Quotes About Iconoclast

I'm not Blockbuster Boy.

I really liked the Sex Pistols when they came out and I thought they had a lot of melody.

Warhol was proof that you can be revolutionary without being militant.

Poetry, like dreams, will eventually break through every person's consciousness, even the tightest iconoclast's.

The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame was a great idea when it started, but I think they ought to close it, I think it's full.

Kurt Cobain really made an impression on us. He just had that rebel attitude. You could tell he was super talented but didn't really care.

I'm the king of the 20th century. I'm the boogeyman, the villian, the black sheep of the family.

Me? I'm the king of the twentieth century. I'm the bogeyman. The villain...The black sheep of the family.

But in order to be an iconoclast, an author must be more than merely aware of the idol he wishes to destroy. He must be intimate with it and understand it in all its aspects. This means that he must have devoted serious thought to it, and have beliefs of his own which will stand up in the place of the broken idol. In other words, any child can complain, but it takes an adult to clash with accepted beliefs . . . an adult with ideas.

They say I'm a revolutionary, but they're all wrong.

I created Punk for this day and age. Do you see Britney walking around wearing ties and singing punk? Hell no. That's what I do. I'm like a Sid Vicious for a new generation.

We are culturally predisposed to sheltering criticism from criticism; we have enshrined the iconoclast

He's the maverick of the firm, the one who breaks the rules.

I see myself as a revolutionary, as a fashion rebel.

Lou Reed was a hero because he was an anti-hero.

I was probably the only revolutionary referred to as cute.

Vivienne Westwood really inspires me. I love her punk ethos.

Frank Zappa... was Beethoven for insane rock guys.

I almost think the better the idea, and the more iconoclastic the investor, the more likely you will get screamed at by investors, he [Michael Burry] said.

The Sex Pistols was a part of my life. Just a small part.

We're kind of like the Kurt Cobain of country music in a way.

I was a born troublemaker and might as well earn a living at it.

Franklin was an iconoclast, and perhaps best represented the American spirit. He was a serious man. He was not a sober one. Franklin was a party of one and represented the people who loved the country, but he understood that decency required humor.

The key to Carroll Quigley's success as a teacher and as a scholar lies in his creative intellect, the depth of his perceptions, and the wide interdisciplinary range of this interests, which encompasses the fields of history, economics, philosophy, and science. An iconoclast and a person of insatiable curiosity, as well as keenness of mind, Dr. Quigley stands apart from the specialized scholar who plows diligently in the rutted grooves of narrow disciplines.