Quotes About Idolization

I love the great despisers because they are the great adorers.

Bill Bennett really became an idol for me. I listened to him every morning from 6 to 9 for, oh, years.

Bonhoeffer contended in his address that if a leader's main objective was to idolize himself, that leader was not exhibiting true, godly leadership, but was in fact a "mis-leader" of the people he pretended to lead.

In the fun house of today's metastisizing sports-entertainment megaplex, when every day brings another story revealing how these 'heroes' we create are fashioned from base clay, a pause might be in order to reflect on athletes who actually embodied the qualities we think we admire in the too-easily deified.

Celebrity culture is an aspirational culture regardless of how much you don't want it to be.

Honestly... I only get starstruck over chefs.

It's funny, as a little kid, you look up to those guys who you play as in 'Madden,' and now to see myself in the game, it's an honor.

I've seen inside fans' houses, and they would have pictures of Jesus on the wall, and next to it would be a picture of The Rock 'n' Roll Express. That's no lie.

I am a huge fan of Gwen Stefani.

I am a huge fan of Aamir Khan.

To me, Joss Whedon is a god. I'm just a huge fan of his work; I love his work on TV.

I am a huge fan of Madhuri Dixit.

I've never met Lena Dunham, but I'm such a huge fan - I think she's a crazy genius.

I was a huge fan of Hrithik Roshan.

I'm a huge fan of the Pussycat Dolls, I always have been.

I'm a huge Glenn Hughes fan.

I am a huge fan of Sachin. He is not only a great cricketer but a humble human being as well.

I can't compare myself to Tendulkar, because he has already played and done with his 25 years of international career and scored 100 hundreds.

I wouldn't want to think people doted on us, hung on every word, or wanted to look like us.

After watching my first World Series in 1977, I wanted to be Reggie Jackson. I bought a big Reggie poster. I ate Reggie candy bars. I entered a phase during which I insisted on having the same style of glasses Reggie had: gold wire frames with the double bar across.

We're a nation of celebrity and hero worshipers, so much so that we make heroes out of those who aren't, such as John Wayne: a patriotic, red-blooded, two-fisted American who spent the Second World War in the trenches on the movie lots of Hollywood.

When I was between the ages of five and nine, the soldiers of the Second World War wanted to have Betty Grable, but I wanted to be Betty Grable. She was the epitome of an alluring woman; she had it all as far as I was concerned.

You should never meet your heroes. Paul Newman... I was so excited about meeting him, but he turned up in shell suit bottoms, slippers, and a jumper. He was just so worn out and old, he wanted to go home.

My bedroom was plastered with pictures of Van Damme. My mother was worried about me. Most teenage boys have half-naked women on their walls, and I had Jean-Claude.