Icon Quotes

176 Icon quotes by 157 unique authors

The trouble is that the hockey stick graph become an icon and deniers reckoned if they could smash the icon, the whole concept of global… — Michael E. Mann
I'm creative because I did an icon navigation while everyone else on the planet sticks to words? No, it just means I didn't want to… — Unknown Author
[F]or the most part football these days is the opium of the people, not to speak of their crack cocaine. Its icon is the impeccably… — Terry Eagleton
I am not an icon of democracy. You are all, collectively, the icon of democracy. — Corazon Aquino
A hamburger is an icon of layered circles, the circle being at once the most spiritual and the most sensual of shapes. — Tom Robbins
America has lost an icon. Ronald Reagan's leadership will inspire Americans for generations to come. His patriotism and devotion to our country will never be… — Tom Daschle
Wisdom is a living stream, not an icon to be preserved in a museum. Only when a practitioner finds the spring of wisdom in his… — Nhat Hanh
Iconic clothing has been secularized. . . . A guardsman in a dress uniform is ostensibly an icon of aggression; his coat is red as… — Angela Carter
The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but… — Shane Claiborne
I never thought that Spider-Man would become the world wide icon that he is. I just hoped the books would sell and I'd keep my… — Stan Lee
I am considered an icon at the age of 20 when people like after 40s or after they die are considered icons. It's just amazing! — Sonam Kapoor
I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon. — Cam Newton
The Burgess Shale is not unique, but for those who study evolution and fossils it has become something of an icon. It provides a reference… — Simon Conway Morris
My style icon is anyone who makes a bloody effort — Isabella Blow
This is so cliche, but my beauty icon would have to be Angelina Jolie. She looks like she wears natural makeup, but she's still beautiful. — Tila Tequila
Don't call me an icon. I'm just a mother trying to help. — Princess Diana
I can look back at it now as definitely like an initiation into adulthood. Almost overnight in the NFL, I was put on a pedestal… — Ricky Williams
We all shared an admiration of Debussy both as a musician and as sort of an icon for the 20th century. It seemed like an… — Anne Dudley
A favorite Wired icon for the information feedback loop, a dragon curling in a circle to swallow its own tail, could become more apt as… — Unknown Author
What was new was the symbolic force of the targets struck. The attackers did not just physically cause the highest buildings in Manhattan to collapse;… — Jurgen Habermas
Mexico has lost an icon whose work has transcended generations and borders — Enrique Pena Nieto
There's never been anyone like Bettie Before. Monroe had Harlow and Detrich, she had all of those blonde bombshells, but there was nothing like Bettie.… — Olivia De Berardinis
Frankly I've never really subscribed to these adjectives tagging me as an 'icon', 'superstar', etc. I've always thought of myself as an actor doing his… — Amitabh Bachchan
For centuries the church has confronted the human community with role models of greatness. We call them saints when what we really often mean to… — Joan D. Chittister
A Hamburger is warm and fragrant and juicy. A hamburger is soft and nonthreatening. It personifies the Great Mother herself who has nourished us from… — Tom Robbins

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