The poster boy for our superabled future is Oscar Pistorius, an increasingly famous South African sprinter who happens to have had both of his legs amputated below the knee. Using upside down question mark-shaped carbon fiber sprinting prosthetics, called Cheetah blades, Mr. Pistorius can challenge the fastest sprinters in the world. Daniel H. Wilson
I would have changed my last name if being famous were my goal. Zach Galifianakis
I studied Japanese language and culture in college and graduate school, and afterward went to work in Tokyo, where I met a young man whose father was a famous businessman and whose mother was a geisha. Arthur Golden
I'd die if I was Madonna. I'd die. God, what a horrible way to live. And Michael Jackson! To be so famous and to feel so isolated. I feel so bad for them. I don't know how it feels, and I hope it never happens to me. Alicia Silverstone
I studied Hitchcock a little bit at University and knew the famous story about the Birds - that he'd tortured Tippi for a day using real birds. I had no idea that it was a five-day onslaught and that it was the tip of an iceberg that carried on through to another film. Toby Jones
Sometimes you're famous before you're good. Maggie Q
You know, I'm a television personality. It's not like I'm a famous hooker or something! Brett Somers
I know there are people, if I go into a market or a city for the first time, there are people that are there that just want to see the famous person, or the guy from 'Dumb and Dumber' or whatever movie they liked. And that's fine, it gets them in the door, but then it's my job to give them something different. Jeff Daniels
I think that people who are famous tend to be underdeveloped in their humanity skills. Diane Keaton
I keep saying I'm not at all famous in my own country, because people do not think I have done anything for India. Freida Pinto
I'm a bit jealous. Until two days ago someone told me I am the most famous Korean in the world. PSY
The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of those pork-barrel items famous all over America. John McCain
My ultimate dream is to become a famous star because I love to sing. Lucy Hale
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. Michael Ian Black
It was a mixed blessing to have famous parents. It was tough to go to auditions and be bad, since I couldn't be anonymous. Ben Stiller
I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous. Kim Weston
Uncle Brett had a definite vision that he was after, I don't think having a famous father affected him much. Kim Weston
For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous. Carla Gugino
I know I had my equivalents in Adrian Lester and Lenny James when I was at drama school. I remember David Harewood doing 'Othello' at the National, and Adrian Lester having done Cheek by Jowl's famous 'As You Like It and Company' at the Donmar. Not necessarily performances I saw, but just the fact they happened was massively encouraging. David Oyelowo
Famous crime stories almost always lead to the passing of new laws. Bill James