Famous Quotes
“Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say I'm a famous author in a country where no one reads.”
“At each of these northern posts there were interesting experiences in store for me, as one who had read all the books of northern travel and dreamed for half a lifetime of the north and that was - almost daily meeting with famous men.”
-- Ernest Thompson Seton
“We played in Texas about a year ago, at Emo's, the famous country and western club in Austin. And I figured, well, if I'm finally gonna die onstage, that's where it's going to be!”
-- Alan Vega
“I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning.”
-- Mira Sorvino
“You do now have one in three people, as shown by the famous Carlton Monarchy debate poll, saying they want to get rid of the Monarchy. That was unthinkable even three, four years ago.”
-- Anthony Holden
“Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don't have to be anything else.”
-- Orson Welles
“When you look at Michael Jackson, there's nobody who loves him in that family, nobody. If they did, they'd tell him he didn't have to do all that in order to be famous. All he has to do is keep doing his music and be himself. Michael's been a little touched for about 20 years, but somebody needs to pull him aside and tell him they love him.”
-- Jamie Foxx