Brian Mulroney Quotes

Men may be popular without being ambitious, but there is hardly an ambitious man who does not try to be popular.

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

Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.

I'm not doing this to be a pop star. I've had plenty of money and attention. I'm doing it for credibility.

I don't crave fame. I mean, it's nice to be recognized. It is useful.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

People are looking for fame or a focus, and I can't provide that.

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

I try to be somewhat wary of fame, but I'm not wary of success.

I try not to focus on fame; I don't even really know what it means exactly because it's so fleeting.

The photographer begins to feel big and bloated and so big he can't walk through one of these doors because he gets a good byline; he gets notices all over the world and so forth; but they're really - the important people are the people he photographs.

Fame is the thirst of youth.

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

I'm not trying to become popular.

My heart's desire is to be recognised in Nigeria.

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

I wanted to have money; I wanted to be special; I wanted people to like me; I wanted to be famous.

Popularity is totally overrated.

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

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.

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

The desire for fame tempts even noble minds.

My desire for fame is insatiable.

He whose honor is rooted in popular approval must, day by day, anxiously strive, act, and scheme in order to retain his reputation.

There has always been something about the biggest, the wealthiest, the best-known, the most prestigious that has appealed to me. It's always seemed to me that that is what people want to know about.