#fame

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#easily #extinguish #fame #fire #good

If this fame, which people call my lucky break, were to stop tomorrow, I shouldn't care. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#call #care #fame #i #lucky

I wanted fame, but I thought it would be incremental, and I became afraid of the overnight-sensation thing. ↗

— Wes Bentley

#became #fame #i #incremental #thing

Maybe it's my 15 minutes of fame, maybe it's longer. ↗

— Jane Harman

#fame #longer #maybe #minutes

A friend told me that one day he and I would be rich and famous. I told him that I'd trade my half of the fame, for his half of the money. ↗

— Quentin R. Bufogle

#humorous #money #money

My drum sticks are in the "Hall of Fame." I know that. ↗

— Jimmy Carl Black

#fame #hall #i #know #sticks

Regarding fame, fortune and Oregon I do wish I had more money. ↗

— John Fahey

#fortune #had #i #i do #money

It was really weird to have a hit. Of course, we had a certain level of fame in the Pixies, but nothing I had ever done had been mall-kid friendly. ↗

— Kim Deal

#certain #certain level #course #done #ever

I got behind that pencil and nothing happened for many years, but since they put me in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, I've turned around. I took a good look at myself and said, I think it's time to get back at work. ↗

— Otis Blackwell

#back #behind #fame #get #good

I like this town, it's really great. They've put me in The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. This town is about music. It's about the kind of music I like. ↗

— Otis Blackwell

#fame #great #hall #i #kind