Famous Quotes

"Before I was even famous, I was famous on Facebook."

"I was famous from the age of 13, and after a while you become immune to it - in a good way. You look at positives and what you can do with it."

"By 1916, as Madam Walker herself was developing more assertive views on race, she was becoming eager to assume her place alongside Harlem's famous, influential and intriguing residents."

"My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough."

"I find the most normal things about famous people to be the most fascinating."

"On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships."

"People laughed at him and said, 'you'll never be famous, your name is too hard.' But everybody knows who Arnold Schwarzengger is. I'm far, far away from where he is."

"A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous."

"My dear Mama, you are definitely the hen who hatched a famous duck."

"Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul."

"The world's most famous and popular language is music."

"If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be."

"I thought that maybe it is not so much, as he seems to think, that the world loses interest in female performers after they hit a certain age, than the performers lose interest in the world."

"I will be up at 8 A.M. making spaghetti bolognese for Peter and Sophia's evening meal if I'm working that day. I may not get back for the evening, and I worry if I don't do that, then they won't eat anything."

"I believe all teams choke in certain situations."

"Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman; the serpent is twining round it."

"I got to know Elton John's older music by learning to like his newer stuff. 'The Lion King?' That's what I like."

"Just being in a video game is an honor, and being on the cover, I can't really describe it."

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility."

"Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored."

"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them."

"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy."

"Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean."

"Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves."

"Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends."

"A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think."

"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."

"I take four planes a week, honestly. You know, I am for intelligence screening."

"I worshiped Judd Nelson in 'The Breakfast Club' growing up. I must've seen that movie 100 times."