fame

For the average person leading an ordinary life, fame holds an hypnotic attraction. Many would sooner perish than exist in anonymity. But for the unlucky few who've had notoriety forced upon them, infamy can be a sentence more damning than any prison term

A person's self worth or inner merit is the essential commodity, whereas fame is something secondary, the mere shadow of merit. "It is not fame but whereby we merit it that is of true value....a man's greatest happiness is not that posterity will know something about him but he himself will develop thoughts that deserve consideration and preservation for centuries.

I will not be "famous," "great." I will go on adventuring, changing, opening my mind and my eyes, refusing to be stamped and stereotyped. The thing is to free one's self: to let it find its dimensions, not be impeded.

Most sane human beings who have managed to attain and retain fame each uses it to dramatically increase their name__ chances of being remembered until Jesus comes back, since their heart cannot do what they consciously or unconsciously lust for, that is to say, for it to beat until Jesus returns.

Royal Young's writing is that rare blend of irony and beauty.

Inscriptions here of various Names I view'd,The greater part by hostile time subdu'd;Yet wide was spread their fame in ages past,And Poets once had promis'd they should last.

Mercy, how we do so often love to immortalize those despised and forgotten in life.

People think entrepreneurs are all about fame and money. I was never in for either. And, will never be. This is a much bigger fight.

Author says he suffered from both "a craving to be famous" and "a horror of being known to like being known.

A place in the sun, that's what I am aiming for... and who could ever ask for more?' -Columbine to Pierrot

She raised herself up on an elbow, stroked my forehead & said in a hushed half-whisper, 'You will be famous.' "The seed was planted. Ambition fed on the compost of my vanity.

People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can__ live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.

Today__ generation didn__ want to watch ancient actors reciting the same tired lines. They wanted to see themselves reflected onscreen __ude, raw, entitled. These kids needed to believe that they themselves were only one daring, controversial act away from being up on that screen themselves.

Fame is a funny thing, like a secret, both are hard to keep.

Step out today not seeking to be in the spotlight but seeking for a spot to light - be a blessing to someone

You really want my honest opinion?_ I ask. Anton gestures for me to go on. __lease, this is why I hired you, devochka._ I detect a little hint of sarcasm, but I go ahead and say, __ hate restaurants like this._ __hy?_ He seems genuinely curious to know why. __ecause__ecause they__e expensive._ __hat is the problem? I__ paying for everything._ I shake my head. __t__ not that__ou see,_ I lower my voice, _ this is where famous people eat._ __amous?_ Anton pretends to look around. __here?_ __ think that__ the guy from that prank show. And there__ that guy from those vampire movies. And Maya Findlay._ __eah? I don__ know who they are._ __eally?_ I ask dubiously. ____ not into the famous people thing too._ __eally._ __es._ __hich is why you only date models who want to become actresses._ I notice him giving me a look. __orry,_ I say sheepishly.

Sarcasm is the new staircase to stardom.

One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.