The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse.
Stars are attributed w/ intelligence they don't have, beauty they haven't worked for, loyaly & love they are incapable of reciprocating, and strength they do not possess. They are treated like a beaut...
(pl. ) of Celebrity
To be somebody you must last.
Now when I bore people at a party they think it's their fault.
After I am dead I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
Prostitutes are paid for taking their clothes off. Celebrities are paid for putting others' clothes on.
Have regard for your name since it will remain for you longer than a great store of gold.
Fame is a bee It has a song - It has a sting - Ah too it has a wing.
When I pass my name in such large letters I blush but at the same time instinctively raise my hat.
Men are much more unwilling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known than their crimes.
The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for themselves and for others) of their power.
Before such a prodigious career judgement is torn between blame and admiration.
Some day each of us will be famous for fifteen minutes.
The only man who wasn't spoilt by being lionized was Daniel.
That sovereign of insufferables.
As a society we should try to never inhibit another person's creativity. In people like myself, it's all we have.
Public opinion: a vulgar impertinent anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for any one of us who is not content to be the average man.
All celebrated people lose dignity on a close view.
Though familiarity may not breed contempt it takes off the edge of admiration.
To her all books were the same and, as with her subjects, she felt a duty to approach them without prejudice...Lauren Bacall, Winifred Holtby, Sylvia Plath - who were they? Only be reading could she f...