Fame is an epiphany of bubbles that are transient and pugnacious.

Seven cities warred for Homer, being dead, Who, living, had no roof to shroud his head.

There are names on her immortal scroll at which Fame blushes.

Those who write books on despising fame inscribe their own name on the title-page.

In the final analysis, it's true that fame is unimportant. No matter how great a man is, the size of his funeral usually depends on the weather.

It's a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.

The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.

Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begg'd his bread.

She (fame) comes unlooked for if she comes at all.

Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.

On stage I make love to twenty-five thousand people; then I go home alone.

It is the mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.

Unfortunately many young writers are more concerned with fame than with their own work .... It's much more important to write than to be written about.

Whatever may be the success of my stories, I shall be resolute in preserving my incognito, having observed that a nom de plume secures all the advantages without the disagreeables of reputation.

You canna expect to be baith grand and comfortable.

A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.

No public character has ever stood the revelation of private utterance and correspondence.

We are all clever enough at envying a famous man while he is yet alive, and at praising him when he is dead.

When a great man has become petrified, and everyone begins to proclaim his greatness, he has already turned into a puppet.

They gave me star treatment because I was making a lot of money. But I was just as good when I was poor.