Quotes with famous

  • But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh.
  • I studied Japanese language and culture in college and graduate school, and afterward went to work in Tokyo, where I met a young man whose father was a famous businessman and whose mother was a geisha.
  • Aristotle is famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.
  • Of course I loved 'I Love Lucy' and saw every episode over and over again. I found it heartbreaking that Ricky got to be famous and have an exciting life at the Tropicana while Lucy was stuck in that terrible apartment with the Mertzes.
  • Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
  • A famous person is often remembered for the ability to take from mankind rather than for his ability to give to mankind.
  • Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else.
  • These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.
  • When you see a fantastic colour or cut in a magazine, perched up on some famous so-and-so's head, it's tempting to ask your stylist for the same, but do not be fooled. The hair in those fancy photos can be very high maintenance.
  • The usefulness of madmen is famous: they demonstrate society's logic flagrantly carried out down to its last scrimshaw scrap.
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  • Thomas Alva Edison A famous person is often remembered for the ability to take from mankind rather than for his ability to give to mankind.
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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  • Oscar Wilde Between the famous and the infamous there is but one step.
    De Profundis
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Kin Hubbard After a fellow gets famous it does not take long for someone to bob up that used to sit next to him in school.
    Kin Hubbard
    American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist (1868 - 1930)
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  • François Truffaut All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. They're obliged to overstate their own importance.
    François Truffaut
    French filmmaker (1932 - 1984)
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  • Benigno Aquino III Although I was born to famous parents, I know and feel the problems of ordinary citizens.
    Benigno Aquino III
    Filipino politician (1960 - )
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  • Will Cuppy Aristotle is famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.
    Will Cuppy
    American humorist and critic (1884 - 1949)
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  • Van Morrison Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
    Van Morrison
     
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  • Anni-Frid Lyngstad Being rich and famous isn't all happiness and at times the pressures have got to me.
    Anni-Frid Lyngstad
    Norwegian-Swedish singer and environmentalist
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  • Carol Burnett But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh.
    Carol Burnett
    American actress, comedian, singer, and writer (1933 - )
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  • Charles Dickens Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers and are famous preservers of youthful looks.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • James Thurber Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.
    James Thurber
    American cartoonist (1894 - 1961)
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  • Carl Forti Donors want to meet famous people, and getting a high profile draw for a fundraiser is one way to boost both the crowd and the cash. It's why the president and the vice president are always in demand. These folks are in demand because people around the country want to meet them.
    Carl Forti
    American Republican Party strategist (1972 - )
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  • Simeon Strunsky Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
    Simeon Strunsky
    American journalist (1879 - 1948)
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  • Ben Parr Google is famous for making the tiniest changes to pixel locations based on the data it accrues through its tests. Google will always choose a spartan webpage that converts over a beautiful page that doesn't have the data to back it up.
    Ben Parr
    American journalist, author, venture capitalist (1985 - )
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  • Bill Paxton Growing up in Texas and Oklahoma, Ben Johnson was more famous than John Wayne to some of us. I knew him. I worked with him on a low budget film years ago, and we'd sit around at night while waiting for a shot.
    Bill Paxton
    American actor and director (1955 - 2017)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Bill Hybels How would you feel if your prayer requests were made public, displayed on a billboard or marquee? Dear Lord, make me famous. Make me rich.
    Too Busy Not to Pray
    Bill Hybels
    American church figure and author (1951 - )
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  • Bill Murray I always like to say to people who want to be rich and famous, try being rich first. See if that doesn't cover most of it.
    I know how to be sour, The Guardian, December 2003
    Bill Murray
    American actor, comedian, and writer (1950 - )
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  • Adam Brody I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain age, he was probably a part of your youth. I think that's pretty cool.
    Adam Brody
    American actor, writer, musician, and producer (1979 - )
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  • Lord George Byron I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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