“Fame itself … doesn’t really afford you anything more than a good seat in a restaurant.”
– David Bowie

“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”
– Henry David Thoreau

“I’m shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I’ve done everything I can to avoid it.”
Johnny Depp

“If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I’m still waiting, it’s all been to seduce women basically.”
– Jean-Paul Sartre

“There’s no difference between fame and infamy now. There’s a new school of professional famous people that don’t do anything. They don’t create anything.”
– Ricky Gervais

“Fame doesn’t fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.”
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Fame hit me like a ton of bricks.”
– Eminem

“If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.”
– Oprah Winfrey

“I think I understand what military fame is – to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.”
– William Tecumseh Sherman

“Fame was thrilling only until it became gruelling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy.”
– Gloria Swanson

“What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.”
– Lord Byron

“A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.”
– Clive James

“Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction.”
– Dante Alighieri

Thoughts on fame

Happy hour at Pythouse

HIDDEN in a peaceful corner of south west Wiltshire, Pythouse Kitchen Garden is sometimes compared with the famous Petersham Nurseries at Richmond.

It’s not an unfair comparison – both are restaurants serving contemporary, seasonal and local food in beautiful gardens.

If you haven’t visited this lovely spot, at Hatch near Tisbury, it’s worth a visit, whether to buy local and season food in the shop, wander round the garden and enjoy a coffee or glass of wine, or go with friends for a leisurely meal in the conservatory restaurant, overlooking the garden.

Every Friday, there is a happy hour, with an invitation to enjoy cocktails at a two-for-one price and walk round the walled garden, before enjoying an imaginative three-course dinner.

The menu for Friday 7th August includes a starter of confit of home-grown carrots, Pythouse beetroots and goats cheese mousse, followed by seared hake with a spelt salad and garden greens. Dessert is a summery trio of home-made ice creams with lemon sorbet and chocolate coated brandy snaps.

For more information visit the website www.pythousekitchengarden.co.uk