Famous Quotes
“The poster boy for our superabled future is Oscar Pistorius, an increasingly famous South African sprinter who happens to have had both of his legs amputated below the knee. Using upside down question mark-shaped carbon fiber sprinting prosthetics, called Cheetah blades, Mr. Pistorius can challenge the fastest sprinters in the world.”
“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