“Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate, Whose table once a Guest, but not The second time, is set. Whose crumbs the crows inspect, And with ironic caw Flap past it to the Farmer's corn; Men eat of it and die.” MenPastDiesFoodFameTablesCookingCulinaryFarmersIronicGuestsPlatesShiftingCornCrowFickleCrumbs Book:Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)
“You gotta remember: we're musicians we're just crazy people who can't get along sometimes. I've definitely come to the table with my knife in my pocket a couple of times; you know how it is. It's part of being human. Now add fame and money and all that rock and roll craziness to it - we're lucky we don't eat each other in this industry!” PeopleKnowsHumansSometimesRememberKnow HowCrazyRocksIndustryCoupleFameLuckyMusicianTablesAddPocketsKnivesRock And RollBeing HumanCrazinessCrazy People Author:Corey Taylor
“I don't think there is anything good about fame. 'Tables in restaurants.' People say that but, then again, why don't you just call the day before? Or go eat somewhere else?” PeopleThinkingFameTablesRestaurantsSomewhere Else Author:Jodie Foster
“Fame means absolutely nothing except a good table at a restaurant.” MeanFameTablesRestaurantsAbsolutely Nothing Author:Eileen Atkins
“Writers get exactly the right amount of fame: just enough to get a good table in a restaurant but not enough so that people are constantly interrupting you while you're eating dinner.” PeopleEnoughAmountFameEatingTablesDinnerRestaurantsInterruptingEating Dinner Author:Fran Lebowitz
“The best fame is a writer's fame. It's enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough to get you interrupted when you eat.” WritingEnoughFameTablesRestaurantsInterrupted Author:Fran Lebowitz
“I liked reading and working out my ideas in the midst of that endless crowd walking in and out of the (library) looking for something. I, too, was seeking fame and fortune by sitting at the end of a long golden table next to the sets of American authors on the open shelves.” LongIdeasEndsReadingNextWalkingFameSittingTablesFortuneLibraryCrowdsSeekingWork OutEndlessGoldenMidstShelvesAmerican Author Author:Alfred Kazin
“I went out a couple of times with Pierce. He's totally recognizable, and he makes no effort to tone it down. Some people were glancing over at us in the restaurant, and he just went over and introduced himself. And it does work. It dissipates all the attention. Me? I just crawl under the table.” PeopleDoeEffortAttentionCoupleFameTablesToneRestaurantsWorking ItPierce Author:Robert Pattinson