John Muir, the famous naturalist, wrote in his journal that you should never go to Alaska as a young man because you’ll never be satisfied with any other place as long as you live. And there’s a lot of truth to that.
My aunt is a famous L.A. chef, Susan Feniger, and she’s got Street and Border Grill. So a fun night out for me is to go to my aunt’s restaurants.
I’m not famous; I am simply very well-known to certain people. Famous is something different.
I like to call myself as son of famous father and father of famous son.
You can become famous but you can’t become unfamous. You can become infamous but not unfamous.
I mean if anyone’s comfortable being famous, they’re a psychopath.
I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can.
Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs.
I grew up in Lucknow, which is famous for its street food and kebabs. It was the street food and Lucknowi kebabs that inspired me. The culture of the varieties of food that I tasted as a child inspired me to be a cook.
A window covered with raindrops interests me more than a photograph of a famous person.
I was born on October 21, 1956 in Burbank, California. My father, Eddie Fisher, was a famous singer. My mother, Debbie Reynolds, was a movie star. Her best-known role was in ‘Singin’ In The Rain.’
I don’t like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would!
I’m learning as I go. I don’t know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I’m from I didn’t have any famous role models.
I don’t like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I’m from New York. I will kill to get what I need.
My favourite Korean food is delicious black five-layered pork belly, cooked over a charcoal grill. And Jeju chocolate, in citrus fruits and green tea flavour, which is famous throughout Korea.
I think it’s quite good to be famous in Estonia – much easier than in the U.S.
What made Louis Vuitton famous was the quality. We don’t do marketing; we just create products which are exceptional in their design and craftsmanship.
I was brought up with psychics and tarot cards. My mum was always told I was going to be in a boy band and be famous as a singer.
We are taught these days that being famous is more important than actually doing something.
I am still moved by passages of Marx: the ‘Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right,’ for example, where, after the famous line about religion being ‘the opium of the people,’ he goes on to call it ‘the heart of a heartless world.’
I just think Rosa Parks was overrated. Last time I checked, she got famous for breaking the law.
It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by that time I was too famous.
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.
Trump survives by Corum’s Law. This is a famous, well-tested theory and is named after Bill Corum, who once wrote sports for the Hearst papers when they were in New York.
A famous man once said, ‘A sure formula for failure is to try and please everyone.’ Some might say I built a career on doing just the opposite of pleasing everyone.
