“Most people get into bands for three very simple rock and roll reasons: to get laid, to get fame, and to get rich.” PeopleReasonThreeSimpleRichRocksFameBandRock And RollGet RichGetting Laid Author:Bob Geldof
“I have known several persons of great fame for wisdom in public affairs and councils governed by foolish servants. I have known great ministers, distinguished for wit and learning, who preferred none but dunces. I have known men of valor cowards to their wives. I have known men of cunning perpetually cheated. I knew three ministers who would exactly compute and settle the accounts of a kingdom, wholly ignorant of their own economy.” MenPersonsThreeKnownEconomyWifeFameAccountsAffairFoolishWitKingdomsIgnorantMinistersSettlingServantCowardCouncilCunningDistinguishedCheatedValorInconsistencyPublic AffairsDunces Author:Horace Walpole
“There are only three American names that are known in every corner of the globe: Singer sewing machines, Coca Cola and Elizabeth Arden.” ThreeNamesKnownFameMachinesCornersSingersGlobesSewingCoca Cola Author:Elizabeth Arden
“There's three things that as a professional athlete you want. You want to get to the big leagues, and I accomplished that. Winning a World Series ring, I got that. And then getting to the Hall of Fame. That's everybody's dream. Every athlete, they want to be up there in the Hall of Fame, mentioned with the greatest players to ever play this game.” WorldWantPlayDreamBigsThreeGamesWinningPlayerFameSeriesAthleteRingsLeagueAccomplishedHallsThree ThingsHall Of FameWorld SeriesProfessional Athlete Author:Albert Pujols
“The things which ... are esteemed as the greatest good of all ... can be reduced to these three headings, to wit : Riches, Fame, and Pleasure. With these three the mind is so engrossed that it cannot scarcely think of any other good.” ThinkingMindThreePleasureFameRichesWitHeadings Author:Baruch Spinoza
“If you look closely, there is no book more visual than Three Trapped Tigers, in that it is filled with blank pages, dark pages, it has stars made of words, the famous magical cube made of numbers, and there is even a page which is a mirror.” IfsLooksMadeBookThreeLiteratureStarsDarkNumbersFamePagesMirrorsFilledVisualsTrappedBlankTigersCubesBlank Pages Author:Guillermo Cabrera Infante
“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
“I have two college degrees, four honorary doctorate degrees, and am in three Halls of fame, and the only thing I know how to do is teach tall people how to put a ball in the hole.” PeopleKnowsTwoThreeTeachKnow HowFourCollegeFameDegreesBallsHolesHallsTallHall Of FameCollege DegreeHonoraryDoctorates Author:Red Auerbach
“As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And what do I do with the time I've got left?” LongTwoThreeLeftFameRock StarAgeingSuperhumanMusic And LifeTimeless Music Author:David Bowie
“If it took Labouchere three columns to prove that I was forgotten, then there is no difference between fame and obscurity.” IfsThreeDifferencesFameProveForgottenColumnsObscurity Book:Decorative Art in America: A Lecture, Together with Letters, Reviews and Interviews. Edited, with an Introd. by Richard Butler Glaenzer Source: Decorative Art in America: A Lecture, Together with Letters, Reviews and Interviews. Edited, with an Introd. by Richard Butler Glaenzer
“It's strange, somebody asked for my autograph the other day. Because I finished school and I'm not really doing anything at the moment, I was just kind of aimlessly wandering around London and these two guys who were about 30 came up and asked for my autograph. I was really quite proud at the time, and they wanted to take photos and stuff. And then they were sort of wandering around and I was kind of wandering around and I bumped into them about three times, and every single time their respect for me kept growing and growing and growing.” KindTwoMomentsWantedSchoolGuyThreeStuffGrowingStrangeProudFameFinishedLondonWanderThree TimesAutographsTwo GuysWandering AroundFinished School Author:Robert Pattinson
“I have no reason to influence people. I just want to have it all for myself. I just want someone to pat me on the back. (laugh) It's crazy. It seems just completely ridiculous. I don't know why. I mean, three years ago, I wouldn't be able to influence my dog to walk.” PeopleKnowsWantYearsMeanReasonSeemsAbleThreeWalksLaughingCrazyInfluenceDogFameYears AgoRidiculousNo ReasonThree YearsMy DogInfluencing People Author:Robert Pattinson