Quotes About Idol

When I was a bit younger, I loved Rufus Wainwright - just the fact that he existed.

When LeBron came into the league, I was 9 years old. So I grew up watching him play.

I'm the legend. I always be the legend.

Philipp is an absolute legend.

I was growing up watching Rooney as an England legend and as one of the top players in England in my lifetime.

Usher is definitely somebody I came up listening to.

I was looking forward to knowing Shah Rukh and get to know how he works, what is his process like and how he is as a person. There are millions like me who dream about working with him some day. His film 'Baazigar' really inspired me.

When you're young and you think of being a popstar, you think, 'Oh I want everyone to love me and ask for my autograph.'

I grew up loving Vince Gill. That guy sounds just like his record - or better than his record. I've always been such a fan.

I grew up loving Walter Payton. My dad used to always show us film of him.

I am a Madonna fan.

I grew up a Madonna fan, still am a Madonna fan, and will die a Madonna fan.

Madonna was my favorite when I was a little kid.

I'd say probably Dale Earnhardt was the biggest autograph I got when I was a kid, mainly because it was so hard to get it. His lines were way longer and it nearly took an act of God to get his autograph.

I used to watch Manchester United a lot when David Beckham was there, but not any more now he's gone.

Mariah Carey was the first singer I ever listened to.

I'm a massive Mariah Carey fan.

Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.

I have no desire to make an idol of holiness. I do not wish to dethrone Christ, and put holiness in His place. But I must candidly say, I wish sanctification was more thought of in this day than it seems to be, and I therefore take occasion to press the subject on all believers into whose hands these pages may fall.

And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.

The biggest influence? I've had several at different times - but the biggest for me was Bob Dylan, who was a guy that came along when I was twelve or thirteen and just changed all the rules about what it meant to write songs.

The confidence and faith of the heart alone make both God and an idol. If your faith and trust be right, then is your god also true; and, on the other hand, if your trust be false and wrong, then you have not the true God; for these two belong together faith and God. That now, I say, upon which you set your heart and put your trust is properly your god.

God appreciated beauty in all its forms. Flora conceded the point in theory but remained firm in the belief that her idol deserved an admirer with more rigorous standards.

The authors challenge that the marriage in which one cannot express disappointment has become an idol – The Thing that Cannot Be Questioned.