Famous Allusion Quotes

For the benefit of your research people, I would like to mention (so as to avoid any duplication of labor): that the planet is very like Mars; that at least seventeen states have Pinedales; that the end of the top paragraph Galley 3 is an allusion to the famous "canals" (or, more correctly, "channels") of Schiaparelli (and Percival Lowell); that I have thoroughly studied the habits of chinchillas; that Charrete is old French and should have one "t"; that Boke's source on Galley 9 is accurate; that "Lancelotik" is not a Celtic diminutive but a Slavic one; that "Betelgeuze" is correctly spelled with a "z", not an "s" as some dictionaries have it; that the "Indigo" Knight is the result of some of my own research; that Sir Grummore, mentioned both in Le Morte Darthur ad in Amadis de Gaul, was a Scotsman; that L'Eau Grise is a scholarly pun; and that neither bludgeons nor blandishments will make me give up the word "hobnailnobbing". ~ Vladimir Nabokov

Earnshaw is quite a famous name, thanks to Miss Brontë . I did not realise there were Earnshaws in this country."

Mrs. Earnshaw gave a sharp nod. "Aye. And Heathcliffs and Eyres, as well. Proper little thieves, those Brontë girls. ~ Deanna Raybourn

I don't want to be famous for being famous. ~ Kelli O'Hara

A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception. ~ Van Morrison

Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the least manageable and the most likely to stray from the course. Great abilities have always been less serviceable to the possessors than moderate ones. ~ Oliver Goldsmith

[The movies] make the sort of comment only a novel can make, an allusion to the world in which people live, the psychological and economic motivations, the influences of the period in which they lived. ~ Orson Welles

Religious speech is extreme, emotional, and motivational. It is anti-literal, relying on metaphor, allusion, and other rhetorical devices, and it assumes knowledge within a community of believers. ~ Amy Waldman

The problem for us, as viewers, is that we want famous people who are passionate about the things they're famous for, because that makes them worthy of the attention. But I think many of those famous people just want to be famous. ~ Bo Burnham

Everything in dancing is style, allusion, the essence of many thoughts and feelings. The abstraction of many moments. ~ Alvin Ailey

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

Be a famous musician. Be a famous act or. Be a famous write r. Be a famous basketball player. Be famous. ~ Dallas Clayton

I never wanted to be famous. I want to be more famous than I am so I can get the roles. I hate losing the roles. I was famous more for being around people who were famous, and I hate that kind of fame. ~ Johnathon Schaech

If you're famous, you suck, just for being famous. People in England totally get that; Americans don't. ~ Trey Parker

Perhaps one day even I will be famous. Perhaps more famous than you."
"I doubt it. ~ Madeline Miller

I can't see any value in being a celebrity, famous for being famous. ~ Noomi Rapace

Having bodyguards is just part of being famous, I think. ~ Dolph Lundgren

There is this power that comes with being famous. ~ Rod Stewart

When Paul was exhorted to be baptized and to wash away his sins, there was an evident allusion to the use of water in the ordinance of baptism, and had there been no application of water on which to ground such an allusion, we may be certain that we should never have heard of washing away sins in baptism. ~ Adoniram Judson

There's a tendency, when the offspring of a famous person does something notable, to define them by their more-famous parent. ~ Rachel Sklar

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent. ~ Kat Dennings

I've had to deal, a lot, with my own sense of intimidation at meeting famous people - especially actors, but really any famous people. ~ Charlie Kaufman

When I encountered "The Lady of Shallot" (to take a "for instance" allusion from the many in the book, this one from the "Etiology" section) it was still considered a "great poem." What does that poem - or rather a particular presentation of that poem (hey, admire this!) - do to a young woman? ~ Laura Mullen

Everybody want famous, like me to be a famous director. ~ Andrew Lau

The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. ~ Tom Felton

It was never about winning medals or being famous. ~ Nancy Kerrigan

When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession. ~ James Carville

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity. ~ William Hurt

People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself. ~ Vanessa Paradis

I absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn't. ~ Noel Gallagher

I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say. ~ Richard Lewis

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag. ~ Van Morrison

We're teaching young girls that this is what they should be focusing on: rich and famous girls who are rich and famous for nothing. ~ Ellen Pompeo

I don't know about this thing - being famous. I haven't figured it out yet. It still mystifies me. ~ Helen Slater

We needed to become world-famous soon, while there was still that kind of world to be famous in ... ~ Scott Westerfeld

Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere. ~ Francesca Annis

I used to be like everyone else and think the Kardashians are just famous for being famous. But I've been really impressed with how supportive Kim Kardashian has been of Caitlyn Jenner. ~ Anne Hathaway

When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me. ~ Ellen DeGeneres

My most famous show is the 'Kitchen Show.' More famous than any gallery show or museum show I curated. ~ Hans Ulrich Obrist

A lot of people are lost 2016 famous and non famous, relative and friends. A lot of people have also been lost in 2014 it's a fact! ~ Deyth Banger

This is what our love is––a sacred pattern of unbroken unity sewn flawlessly invisible inside all other images, thoughts, smells, and sounds. ~ Aberjhani

I just want to make sure I'm contributing good films to movie history rather than being famous just to be famous. ~ Logan Lerman

My goal and my career is definitely not to be famous. That's a really horrible goal, just to be famous for the sake of having fame. ~ Joel McHale

