Famous Quotes & Sayings

Carmen Ejogo

There are many mediocre entertainers who don't aspire to much more than fame and glory. It's very easy to have them as your role models because there aren't as many greats.

Mindy Kaling

Everyone should try to live their life like they'd like to be a role model.

Kerri Walsh

I want to be the best role model I can be for my family.

Idina Menzel

Being a role model is about being true to myself.

Gary Kirsten

Sachin is the greatest role model I've ever met.

Jessica Simpson

I want to be a role model.

Jennifer Beals

My role models are Bettie Page and Mia Kirshner. Every day when Mia comes to work she raises the bar for us all.

Honore de Balzac

Emulation admires and strives to imitate great actions; envy is only moved to malice.

Isaac Mizrahi

You know who a role model for me is? George Ballanchine

Elle Fanning

I'm only thirteen, so I have role-models! But I've sort of experienced... my sister has always been my role-model because I've always seen her. She's been acting my whole life and she's grown up on film, so it's neat for me to get to travel around and do interviews, because I've always seen her doing it.

Patrick Rothfuss

I'm not a role model. I'm an aberation. A statistical anomoly. Following in my footsteps is about the dumbest thing you could ever do.

Lauren Potter

It feels amazing to be a role model for people with and without disabilities.

Mark Indelicato

I don't really look at celebrities as role models - I just don't see them like that. I guess it's because I'm in that world so I know that no one is perfect.

R. Lee Ermey

I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people.

Kristen Stewart

I don't apply [being a role model] to the choices I make. I feel like a role model is not necessarily someone you want to imitate, just someone you admire.

Kiana Tom

More Asians need to be on television as a positive role model.

Margaret Cho

The only thing that was sort of Asian [as a role model] was Hello Kitty. I don't want to model myself after Hello Kitty. She has no mouth.

Margaret Cho

Some people are that - more than a parent, more than a role model, more than anything less than a religion.

Madonna Ciccone

I’m a role model for those who dare to be different. For those who dare to take a stand in their life and have an opinion

Marilyn Manson

I'm not a role model. I'm a role villain.

Hans Kung

For many people, the pope is still, to a certain extent, a positive role model and a moral force, although others feel that this aspect has suffered greatly.

Jordan Peele

Obama was the best thing for black nerds everywhere. Finally we had a role model. Before Obama, we basically had Urkel.

Kel Mitchell

Being a role model, you just got to watch what you do.

Mason Cooley

If I can't serve as a role model, let me serve as a warning.

Raven-Symone

My parents are my role models. I also love Halle Berry, Robert DeNiro, Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Tom Cruise and Jennifer Lopez. When I see their work, I get engulfed in it. They really capture me.

Tionne Watkins

A role model can teach you to love and respect yourself.

Lisa Leslie

I don't really consider myself a celebrity. I consider myself more of a role model.

James Iha

Well, I always hope that I'm a role model.

Lamar Odom

I'm a role model. I have overcome the negativity, and I'm playing.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

I also dreamt about finally meeting the leftist Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek. He is a great role model for me.

Mike Tyson

I am not a role model.

Lauren Hutton

If the accident of genes has put you in a place where you can be a role model, then be somebody!

Lady Gaga

I find it so important now to be a role model and a figure. And I know that may sound strange to some people, but most important is my connection with my fans and the connection that they breed with one another.