“Americans respect talent only insofar as it leads to fame, and we reserve our most fervent admiration for famous people who destroy their lives as well as their talent. The fatal flaws of Elvis, Judy, and Marilyn register much higher on our national applause meter than their living achievements. In Amerca, talent is merely a tool for becoming famous in life so you can become more famous in death - where all are equal.” PeopleWellsTalentBecomingHigherFameEqualAchievementToolsFlawsAdmirationReservesApplauseRegisterMeterFerventFatal FlawsBecoming Famous Author:Florence King
“Sound, sound the trump of Fame! Let Washington's great name Ring through the world with loud applause; Let every clime to Freedom dear Listen with a joyful ear. With equal skill, with god-like power, He governs in the fearful hour Of horrid war, or guides with ease, The happier times of honest peace.” WorldWarNamesSoundHoursHonestTrumpFameSkillsEqualEarsDearGuidesRingsEaseLoudFearfulJoyfulApplauseHappier Times Author:Joseph Hopkinson
“Among the writers of all ages, some deserve fame, and have it; others neither have nor deserve it; some have it, not deserving it; others, though deserving it, yet totally miss it, or have it not equal to their deserts.” AgeMissingFameEqualDeserveDesertDeservingDeserving It Author:John Milton
“Never, I say, had a country so many openings to happiness as this.... Her cause was good. Her principles just and liberal. Her temper serene and firm.... The remembrance then of what is past, if it operates rightly must inspire her with the most laudable of an ambition, that of adding to the fair fame she began with. The world has seen her great adversity.... Let then, the world see that she can bear prosperity; and that her honest virtue in time of peace is equal to the bravest virtue in time of war.” IfsWorldWarCountryAmericaPastCausesPrinciplesVirtueHonestInspireBearsFameEqualAmbitionFairsAdversityProsperityOpeningFirmTemperRemembranceSerene Author:Thomas Paine
“What I wanted to be and who I am is a singer and a songwriter. I wanted to be onstage, and I wanted the world to hear my music. The product of that is fame and the disgusting celebrity that goes along with it. But celebrity does not equal creativity.” WorldDoeWantedCreativityProductsFameEqualSingersWho I AmDisgustingSongwriters Author:Katy Perry
“There is no good in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else. The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors.” Life IsPleasureFameEqualWhere You AreInferiorsPleasures Of Life Book:The Newcomes : memoirs of a most respectable family Source: The Newcomes : memoirs of a most respectable family