Quotes: Fame

The sooner I get into the Hall of Fame the better.

I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Who has the fame to be an early riser may sleep till noon.

Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name!

I’m in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the One-Hit Wonder Wall. I’m still very troubled by the fact that I’m in the hall and my dad isn’t.

Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy.

Fame and success are very different things.

I don’t need the fame right now; I’m not running from the law.

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.