“I have gone from local obscurity to national obscurity to international obscurity. Once I learn how to monetize obscurity, I will be rich.” GoneRichFameInternationalLocalsObscurity Author:Ernie J Zelinski
“I heard a fella say once he'd rather have a rose bud when he was alive than to have a whole rose garden thrown his way after he is gone. It looks like they've (the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1935) thrown the roses my way while I'm still here.” WayLooksStillsWholeGoneAliveHeardFameGardenBaseballRoseMy WayThrownHallsBudHall Of FameFellasRose GardenRose BudsBaseball Hall Of Fame Author:Home Run Baker
“I just want to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, so that when I'm long gone my great-great-grandchildren can walk up to it and say, "That's my ancestor." That will be my legacy.” WantLongStarsWalksGoneFameHollywoodLegacyAncestorGrandchildrenGreat Grandchildren Author:Tracy Morgan
“Money and riches don't mean nothing to me. I don't care nothing about being no rich individual. I'm not living for glory or for fame; all this is doomed for destruction. You got it today, tomorrow it's gone. I got bigger things on my mind than that. I got Islam on my mind.” MindMeanCareTodayIndividualGoneRichTomorrowFameGloryDestructionBiggerIslamDon't CareRichesI Don't CareDoomedThings On My Mind Author:Muhammad Ali
“When I saw music as a means to an end - more fame, more money, dating celebrities - that's when things have gone terribly wrong. Now my life is focused on just trying to keep making music. Because when it's really good, it's just the most remarkable feeling on the planet.” TryingMeanEndsFeelingsLife IsGoneSawsPlanetsFameMusic IsDatingFocusedRemarkableMore MoneyMeans To An End Author:Moby
“It is hard to quantify the value of name recognition, but Donald Trump has gone from fame to international mega-fame. That has to be gargantuan when your business is your name.” HardValuesNamesGoneTrumpFameInternationalRecognitionMega Author:Gene Weingarten
“Fame doesn't matter. Money doesn't matter. Those things are forever fleeting. I just want to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, so that when I'm long gone my great-great-grandchildren can walk up to it and say, "That's my ancestor." That will be my legacy.” WantLongMatterStarsWalksGoneForeverFameHollywoodLegacyAncestorGrandchildrenFleetingGreat Grandchildren Author:Tracy Morgan
“What I remember thinking at that point, having gone through both the ups and downs of my first four years, and seeing the sea of people was, "What a remarkable country this is and how lucky am I that we live in a place where the son of a single mom, not born into any kind of fame or fortune, in a pretty remote state somehow can end up be in a position to - to make a difference."” PeopleThinkingYearsFirstsKindEndsCountryStatesRememberBornDifferencesGoneFourSeeingSeaPositionSonMomFameLuckyFortuneMaking A DifferenceRemarkableFour YearsUps & DownsSingle Mom Author:Barack Obama
“I've been accustomed to being famous and having a certain level of attention for 14 years, but in the last few months, it's changed. It's like on the arcade game, I've gone up to the next level.” YearsLastsCertainNextGamesLevelsAttentionGoneChangedMonthsFameAccustomedNext LevelBeing FamousArcades Author:Kylie Minogue
“Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful.” NeedsLittlesLeftWealthGoneFameIntelligentProsperitySexyTransient Book:Self-portrait Source: Self-portrait
“Those who will may raise monuments of marble to perpetuate the fame of heroes. Those who will may build memorial halls to remind those who shall gather there in after times what manhood could do and dare for right, and what high examples of virtue and valor have gone before them. But let us make our offering to the ever-living soul. Let us build our benefactions in the ever-growing heart, that they shall live and rise and spread in blessing beyond our sight, beyond the ken of man and beyond the touch of time.” MenHeartMaySoulGoneVirtueGrowingExampleHeroBlessingFameSightRaisesDareSpreadHallsOfferingManhoodMemorialMonumentMarbleMemorial DayValor Author:Joshua Chamberlain