Idols Quotes · Page 9

The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.

— Brian Wilson

Sometimes I think we know too much about our idols and that spoils the dream.

— Elizabeth Taylor

People were never meant to be idols. We aren't supposed to be worshipped. Only God deserves that kind of praise.

— Karen Kingsbury

I want to be acknowledged as not just a pretty idol who sings and dances on stage, but as an artist

— Choi Soo-young

Beware of flattery! 'tis a flowery weed, Which oft offends the very idol-vice, Whose shrine it would perfume.

— Elijah Fenton

How many more idols must you find before you realize that you are the one you have been searching for?

— Dan Fogelberg

I don't think of Maria Schneider like idol anymore, because I worshipped her when I was young.

— Nan Goldin

We want our idols to be dead because it makes death a much less scary place.

— Douglas Coupland

Lynn Swann was an idol. It would amaze me how he could fly through the air and make those catches. I'll never…

— Jerry Rice

Religion is passionate, reckless, destructive, idol-smashing. It's a martyr burning at the stake. It's a crown of thorns and a cross.

— Martha Ostenso

“THAT you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves, from these…

— Lailah Gifty Akita

The test of having ceased to be an idolater is: "When you say 'I', does the body come into your thought or…

— Swami Vivekananda

There is nothing inherently sacred about moral codes. Like the wooden idols of long ago, they are the work of human hands,…

— Anton Szandor LaVey

My dad is a writer, and to see him always in front of a typewriter gave me the inspiration to write. He…

— Shakira

I grew up trying to be like my idols, and one of the main people in my life was my father. He…

— Cam Newton

I think one of the things I was shocked about was how interested the world is in 'American Idol' and how people,…

— Nicki Minaj

No one's body is polluted so as to endanger the soul if it has not pleased the mind. If you were to…

— Saint Lucy

And then there are encouragements to use heterosexual pornography or heterosexual images to encourage heterosexual attraction. I find it a golden idol,…

— Alan Chambers

An idol tells people exactly what to believe, God presents them with choices they have to make for themselves. The difference is…

— Arthur Miller

There is a denial of the value of the individual. Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it. The…

— Clement Attlee

“I shut my eyes and concentrated on the sun, and on feeling it warm my skin. On pleasure. Hedon. The Greek god.…

— Jo Nesbø

Eliminate mental muddiness and obscurity; keep your mind crystal clear. Allow your pure original insight to emerge. Quiet your emotions and abide…

— Laozi

I mean, I take that with the biggest amount of pride there could possibly be because I have so many idols of…

— Kim Zmeskal

Being on the road, the Internet enables me to interact with people in some way. It's not so much interacting with my…

— Lily Allen

My idol was Sandino, and also Christ. I was brought up a Christian, but I regarded Christ as a rebel, a revolutionary.

— Daniel Ortega

I had to fool the world into accepting me. I didn't seem to fit the mould of my idols.

— Kayvan Novak

Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an…

— Anonymous

This is a frightening statistic. More people vote in 'American Idol' than in any US election.

— Rush Limbaugh

I didn't really have idols growing up, but some of my friends were huge fangirls.

— Ella Purnell

Idols are often good things that we have made into ultimate things.

— Timothy Keller

I remember, when I was young, I had idols who inspired me to go for my dreams, and I just want to…

— Ada Hegerberg

“Seems hats have been on top Of all the stages comings and goings Helping us remember heroes and idols”

— Richard L. Ratliff

“It's dangerous to meet your idols. You'll always be disappointed.”

— Karina Halle

"American Idol" has done a lot for me. It's a stepping stone in my life.

— Diana DeGarmo

What men deny is not God, but some preposterous idol of the imagination.

— George Tyrrell

A god who is all love, all grace, all mercy, no sovereignty, no justice, no holiness, and no wrath is an idol.

— R. C. Sproul

Those who use tobacco, tea and coffee should lay these idols aside, and put their cost into the treasury of the Lord.

— Ellen G. White

I can't watch American Idol... it's like karaoke without the booze.

— Tracy Morgan

I've never watched an entire episode of 'American Idol'. It's too mean.

— Christina Aguilera

If I went on 'American Idol,' I would definitely be kicked out immediately.

— Grimes