In the beginning, I loved being famous, but now I am tired of it and I would like to go back to my freedom. ~ Roberto Cavalli

I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous. ~ Kim Weston

When I go to Atlanta, I'm famous. I can get on a flight, anything. Because they're watching every show, and if you're black, you famous. ~ Bresha Webb

To enjoy being famous, you need to have a screw loose. ~ Diablo Cody

I am one of the graduates of the William Morris famous, famous mail room from the '60s. ~ Irwin Winkler

I wanted to go hide. I wasn't looking to be more famous, I'm famous enough. ~ Howard Stern

I never pursued being 'famous.' ~ Francesca Annis

It's interesting because people assume that because I'm famous I know all famous people. ~ Daniel Radcliffe

The thing about being famous is, it's weird. The only people who get how weird it is are other famous people. ~ Margot Kidder

Who doesn't want to be famous? I am famous. I'm dying to be on TV. ~ Eileen Myles

Everyone in New York City thinks they are famous without being famous. ~ Ethan H. Minsker

I've been around some very famous people, but no one has the effect Maradona has; people tremble in his presence. ~ Emir Kusturica

I had a very erratic career. I got very famous for a minute and then it just all went away, you know? ~ Colin Hay

People will go into an audition and a casting situation, and they'll see someone across the room that's perhaps slightly famous, or famous, and they think, 'Oh God, I'm not gonna get the part.' ~ Missi Pyle

Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous. ~ Dan Fogler

You can find love when you are famous if you are the same person you were before you were famous. ~ Tamar Braxton

I don't like the idea of famous people. ~ Kristin Hersh

I don't see myself as a famous person. ~ Jess Glynne

You could become famous just for being, well, famous. ~ Terry Pratchett

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

You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for. ~ Rainn Wilson

Only traumatised people want to be famous. ~ Alanis Morissette

I certainly don't think you need to be famous to want to leave a legacy, but when you are famous, it's even more likely that your child will get the wrong perspective on your life if you die prematurely. ~ Shania Twain

Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing. ~ Macy Gray

The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not famous, not commercially exploited, and no longer available as a result. ~ Lawrence Lessig

If I had to change one thing about my life, it would probably be, I wouldn't be famous. Because when you're famous it's so hard. ~ Willow Smith

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

Is fame without purpose and is fame without talent really where we are now? People used to be famous for what they did. Now, they're just famous. ~ John Carroll Lynch

Everyone always asks me, 'Do you want to be famous ... ' I never really thought about becoming famous. I just want to work, to be able to put out inspiring and good film and TV. ~ Kim Shaw

In a rich moonlit garden, flowers open beneath the eyes of entire nations terrified to acknowledge the simplicity of the beauty of peace. ~ Aberjhani

I handle fame by not being famous ... I'm not famous to me. ~ Bob Marley

I never thought about being famous. ~ Damon Wayans

I actually don't feel famous. ~ Anwar Robinson

I know somebody from university who's called Phil Collins, and I think there's something terribly unfortunate about sharing a name with somebody who either is famous or becomes famous. ~ David Walliams

I'm in that comfortable niche where I'm not that famous and sometimes people do need to put a barrier between them and their followers. When you're real famous you need to do that but I'm not that famous so I don't need that kind of barrier. ~ Tony Levin

Suddenly, stupidly, she started singing: "If Adelita went off with another man. ~ Carmen Posadas

I love singing - singing is what I'm famous for doing. Now it's turned into things I am famous for doing - like having rows with my mum or about my boyfriend, so it does get irritating. ~ Charlotte Church

Fangirl rage. It demands to be feared. ~ Zechariah Barrett

Adversity turns into advantage
With the use of our will
Don't wish for less challenge
But for more skill ~ BJ Klock

Be my silence in the house of open doors. ~ Kristian Goldmund Aumann

When everyone is famous, no one will be famous. ~ Michael P. Naughton

It's hard to have a bad hair day when you're famous. ~ Marion Jones

It was I who made Fellini famous, not the other way around. ~ Anita Ekberg

People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done. ~ Cullen Hightower

Any part that makes you world famous has got to be a blessing, hasn't it? ~ Tim Curry

It was a lot more fun to get famous than to be famous. ~ Bill Bryson

I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated. ~ Marilyn Monroe

He asked her what she was famous for - "everybody's famous for something ~ Neil Strauss

I don't see anything wrong in someone wanting to be famous or having sky-high ambitions. ~ Randeep Hooda

I've never been one for crushing on famous people. ~ Daisy Ridley

I have only one ambition, which is to be famous. ~ Robbie Williams

It's not my goal to be a famous actor. ~ Gavin DeGraw

Famous is celebrityism, and I don't want that ... I know that I'm not that. Everybody knows who you are. I can't imagine living that life, but I don't think I consider myself famous. ~ Robin Wright

The grave, as has been pointed out, is a fine place, not to mention a private one. ~ Neil Gaiman

In the sixties, everyone you knew became famous. My flatmate was Terence Stamp. My barber was Vidal Sassoon. David Hockney did the menu in a restaurant I went to. I didn't know anyone unknown who didn't become famous. ~ Michael Caine

I didn't get into skating to be famous. ~ Eric Heiden

I've always strived to be successful, not famous. ~ Taylor Swift

I don't really consider myself to be famous. ~ Victoria Justice