That whole Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame thing – at least half the people in there don’t have a place in any kind of hall of fame anywhere, in my opinion. – Butch Trucks
I was born in fame. I was always recognised and known. Personally, I feel normal about it. – Amitabh Bachchan
The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me and completely baffling to my wife. – Barack Obama
Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements – it’s not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work. – Adam Clayton
You will never see the four original Pumpkins on stage ever again, unless it’s a Hall of Fame thing. But you would never see a tour. There’s so much damage, there’s no way. – Billy Corgan
Goose Gossage is a friend of mine, and he’s definitely a Hall of Fame pitcher in my mind. – Bruce Sutter
From my position, obviously I want to maximise my potential and go as far as I can go and as high as I can go, but I’m not chasing fame. I get enough of that. – Andre Ward
Would it be an honor to be bestowed Hall of Fame credentials? Yeah. Does it define me as a person? No. – Bill Goldberg
I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and agents and lawyers and the press. – Gene Hackman
I think fame is hard in any capacity. It’s so fleeting; it’s not anything that you can really grab. – Melissa Rauch
Once you achieve a certain level of success or fame, it becomes really difficult to go against type. – Famke Janssen
I had my Aunt Rosie, who was famous and then not, so I got a lesson in fame early on. And I understood how little it has to do with you. And also how you could use it. – George Clooney
I found fame to be somewhat of a prison. The more famous you were, the smaller the cell that you had to live in. – Dave Madden
Fame is very agreeable, but the bad thing is that it goes on 24 hours a day. – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I do not ask for the riches that perish or the fame that fades away like a morning mist. – Mother Angelica
Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. – Francis Bacon
Tom Seaver was let loose twice by the Mets and pitched a no-hitter for the Reds and won his 300th game for the White Sox, but he wears a Mets cap in the Hall of Fame as homage to the 1969 championship. – George Vecsey
I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I’m in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part. – Eddie Van Halen