Famous Quotes

“There has been a time on earth when poets had been young and dead and famous - and were men. But now the poet as the tragic child of grandeur and destiny had changed. The child of genius was a woman, now, and the man was gone.”

-- Tom Wolfe

“When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.”

-- Katharine Hepburn

“I really don't know anything else because my brothers were famous when I was two years old. So I know nothing else, no other life.”

-- Janet Jackson

“I never thought about being famous.”

-- Damon Wayans

“I wanted to go hide. I wasn't looking to be more famous, I'm famous enough.”

-- Howard Stern

“They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous.”

-- Lillie Langtry

“I do not like being famous. I like being normal.”

-- Vince Gill

“I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know they just don't have roles on famous TV shows that you recognize.”

-- Danny Strong

“The big thing that everyone forgets, you're famous and on TV and everything, but I think there's something very rewarding to be able to write a song, record it, and have it turn out as you heard it in your head, or even better.”

-- Phil Collen

“We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.”

-- Panayiotis Zavos