Quotes about idol
idols fame holy
If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
idolatry mistaken dominant
Idolatry is huge in the Bible, dominant in our personal lives, and irrelevant in our mistaken estimations Os Guinness
idols wife done
I always say to my wife, don't tell anyone I watch this [shows like The X Factor and Pop Idol], but it fascinates me because I've done so many auditions and been knocked back. Michael Caine
idols good-things be-good
Idols tend to be good things that you have turned into god things, which therefore become bad things Mark Driscoll
idols liking-someone someday
Tom Hanks has been a huge idol of mine. I'd love to work with someone like him someday. You could learn a lot working with someone like that. James Lafferty
idols shelves shelf-life
I was a teen idol and that has a short shelf life. Shaun Cassidy
idols made status-quo
Faith is being idealistic, because we have made an idol out of the status quo. Shane Claiborne
idols people
People around me called me an idol, so that's what I was. Namie Amuro
idols firefighter gaps
When I was younger, there was a huge gap between what I wanted to do and what I could do as an idol.
idols ifs loses
I would lose straight away if I went on 'American Idol. Tom DeLonge
idols guy defining
But those guys (on 'Idol') will never be known for defining a generation of young suburbanites like (blink) did.
idols people trying
Americans have been dumbed down to the point where more people watching 'American Idol' than listen to the state of the union address. And that's too bad. I'm not trying to take any bread out of the mouth of Simon Cowell, but if the president is speaking to the people of the United States, and people are going to watch 'American Idol,' that's sad. Henry Rollins
idols idolatry worshippers
The idol is the measure of the worshipper. James Russell Lowell
idols rocks rock-n-roll
The Beatles never sounded intimidated by their idols. They never interpreted old rock; they simply played it as well and as joyfully as they knew how. On 'Rock 'n' Roll,' John Lennon does nothing but interpret old rock. Jon Landau
idols phones definitions
What you do with your life is ascribing more to what you invest your time in. If you spend a lot of time on your phone, you're ascribing more worship to that. Anything can become, by that definition, some form of idol or deity or ultimate worth in your life. Jon Foreman
idols people television
That makes entertaining television. That is the circus of American Idol . We go for the very, very best and the very, very worst. It's the boring people that we don't want to see on television. Nigel Lythgoe
idols idol-worship worship
You become like what you worship N. T. Wright
idols long culture
Anything that's ever gotten on the charts as a result of "American Idol" or "The X Factor" in the UK. It's born out of karaoke culture. It's been a long time coming, but it's absolutely affected radio. Johnny Marr
idols
I never really had an idol. Maria Sharapova
idolatry offers second-place
He who offers God a second place offers Him no place. John Ruskin
idols poison thrones
the whole Pelagian poison of free-will ... a clear exaltation of the old idol free-will into the throne of God ... That the decaying estate of Christianity have invented. John Owen
idols
It's great to get to work with your idols. Joel Kinnaman
idols roles alive
I would switch roles with Madonna for a day. Or if Audrey Hepburn was still alive, Audrey Hepburn. I love Audrey Hepburn. She's one of my idols, also. Lindsay Lohan
idols superstar frank
Frank Sinatra is the only one that went from teen idol to superstar. Leif Garrett
idols objectivity demand
The old scientific ideal of episteme - of absolutely certain, demonstrable knowledge - has proved to be an idol. The demand for scientific objectivity makes it inevitable that every scientific statement must remain tentative for ever. Karl Popper
idols people kind
People were never meant to be idols. We aren't supposed to be worshipped. Only God deserves that kind of praise. Karen Kingsbury
idols balance charity
Christy Turlington is my idol. She really is. She's a gorgeous woman inside and out. I admire her work in the charity field. She's just been able to balance it all - and gracefully, as well. Karlie Kloss
idols bryan carrie
American Idol allowed us to find Carrie Underwood. Luke Bryan
idols doubt world
Society is now really ruled by its own logos; say rather by a whole pantheon of its own hypostases and powers... we are beginning to suspect that the idols are vain, but their demonic influence upon our lives is not thereby allayed. For it is one thing to entertain critical doubts regarding the god of this world, and another thing to perceive the dunamis, the meaning and might of the living God who is building a new world. Karl Barth
idols style
Pharrell has always been my style idol. Kanye West
idols hands should
We should not touch our idols: their gilding will remain on our hands. Gustave Flaubert
idols sticks degrees
The denigration of those we love always detaches us from them in some degree. Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fingers.
idols people literature
What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little. Lord Byron