“If you will observe, it doesn't take A man of giant mould to make A giant shadow on the wall; And he who in our daily sight Seems but a figure mean and small, Outlined in Fame's illusive light, May stalk, a silhouette sublime, Across the canvas of his time.” IfsMenMayMeanLightSeemsFiguresWallFameShadowSightGiantsCanvasSublimeStalkingMouldSilhouettes Author:John Townsend Trowbridge
“I always think that the people who have the hardest time in the spotlight are the people who have unearned fame, like the girlfriends of people who are famous or people who become figures of attention, not through their own merit.” PeopleThinkingAttentionFiguresFameHardestMeritGirlfriendSpotlightHardest Times Author:Rosamund Pike
“Growing up, I realized that fame is not what you think it is. It's a little bizarre. You have to learn how to cope with that and figure out who you are.” ThinkingLittlesGrowing UpGrowingFiguresFameWho You AreI RealizedBizarre Author:Tyler Posey
“Water and air He for the Tenor chose, Earth made the Base, the Treble Fame arose, To th' active Moon a quick brisk stroke he gave, To Saturn's string a touch more sore and grave. The motions strait, and round, and swift, and slow, And short and long, were mixt and woven so, Did in such artful Figures smoothly fall, As made this decent measur'd dance of all. And this is Musick.” LongMadeEarthFallWaterMusicAirFiguresFameMoonRoundsActiveGravesDecentStringsStrokesWovenTenorsSaturn Author:Abraham Cowley
“I'm a bit of an abstract figure that people can project their fantasies on; it's pretty much what we all are, otherwise we wouldn't be stars, and people wouldn't be interested. But people project things on you that have nothing to do with what you really are, or they see a little something and then exaggerate it. And you can't really control that.” PeopleLittlesStarsBitsFantasyFiguresFameProjectsAbstract Author:Salma Hayek
“I could not conceive that [fans] actually wanted me to sign something. It took a long time for me to figure out (a) just say 'Thank you' and sign the thing, and (b) smile in the picture, because if you try to just half-smile you're going to look constipated.” IfsTryingLooksLongWantedHalfFansFiguresFameLong TimeSaying Thank You Author:Joss Whedon
“Victor Serge died in exile and obscurity, apparently no more than a splinter of a splinter in the Marxist movement. But with the passage of the years, he looms up as one of the great moral figures of our time, an artist of such integrity and a revolutionary of such purity as to overshadow those who achieved fame and power. His failure was his success. I know of no participant in Russia's revolution and Spain's agonies who more deserves the attention of our concerned youth.” KnowsYearsArtistAttentionMoralFiguresMovementYouthRevolutionIntegrityFameDeserveConcernedDiedRussiaRevolutionaryOur TimePurityPassagesAgonySpainExileObscurityParticipantsMarxistSplinters Author:I. F. Stone
“Fame doesn't redeem you. It takes a long time to get there, and when you're finally there, you realise you still have authority figures telling you what to do.” LongStillsFiguresFameAuthorityLong TimeRealisingAuthority Figures Author:Cyndi Lauper
“This is crazier and louder than I was prepared for. With every week, the fervour and anticipation seem to grow. People know my name and ambush me in public and try to figure out what hotel I'm staying at and ask me to bite them and want to touch my hair.” PeopleKnowsWantTryingSeemsAsksNamesGrowsWeekFiguresHairFamePreparedAsk MeHotelStayingBitesAnticipationAmbush Author:Robert Pattinson