Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sharon Jones

I knew I was going to be famous later in life.

Abraham Lincoln

I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.

Haywood Nelson

Hold on to that. You have an autograph. I'm going to be famous some day.

Cher

I've been famous my entire life; I don't know any other way.

Of all the rabbinic sages of antiquity, perhaps none was more influential or famous than Rabbi Akiva.

Linus Roache

You might get one job for having a famous parent, but you won't get your second unless you're good.

Kelly Slater

Most of what Hawaii has to offer is no secret. Pipeline is probably the most famous wave in the world.

Harriet Walter

Some people are instantly brilliant. The Kenneth Branaghs of this world are ready-formed actors at 23 - he has used his success in lots of different ways - but there are people out there for whom acting is: 'Ooh, I can get on the telly and be famous.'

Charles Churchill

Statesman all over, in plots famous grown,/ He mouths a sentence, as curs mouth a bone.

Bill Cowher

Sports Town: A Look at the Famous Sports Pages of the Post-Gazette.

Steve Stoute

Nas has always been uncomfortable with being famous and accessible. Nas makes music because he loves music, not because he wants the trappings of music, such as fame.

George Lois

Look at the news stand, you know? I mean, it's a cacophony of famous people or people who want to be famous with blurbs all around it, and it's supposed to be, you know, that's supposed to be creativity in journalism. My God, it's unbelievable. It's shocking.

Richie Sambora

I think what it all comes down to, first and foremost, is songwriting. Nashville has been famous for writing great songs.

Richie Sambora

I think what it all comes down to, first and foremost, is songwriting, ... Nashville has been famous for writing great songs.

It isn't about how famous you are or how much money you have.

John Tesh

Oprah was famous for going to a garden party and ad-libbing. She could literally interview people for a half hour about nothing, and it was entertaining. She had her own show before she had her own show.

Anna Kournikova

I am beautiful, famous and gorgeous. I could have any man in the world

Fidel Castro

I am going to tell you what I think about this famous commission.

We looked at the NBA, NHL, MLB, NFL, CBA and NBDL and there were little or no minority ownerships. Unless you were a famous star, all of those leagues were excluding minorities.

Sam Worthington

I didn't set out to be famous; if I'd wanted that, I would have gone on 'Big Brother.'

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

The people who think I'm famous are knitters. Most of my life, I'm wildly unrecognized.

Liz Smith

I was introduced to Sean Penn by a very famous Hollywood agent. He said, 'Sean, I'd like you to meet Liz Smith.' And Sean Penn looked at me, turned, ran down the hall and went -- left the building.

Linda Ronstadt

I wanted to sing when I was little. That's what I liked doing. It didn't occur to me that you became famous or anything like that.

Anne Bradstreet

My love is such that Rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee, give recompence. Thy love is such I can no way repay, The heavens reward thee manifold I pray.

Andy Roddick

That's the weird part for me, ... Being famous never feels normal. I don't know if it will ever become normal.

That says something in itself. It's still one of the most famous bonspiels in the world.

Karl Schroeder

I intended to be famous by the time I was 16 and rich by the time I was 20. Curiously, it didn't pan out!

Kate McKinnon

Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous.

Alexandre Dumas

In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.

James McCartney

Music is in me. I don't have much of a choice. People might listen to one of my songs or come and see my because of my famous last name, but if my music's not good they won't hang around.

Maisie Williams

No one teaches you how to be a famous person; no one teaches you how to be a role model. It's something you have to do on your own.

Edgar Allan Poe

This maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.

Esther Williams

She had gone from famous to infamous to notorious and was now regarded as something of a menace to polite society.