There is a famous quotation which goes something like "Everyone has
their two minutes of fame" Can you identify this and if necessary
correct it?

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 29 Mar 2006 13:27 PST

This sounds like a variant on a famous quote from Andy Warhol:

"In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_minutes_of_fame

Is that the quotation you're seeking?

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Clarification of Question by jimen-ga on 29 Mar 2006 13:34 PST

Thatīs what I was thinking of - many thanks!

I'm glad to have been able to help you find your quotation! I've
reposted the link below.

Wikipedia: 15 Minutes of Fame
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_minutes_of_fame

As mentioned in the Wikipedia article, Andy Warhol, who was the source
of the quote, gave several variants of it himself. And there have been
umpteen jokes and references that allude to the quote. Even if Warhol
hadn't achieved fame in other ways, this remark would have given him
more than 15 minutes' worth!

My Google search strategy:

Google Web Search: "15 OR fifteen minutes" "andy warhol"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%2215+OR+fifteen+minutes%22+%22andy+warhol%22

Best regards,
pinkfreud

Excellent answer you dserve more than 15 minutes of fame on Google for this!

The "two" variation should be derivative and probably comes from
situtations where someone is on short TV segment on TV.

The busier our lives are, the less time for anything, including fame.

"Street - two minutes of fame
by David Parsons on Wed 28 Dec 2005 01:49 PM GMT  |  Permanent Link  |  Cosmos
I had a phone call out of the blue just before Christmas, from someone
who announced herself as Sarah Haynes from ITV West. Apparently they
are running two-minute items on the local news about the origin of
place-names. "
http://streetwise.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2005/12/28/1529052.html

"Yi Liu achieved his 2 minutes of fame as one of his matches was
televised on the evening news, becoming the first HBC member on TV
playing badminton."
http://hcs.harvard.edu/badmintn/history.php

"But people choose to be on TV. You can make a whole argument that all
of these reality shows are nothing more than shows for wanna be actors
who couldn't get a job on a series. For the most part, they are
actors. It's cost-cutting. You don't have to pay them a big contract.
You can put them in a reality show for just the prize. They get their
two minutes of fame and tape on their reel to get a real acting job. I
don't know how real it is when you've got actors playing real people
in contrived situations."
http://www.lukeford.net/profiles/profiles/phil_gurin.htm