Linus Torvalds Quotes

I just want to be rich and famous.

Even though I am fortunate to have certain luxuries, sometimes, I am even amazed by what people with money have and do. I want to remind people that just because you might be rich and famous, it doesn't mean you have to take yourself too seriously.

Brian Cox is the nicest guy, but he's so arrogant.

I realise there's an innate paradox in promoting oneself on the one hand and saying, 'Oh, I don't want to be famous,' on the other.

It's never been my purpose to become an American icon, or more famous or richer.

When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I'm the same guy I've always been.

Joel McHale is so money, he should be printed on money.

If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z.

I've been lucky in the sense that I haven't become famous.

I didn't know what to expect from a famous movie star; maybe that he'd be sort of stuck-up, you know. But not Gary Cooper. He horsed around so much... that I had a hard time painting him.

It's so ironic - when you finally achieve recognition, you hide behind dark glasses.

I was obsessed with being rich and famous.

I never wanted to be famous. It was amusing at first, but now I hate it. I just wanted to be respected by people I respect. And I wanted to be rich. It's best to get rich, then you can do what you want.

If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before.

I wanted to be a rich, famous rock-and-roll star in that order.

People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius.

You're asking the wrong girl about fame. I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else.

They say Yogi Berra is funny. Well, he has a lovely wife and family, a beautiful home, money in the bank, and he plays golf with millionaires. What's funny about that?

Right now I'm the most famous silent movie actress in the world and I want to keep that for me. So I hope there's not going to be any other silent movies.

When you hit the big time, big money, big egos, people don't talk. You have no friends.

The only reason I became the singer in the band is because I sang the best. It wasn't out of some desire to be a star or be a famous singer. It's not like I love interviews.

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 had no preconceived idea what fame would be like, because I never thought I would be famous. I just wanted to do my work. Hell, I just wanted to pay my rent on time.

Rich and famous is not bad, but poor and famous sucks.

To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty.