Idols Quotes

472 Idols quotes by 372 unique authors

My dad is a writer, and to see him always in front of a typewriter gave me the inspiration to write. He was my idol,… — Shakira
I was on TV for almost sixteen weeks during American Idol. It's at the point now where it's old. — Clay Aiken
I didn't want to be the typical teen idol. I didn't want to be Leif Garrett. I didn't want to be Shaun Cassidy, David Cassidy… — Willie Aames
Simple yet succinct, Holy Subversion: Allegiance to Christ in an Age of Rivals exposes the idols of modernity and provides the biblical arsenal needed for… — Daniel L. Akin
Many people think that the Bible is the authentic word of God and they worship the Bible, making it an idol... — Alan Watts
We are on the whole an idolatrous people. — Spencer W. Kimball
Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name. — Rainer Maria Rilke
The only man who wasn't spoilt by being lionized was Daniel. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse. — Benjamin Franklin
Whatever thing a man sets his heart on...is his god; and if his god doesn't also happen to be the true and living God of… — Spencer W. Kimball
The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone, the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood — George Bernard Shaw
When I pass my name in such large letters I blush, but at the same time instinctively raise my hat. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one. — Cato the Elder
Modern idols or false gods can take such forms as clothes, homes, businesses, machines, automobiles, pleasure boats, and numerous other material deflectors... — Spencer W. Kimball
A celebrity is a person known for his well-knownness. Celebrities intensify their celebrity images simply by being well known for relations among themselves. By a… — Daniel J. Boorstin
Parents who do not persevere in rearing their children according to their own convictions are not leaving them 'free' to develop on their own. Instead,… — William V. Shannon
Man is naturally a religious being. His heart instinctively seeks for God whether he reverences the sacred cow or prays to the sun or moon;… — Spencer W. Kimball
The human heart is a factory of idols...Everyon e of us is, from his mother's womb, expert in inventing idols. — John Calvin
At the time, the only options were playing the local county fair. Now with American Idol and younger recording artists that have come out, there… — Marla Sokoloff
My idols are all older. — Kelly Lynch
I don't want to know about my biggest idols. I don't want to read their autobiographies, I don't want to find out what they're really… — Megan Martha White
Thus they have an idol that they petition for victory in war; another for success in their labors; and so for everything in which they… — Hernando Cortes
Even though James Burton was my idol, I didn't think I could carry his shoes back then. — John Fogerty
Franz Klammer was my great idol in my younger years. — Hermann Maier
People around me called me an idol, so that's what I was. — Namie Amuro

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