Famous Quotes

Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don't have to be anything else.

Orson Welles

Slowly but surely, we are acquiring that famous culture of democracy, which is our objective.

Paul Biya

Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame.

Peter Carey

The big thing that everyone forgets, you're famous and on TV and everything, but I think there's something very rewarding to be able to write a song, record it, and have it turn out as you heard it in your head, or even better.

Phil Collen

In Los Angeles, as I gained and lost celebrity, then gained it again, I often found myself wondering why I, out of thousands like me, had become famous.

Patrick Dempsey

Normally, I name my characters after famous comedians.

Paula Danziger

I'm famous for being a silky midfielder.

Phil Daniels

At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous.

Phil Donahue

I was famous from birth.

Peter Fonda

I've learned to stay away from publicity addicts, people who want to be famous for no reason.

Paz de la Huerta

I think my most famous was 'Poco's Legend.' It's a white album with a simple line drawing of a horse. It almost has a Picasso feel to it. I remember that Rusty Young, the lead singer of the band, said, 'I want you to draw a horse for the song 'Legend...

Phil Hartman

Whereas you have someone like Houdini, who works really, really hard to get really, really famous, and then has actual intellectual ideas that he puts into the culture that stay there.

Penn Jillette

I was obsessed with being rich and famous.

Paul Lynde

I feel strongly about HIV/AIDS and children because I'm a famous singer, a public figure, and I'm a female and a mother. I have the responsibility and the passion to help out and do whatever I can.

Peng Liyuan

A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.

P. J. O'Rourke

The more famous you become, the less people will tell you your faults.

Paloma Picasso

Fame was never something I was seeking in my artistic journey. It's to be used as a tool for an artist to break open doors and keep creating. That's how I enjoyed fame in '74; it was not just for the emptiness of being famous.

Philippe Petit

Few if any teenagers can relate to getting up for school and finding famous comics like Pryor and Williams hanging out in your living room after a hard night of partying. But that's Hollywood.

Pauly Shore

They were all famous and fantastic fellows.

Peter Scott

I don't want to end up being a circus act, doing my most famous tricks when I'm 70.

Pharrell Williams

We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.

Panayiotis Zavos