Famous Quotes
“It's funny to be discovered by a lot of people who didn't know you before. People always used to say, 'Do you shop at Home Depot?' or 'Does your kid go to such and such school?' They want to know why they know me, even if they don't know my name. I don't think that's a bad thing, by the way I think it's nice to be kind of anonymously famous.”
“Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame.”
-- Peter Carey
“The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured mathematically, and it is independent of persons.”
-- Susan Sontag
“The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them.”
-- Kristen Stewart
“I had one fight in my adult life. I had the famous '89 fight with Nicole, which she admits that she initiated the physical part.”
-- O. J. Simpson
“Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for.”
-- Mary Lou Retton
“I put my money in the bank: I have to think of life after modeling, when I'm not famous any more.”
-- Eva Herzigova