Diana Ross Quotes

It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.

There is this power that comes with being famous.

I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot of opportunities.

Fame, you know, it's like a handgun - in the wrong hands, it's dangerous.

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.

Fame is more powerful than talent.

Fame in itself is, you know... It involves a whole discussion on just that word, 'fame.' It's a power; it's another degree of power, to be famous. I think it's obvious: you have more influence the more well-known you are. And, hopefully, it's righteously used.

I love being famous. It's almost like being white.

Celebrity is a weird appendage, which is useless unless you do something with it.

The higher your profile, the more people want you.

To whatever degree you have as a celebrity or notoriety, there are people who see you as an opinion leader.

I feel like clout is something that builds up on your teeth.

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

I don't really care about having more fame than I have.

Wealth and power don't go together. Power cannot be brokered. To me, power is responsibility.

Fame overcomes everything.

I want to become more famous, even more famous.

I guess the nicest thing about being, I won't say famous but being popular is a more proper word for me to use would be that if you've got a recognizable name, a lot of times you can get people to do things for you ordinarily that you wouldn't get done.

I actually don't know anyone who wants to be famous for fame's sake, at least not anyone I respect. But you need to have a certain amount of power in order to be able to do what you want.

Fame is useful in certain ways, because it helps you get more roles.

Men in great places are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business.

What strikes me most singular in you is, that you are fonder of Power than of Fame.

Since I became accidentally famous, it did give me access and, through that access, power that I couldn't just walk away from.

Celebrity doesn't serve me unless it advances the work that I'm doing.