Luc de Clapiers Quotes

The desire for fame tempts even noble minds.

He [Marquis de Lafayette] has a canine appetite for popularity and fame.

I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.

Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one.

Fame for fame's sake is never a good road to go down.

Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.

The rich and famous expect to get a lot for their story, whether they are writing it themselves or not. It's not that they need the money, of course; it's a question of ego, like catching the biggest fish.

I don't feel any great need to dress in funny-looking clothes and be recognized as a star, nor do I get that much satisfaction out of hanging around all the main clubs so people can see who I am.

All I want is to be more famous than anything or anyone.

Everybody wants their fame. They long for it, and I think they don't much care how they get it - to attract attention to themselves.

People come into public life for different reasons. None of us are ego-challenged, I think, or we probably wouldn't be doing what we're doing, so if anyone tells you that they don't like the sound of the applause and the ego gratification, I don't think they're being straight with you.

Celebrity doesn't have anything to do with art or craft. It's about being rich and thinking that you're better than everybody else.

It does seem true that a lot of people will do anything, however humiliating, for fame.

I don't do the whole, 'Put my name on it, make me famous' thing.

Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

I am proud of what I have got and I need an audience.

I trust that the time may never come when the love of fame shall cease to be the sovereign passion of public men.

Quest for popularity is probably a disqualification for greatness.

My desire for fame is insatiable.

If you chase fame, you make bad choices. Being famous isn't interesting.

There's a difference between fame and fame for fame's sake.

My filthy little secret is that I've always wanted to be famous and I don't get nervous being on TV.

Renown is something people have always wanted, but maybe what's modern is that it's considered a virtue, this desire, rather than a vice. I might be wrong about this.

I'm not into fame and ego.