Icon Quotes

176 Icon quotes by 157 unique authors

Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist. — John Legend
I'm not an icon. Not even in America. — John Mayer
I get told all the time that I'm a fashion icon now, but I don't really know what that means. I just get dressed. — Taylor Momsen
Icon. What is an icon? When someone is iconic it means they have established a certain kind of legacy possibly, and I think it does… — Diana Ross
I'm Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon. — Valentino Rossi
Dick Clark is an American icon. I am honored that he has entrusted me with such a role in this national tradition. — Ryan Seacrest
Being a pop fan is a lot like Catholic devotion - lots of ritual, lots of ceremony... We touch the icon to enter the sacred… — Rob Sheffield
My style icon really for my whole life has been my mother. — Jessica Simpson
I am a huge fan of gays. They love me, and I love them. They think of me as sort of a gay icon. — Tori Spelling
For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do… — J. Michael Straczynski
I feel very fortunate to be compared to somebody so incredible. Michael Jackson's an icon. — Justin Timberlake
I was just thinking of James Dean and Marilyn Monroe and how young they were when they died. I would like to be a pop… — John Travolta
I'm just myself, so I don't know that I think of myself as a nerd icon. — Aisha Tyler
When I created Buffy, I wanted to create a female icon, but I also wanted to be very careful to surround her with men that… — Joss Whedon
I designed 'Buffy' to be an icon, to be an emotional experience, to be loved in a way that other shows can't be loved. Because… — Joss Whedon
The people that I see on the street, they treat me more as a human being and not just an icon or a football player. — Ricky Williams
Part of an icon's power comes from its indivisibility. The swoosh cannot be further deconstructed into its component parts. Just as golden arches mean McDonald's,… — Douglas Rushkoff
Being an icon is overrated, remember an icon can be moved by a mouse — William Shatner
We take it for granted that Jesus was not interested in political life: his mission was purely religious. Indeed we have witnessed . . .… — Gustavo GutiÃ©rrez
I’m a false icon! The media collaborate in promoting my superficial lifestyle as somehow more valid, more worthy of attention than your real lives! -… — Grant Morrison
To make someone an icon is to make him an abstraction, and abstractions are incapable of vital communication with living people. — David Foster Wallace
Many aspects of our screen-bound lives are bad for our social skills simply because we get accustomed to controlling the information that comes in, managing… — Lynne Truss
If there’s any other message in this to readers, it’s in these two characters as icons of hope, that it doesn’t make any difference where… — J. Michael Straczynski
By the way, if you get mad at your Mac laptop and wonder who designed this demonic device, notice the manufacturer's icon on top: an… — Peter Kreeft
I always feel this pressure of being a strong and independent icon of womanhood, and without making it look my whole life is revolving around… — Julie Delpy

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