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" Fame, I have already. Now I need the money. "

Wilhelm Steinitz

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" We all got older, and we'd tell our children things like, 'Mommy used to be in a famous rock band,' but they didn't believe us. Part of the reason for our reunion was to show our children what we did to make the lives they have possible. "

Dolores O'Riordan

" I don't think I could think of a single thing that's more isolating than being famous. "

" I hang out with the right people, my friends that I've had since the beginning. We go to the beach, take walks, paint, see our family - just normal things that people who become famous lose sight of. "

" The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them. "

Kristen Stewart

" Famous people come up to me, but I don't know who they are because my sight is so bad. It's always at the pool of the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills when I don't have my lenses in and my glasses are in my room. "

Helena Bonham Carter

" It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour. "

Lillian Hellman

" You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He's just famous for his sound. "

" I wanted to be famous for my music and my talent, and I always wished I could cut it out when I left the stage. "

Beyonce Knowles

" Powerful women intimidate men. If she's a really well-known woman, she has a career, she's famous - in that case, men are really afraid. "

Donatella Versace

" I have been famous for a long time. "

" To be a Southern Ground artist, you have to be a lifer. It's not about winning a karaoke contest or a television show to become famous. It's about really paying your dues. It's people I'm fans of and want to help in the business. "

" I have my own spiritual guru, and I'm so happy, and I feel so satisfied that I might appreciate many other famous gurus, but, you know, I am not attracted that way because I have found the person. "

" What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous. "

" Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game. "

Wilhelm Steinitz

" It's nice to have famous people love you. "

Millie Bobby Brown

" Joanne' is a progression for me. It was about going into the studio and forgetting that I was famous. "

" I've met other famous people, and what blows my mind is that when they get five minutes off, they're partying with other famous people. I wanna see my boys at home. "

" Tom Cruise, he's a lot more famous than me. "

" I worked at a hot dog place, a bagel place, the Jersey Store and the hottest fashion joint around. I was getting too famous to work there anymore. I was almost showing up as a joke. I made $2,000 on my show the previous night and I'm going to go shopping during my five-hour shift. "

" I am not a famous person at home - I'm just a guy here. I'm a father, I'm a companion, I'm a human being. I am not a public figure in my house; I am not a celebrity. I am not a famous person to myself - I am just a guy. "

" The world is a bell curve. Classroom test scores, employee performance in a company or how many people really, really like you. No matter the population you're studying, they always fit neatly across the standard deviations of the famous bell curve. "

" Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the supermarket to acknowledge our existence. "

Douglas Coupland

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

" I was a grown-up when 'celebrity' happened. So I knew exactly what it was like to be in line at a restaurant and watch someone famous walk in and get a table immediately. I knew I didn't like that; I don't want to make somebody else feel the way I felt. "

" Fame is the thirst of youth. "

" Evictions used to be rare in this country. They used to draw crowds. There are scenes in literature where you can come upon an eviction - like, in 'Invisible Man' there's the famous eviction scene in Harlem, and people are gathered around, and they move the family back in. "

Matthew Desmond

" I don't think it's anything you ever get used to... for many years, I could never sort of put my name in the same sort of category as the word 'famous' or anything like that. And I just found it very uncomfortable... if you get used to it, then something must be wrong. "

" Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good. "

" The problem is, the more famous you get, the more people see you who didn't choose to. "

" Who you are as a person will only be amplified once you are 'famous,' so if you had a good heart, then I would imagine you'll have the same good heart but the means to do even more with it. "