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is ‘In 15 minutes everybody will be famous.’ Andy Warhol
Fame is fun for six months, a year at the most. Then you get fed up, unless you’re particularly stupid. Brigitte Bardot
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. John Wooden