David Bailey Quotes

I hope this doesn't sound pompous but I don't think of myself as famous, whatever fame I've got has come through what I've done and associations of things I've done.

I've always been quite famous for my nose.

I think I'll always be famous. I just hope I don't become infamous.

I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.

I'm not famous; I am simply very well-known to certain people. Famous is something different.

I'm hardly the most notable person in 'Zombieland.' The other actors in it are way more famous than I am.

Fame legitimizes. Being conspicuous gets confused with being illustrious.

I want to make a name for myself.

The line between greatness and obscurity is very, very small.

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

I would like to be a legend, everyone wants to be a legend.

It is to be regretted that few persons who have arrived at any degree of eminence or fame, have written Memorials of themselves, at least such as have embraced their private as well as their public life.

I don't know what 'famous' is, really.

You have to get in the limelight based on what you do, how creative you are, and not how much money you make.

I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

My goal is to be remembered as a human being and as a great performer.

Having these colossal accolades and titles, they get in the way.

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

I think we all want to be remembered for what we did.

It has happened to me to meet many of the men of my day whom the world agreed to call great.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else - very rarely to those who say to themselves, 'Go to, now, let us be a celebrated individual!'.

You know, I never really thought of myself as a 'celebrity.' One of the titles that I like least is 'celebrity chef.'

I don't display my plaques and honors. They are hidden behind a black curtain in my work room at home.

I earned my famous name.