Famous Quotes

Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.

Robert Wyatt

It's never been my purpose to become an American icon, or more famous or richer.

Juliette Binoche

Indy makes the race driver. You become famous when you come here.

Rodger Ward

I wanted to be a rich, famous rock-and-roll star in that order.

Dee Snider

Usually when I see someone famous, for some reason, I think I know them.

Leona Lewis

I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.

Bette Davis

Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve.

Maureen Dowd

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

There has been a time on earth when poets had been young and dead and famous - and were men. But now the poet as the tragic child of grandeur and destiny had changed. The child of genius was a woman, now, and the man was gone.

Tom Wolfe

I'd definitely rather be rich than famous.

Radha Mitchell

I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.

Walt Disney

My discrepancy with children in the industry is that they are made famous before they know who they are as human beings.

Corey Feldman

George Harrison was also a pleasure to work with. He was one of the most famous people I've ever known, but in spite of that fame, he was such a nice and friendly guy.

Alvin Lee

I don't mean being famous is a perk, because one knows that it's not necessarily a perk, but there are certain perks to being well-known and respected in one's field. Public perks. Like, I don't know, general friendliness and willingness to please, just to point out two.

Emma Thompson

I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.

Frances Bean Cobain

All I say is that I don't go out with famous men.

Samantha Mumba

The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of those pork-barrel items famous all over America.

John McCain

Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up.

Cat Deeley

I don't ever want to be hugely famous because I had a little taste of it after 'East Is East' and 'Bend It.'

Archie Panjabi

I thought that somehow your life would be much different when you're famous... and it's not. You just buy more stuff.

Nicole Sullivan