“I know people whose entire lives are ruined by fame. If you make yourself exclusive, people want to break that down, but if you go about doing your shopping, no one bugs you.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantBreakFameShoppingRuinedBugsExclusive Author:Jonathan Pryce
“To be an object of hatred and aversion to their contemporaries has been the usual fate of all those whose merit has raised them above the common level. The man who submits to the shafts of envy for the sake of noble objects pursues a judicious course for his own lasting fame. Hatred dies with its object, while merit soon breaks forth in full splendor, and his glory is handed down to posterity in never-dying strains.” MenHas BeensDiesCoursesLevelsCommonBreakFateDyingObjectsHe ManFameGloryHatredRaisedSakeEnvyNoblePursueMeritLastingUsualSubmitStrainPosteritySplendorAversion Author:Thucydides
“On working with director Werner Herzog: I have to shoot without any breaks. I yell at Herzog and hit him. I have to fight for every sequence. I wish Herzog would catch the plague.” FightingWishBreakFameDirectorsSequencePlague Author:Klaus Kinski
“History is littered with many, many talented young people who got a break damaged in the end by fame and other things when they were young and took it.” PeopleEndsYoungBreakFame Author:Piers Morgan
“If somebody told me back in 1980 that I would have a 32-year career, and that I'd be [elected into the Hall of Fame], I'd say no way. For three years, I couldn't even break into the Phillies broadcast booth. I was just hoping to make it, much less be mentioned as a Ford Frick winner. Believe me, when I started out, this award wasn't even close to being on the radar.” IfsWayYearsBelieveThreeCareersBreakFameWinnerHallsAwardsThree YearsBelieve In MeRadarHall Of Fame Author:Tim McCarver
“If you let your head get too big, it'll break your neck.” IfsInspirationalHumorBigsFunnyBreakHumilityFameNecksFunny Inspirational Author:Elvis Presley
“The Golf Hall of Fame is full of players with unusual looking swings. Some of the prettiest swings you've ever seen in your life are made on the far end of the public driving range by guys who couldn't break an egg with a baseball bat.” MadeEndsGuyBreakPlayerFameBaseballGolfDrivingRangeEggsHallsUnusualSwingsBatsHall Of FamePrettiest Book:Buried Lies: True Tales and Tall Stories from the PGA Tour Source: Buried Lies: True Tales and Tall Stories from the PGA Tour
“I really understood what was happening in Cannes. I was in a restaurant during a break and when I came out 2 hours later, 500 people were waiting for me at the exit. It was total chaos. They literally had to carry me to the car.” PeopleWaitingHoursBreakCarFameHappeningsUnderstoodChaosRestaurantsExitCannes Author:Robert Pattinson