Trump wants to be the first American tsar. With his hero worship of Putin, his admiration for the apparent omnipotence of the… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
“Laudy laud! is my new phrase for the hero worship that butters the human bread.” — Linda Robinson Copy Share Image
Hero worship has died with heroes, and if someone bows down today, it is to pick up something. — Natalie Clifford Barney Copy Share Image
“First love, with its frantic haughty imagination, swings its object clear of the everyday, over the rut of living, making him all… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
“It is pardonable for children to yell that they believe in fairies, but it is somehow sinister when the piping note shifts… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
There are many indicators of advanced civilisations, but unthinking hero worship of the military isn't one of them. — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
Unconsciously we all have a standard by which we measure other men, and if we examine closely we find that this standard… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Truly, there is something to the idea that hero-worship is helpful, provided one worships a winner. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“They spoke as though these Princes are so remote from life as we know it that the smallest sign of humanity, the… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
“Christ invites us to assume the yoke, but we would rather ride in the cart. That is one reason why some find… — Terry Givens Copy Share Image
“I see. And who is this author?” “Neil Fucking Gaiman.” “His second name is Fucking?” “No, Leif, that’s the honorary second name… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
If youth is the period of hero-worship, so also is it true that hero-worship, more than anything else, perhaps, gives one the… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
Like a lot of people, I had this naive hope that Barack Obama would fix everything quickly. You know, the culture of… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
“Thing is, what does a hero look like these days? Muscles and lycra? Life isn’t a contest of strength anymore. Jobs, banks,… — Adam Baker Copy Share Image
“We are looking for value, guidance, advice, inspiration; for someone to show us the way. When we find him, he is our… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“Don’t make that mistake again,” he said in a voice so quiet it was barely audible. He looked as if all his… — Diana Palmer Copy Share Image
Religion is many things, but one of them, surely, is a way for adults to indulge in uncritical hero worship. — Robert Webb Copy Share Image
History is made by masses of people. One man, or ten men, don't start the earthquakes and don't stop them either. Only… — Lillian Hellman Copy Share Image
“This kind of hero worship has been promoted by politicians and their complicit media since the middle of the last century. Once… — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
“It may be a crush, or hero worship (...), it may not be love, but if you've never felt anything stronger, how… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“A religiously ambiguous Thomas Jefferson is not useful to the Christian right.” — Matt McCook Copy Share Image
“That was originally what I had loved him for: that at a period when our native land was nude and crude and… — Henry James Copy Share Image
