A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.
Fred Allen
The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think it's their fault.
Henry Kissinger
Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.
John Wooden
Prestige is just fossilized inspiration. If you do anything well enough, you'll make it prestigious.
Paul Graham
Pursuit of money, fame, and status generally does not produce a bumper crop of friends and friendly relatives in old age. Indeed, those goals are selfish and selfishness is not a way to make friends. Furthermore, money, fame, and status tend to attract false friends which may get in the way of your acquiring real ones.
John T. Reed
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The many speak highly of you, but have you really any grounds for satisfaction with yourself if you are the kind of person the many understand? Your merits should not be outward facing.
Seneca
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