Again, both literature and philosophy work by appealing to certain reigning idols.
Morris Raphael Cohen

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them.
Simone de Beauvoir

Any time you're mentioned in the same breath as Tony Esposito, for whatever reason, it's a great honor. He's one of my idols. He's one of the greatest of all time.
Curtis Joseph

As far as advice to potential teenage idols, there is no formula.
Bobby Sherman

But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent. We must not touch our idols; the gilt comes off in our hands.
Gustave Flaubert

Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols.
John Calvin

God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
Chanakya

I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
Imelda Staunton

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 like.
Meg White

I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.
Ayrton Senna

Idolatry is really not good for anyone. Not even the idols.
John Bach

It would be really great if people would realize that stars are only people with the same weaknesses and flaws, not immaculate idols.
Meg Ryan

It's cool to meet your idols. It's a good opportunity to travel. Those kinds of things are good.
Meg White

Lastly, literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist.
Morris Raphael Cohen

Literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist.
Morris Raphael Cohen

My idols are all older.
Kelly Lynch

My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
Natalie Cole

No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my musical idols brought me.
Shirley Manson

The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.
Pope John Paul II

They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time.
Rick Springfield