Quotes About Idolization

My cousins and I used to play Beatle wives. We all wanted to be married to Paul, but John was O.K. too. None of us wanted Ringo. Or even worse, George.

A beautiful woman can be painted as a totem only; not as a woman, but as a Madonna, a queen, a sphinx.

It's still a mystery to me, but even though my mother was like an older sister to me, I kind of put her up on a pedestal.

Kyrie Irving, before he even played one game of college basketball, had 7,000 fans on Twitter. Seven thousand. So these kids these days are put on this pedestal up here. I really think it discourages the value of hard work and of patience.

No, that's this stupid country that makes people idols and famous even though they've accomplished exactly nothing in their life.

Women are not in love with me but with the picture of me on the screen. I am merely the canvas on which women paint their dreams.

There's an epigram tacked to my office bulletin board, pinched from a magazine -- Wanting to meet an author because you like his work is like wanting to meet a duck because you like pâté.

I have found my star. She is beauty and grace. Elegance and goodness. My laughter in winter. She is courageous and strong. Bold and tempting. Unlike any other in all the universe, and I cannot touch her. I dare not even try. Astrid or Aphrodite, she is my Circe. Only instead of changing a man into an animal she has made the animal human. I am such a fucking idiot, wanting a star I can't have. But then, all stars are beyond human reach and I'm not even human. (Zarek)

I'm very wary of fawning too much over heroes. There's an old adage that heroes are best kept at arm's length, and in a few instances in my life, that's been true.

People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life.

I was the biggest Goldie Hawn fan, my entire life.

Man, meeting Michael Jordan for me was like.. black Jesus walking towards me. It was overwhelming to me to finally meet the guy I've looked up to my whole life.

I put you on the pedestal - made you a saint - dare I blaspheme?...

Jay modi was a god.

Kill reverence and you've killed the hero in man.

I thought of you as a god, but now I see that you are nothing but a man with a man's weaknesses.

I feel bad for kids growing up that, like, their favorite rapper is Lil Yachty.

Scarface is my favorite rapper.

It's not nice to say it - I know female musicians, but not so many rappers. I can't think of one I idolize, which is sad, but I'm hoping that will change.

I don't see many people as heroes and, though I love sport, I believe athletes rarely deserve that praise.

Beyonce is, like, the highest level. We all reach for that level.

I remember - when I was little, I remember playing 'Tecmo Bowl,' and I would be so excited to be Bo Jackson in the game that I wanted to watch him play in real life.

We have this real problem as human beings to put people on pedestals - with celebrities, with historical figures - and we forget they're humans just like us.

I always adored Cary Grant. I was fascinated by him. But I could never get too close to him.