“One seems to become a myth, a fabulous creature that doesn't exist. One doesn't feel any different. It isn't that you get bigger to fit the world, the world gets smaller to fit you. You remain exactly the same.”— T. S. Eliot, poetryfoundation.org
“People are going to love you, people are going to hate you. When you’re in the public eye, it’s just something that comes with the territory.”— Dan Bilzerian, squaremile.com
“Fame and envie are both needlesse to the dead because unknown, sometimes dangerous to the living when too well knowne: reason enough that I rather cause to say nothing, then too little, in the praise of the deceased Author, or of your Lordship my desired factor.”— Francis Drake, international.loc.gov
“A celebrity is someone who works hard all his life to become known and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.”— Unknown, tcat.tc
“As a celebrity, when your celebrity dies, your career dies. I want to be a mogul, like P. Diddy or Donald Trump—I guess they’re celebrities, too, but not celebrities like ‘Oh shit, I need to get a TV show.’”— Tila Tequila, nymag.com
“David had great, grand ideas. To become well known, famous, for him was initially to have the resources to realize what his ideas were. He really does come from that spirit, he just didn’t want to be famous per se.”— Tony VIsconti, amazon.com
“I’m not content to be just a rock’n roll star. I’m trying to be one at the moment just so I can get off into other things.”— David Bowie, amazon.com
“Once he experienced the fame, and all that comes with that, I think he was done with it. And I think he realized he made a deal with the Devil, and he’d need the rest of his life to try and undo that.”— Mike Garson, amazon.com
“I be high when I'm shopping for expensive clothes. I be high when I get what I couldn't before. I be high in the club while I'm poppin bub. But I be low at the shows in my dressing room. I be low when I see that I'm a different dude. I be low on the plane looking at the sky. I be low but my highs ke…”— Kid Cudi, genius.com
“It's a little surreal. It's a weird combination of totally normal—I just sit at the desk behind the computer like always—and all you do is hear your own name in the background.”— Michael Wolff, hollywoodreporter.com
“YouTube’s prank culture emphasizes shock value. Its deep culture of veneration among fans creates an insular, often accountability-proof bubble around its biggest stars. When those stars have earned large fortunes by creating content that violates the personal space and consent of other members of t…”— Aja Romano, vox.com
“Am I ever gonna grow thick skin? No. I just gotta focus on making money. Cause ain’t no going back. I’m gonna be famous forever.”— Cardi B, thefader.com
“It's been a tremendous ride. My 15 years, my 15 minutes of fame, is up.”— Emmitt Smith, successories.com
“In baseball, there is something electrifying about the big leagues. I had read so much about (Stan) Musial, (Ted) Williams and (Jackie) Robinson. I had put those guys on a pedestal. They were something special. I really thought they put their pants on different, rather than one leg at a time.”— Hank Aaron, baseball-almanac.com
“I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth.”— Hank Aaron, amazon.com
“I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.”— Ted Williams, en.wikiquote.org