Famous Quotes & Sayings

Shirley MacLaine

I was so appalled. They were kind of waiting for Terry to walk out and perhaps take a poop or something, because she's famous herself, and what would I do about the poop? And would they make me mad? Because the whole point is, they want to make you mad, and then they get a good picture.

Jay Ryan

I was shooting a mini-series for Sundance/BBC, called 'Top of the Lake,' that was shot by Jane Campion, who's a beautiful native New Zealander and famous film director. The role I was playing was very intense, and they shaved half my hair off. So, I looked like this post-apocalyptic character.

Lupita Nyong'o

I grew up in the limelight and being the child of someone famous. So my relationship with fame is not bedazzled.

Shane McAnally

I always loved Willie Nelson, but I loved the songs that Willie made famous.

Fred Taylor

He invented the jet engine, of course. He is one of the most famous Coventry kids, I think.

He doesn't know how famous he is on the Net,

Today, I will forgive those people who have hurt me, and I will forgive myself for letting them hurt me...

Ariel Sharon

There is a famous saying, 'It's hard to be a Jew,' ... It's also hard to be a Palestinian. I know that. I would like to take all those steps, but first of all it should be quiet.

Kevin Rahm

I've been lucky in the sense that I haven't become famous.

When I grow up, I want to be an artist, a person who sews things and a guitar player. I hope I am famous someday.

Doug Harvey

I know that there are no famous 'Doug Harvey plays.' And I'm proud of that.

Kelly Ryan

Mozart wrote some of the most famous operas of all time; Mozart wrote some of the most famous Masses of all time, strong quartets, symphonies.

James McCartney

Music is in me. I don't have much of a choice. People might listen to one of my songs or come and see my because of my famous last name, but if my music's not good they won't hang around.

Maisie Williams

No one teaches you how to be a famous person; no one teaches you how to be a role model. It's something you have to do on your own.

Max Clifford

Now people are famous for doing things that 15 years ago they would have tried hard to keep out of the papers.

Karl Schroeder

I intended to be famous by the time I was 16 and rich by the time I was 20. Curiously, it didn't pan out!

Kate McKinnon

Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous.

She's famous around the world, but Pamela will feel right at home in Halifax.

Esther Williams

She had gone from famous to infamous to notorious and was now regarded as something of a menace to polite society.

Kevin Bacon

There are two types of actors: those who say they want to be famous and those who are liars.

Seven is more than a lucky number or a famous baseball player's uniform. It's the brain's natural shepherd, herding vast amounts of information into manageable chunks.

Edgar Allan Poe

This maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.

Alexandre Dumas

In love, writing is dangerous, not to mention pointless.

William Hung

OK, so I'm not famous for the right reasons.

Chuck Zito

Sonny and another Hells Angel who was at the meeting thought they were beyond a little patch so they headed down to a local tattoo shop in Oakland and were the first to get the famous One Percent tattoos.

Evel Knievel

You can be famous for a lot of things. You can be a Nobel-prize winner. You can be the fattest guy in the world.

Brittany Snow

I have this fascination with being on the road, all things music, and the '70s. My favorite movie is 'Almost Famous.'

Dave Chappelle

You can become famous but you can't become unfamous. You can become infamous but not unfamous.

Tim Curry

Any part that makes you world famous has got to be a blessing, hasn't it?

Ansel Elgort

I think that most people who are just artists, who are getting famous, would trade a lot of their fame back for some normalcy, pretty much immediately.

Vincent Schiavelli

Your face is your calling card, but you're not so famous that you can't go out.

Imelda Staunton

You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.

Terry Wogan

There's nothing to be said for being famous. It's a pain. You can't be rude to people - it's inexcusable not to be nice. Anyway, it's not in my nature. I was trained to be nice.