Famous Quotes
“I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job.”
“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