Quotes About Idolization

The mother-women seemed to prevail that summer at Grand Isle. It was easy to know them, fluttering about with extended, protecting wings when any harm, real or imaginary, threatened their precious brood. They were women who idolized their children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels.

In short, Mrs. Pontellier was not a mother-woman. The motherwomen seemed to prevail that summer at Grand Isle. It was easy to know them, fluttering about with extended, protecting wings when any harm, real or imaginary, threatened their precious brood. They were women who idolized their children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels.

We live by the images of those we decide are heroes and gods.

La relación de amor no es la misma que la de la adoración. Se adora a un dios. Solo los seres humanos pueden ser amados. Cuando adoramos a una mujer no podemos amarla. Luego, cuando descubrimos que no es un dios, la odiamos. Eso es triste. —Nunca

Legions of eight-year-old girls were pursuing both skaters everywhere. Too young to have learned "Thrilled to meet you!" or other adult forms of flattery, the little girls just studied Tara and Michelle with hard dolls' eyes while waiting for their heroines to sign their autograph books.

But remember, there are two ways to dehumanize someone: by dismissing them, and by idolizing them.

Adoration brings out the worst in some men.

The 95 percent on the failure curve tend to accept the heroes society plants in front of them: film stars (America's version of royalty), rock stars, sports stars.

When we are young, we make gods and goddesses of one another, then we soon come to realize that we are all merely human and imperfect.

I've realized that one of the most unkind things I can do to somebody is to put them on a pedestal because very soon, inevitably, they're going to do something that's going to knock them off it, and then I'm going to have a lot of trouble with that because I really needed you to be something else. And that's inhumane." –Elizabeth Gilbert

Role models create unrealistic expectations and an asymmetrical power dynamic; role models or icons can do more harm than good because they obscure the flaws and contradictions we all have.

Mick Jagger played the role in their [students] lives that Napoleon played in the lives of ordinary young Frenchmen throughout the nineteenth century. Everyone else was so boring and unable to charm youthful passions.

Indian cricket fans are manic-depressive in their treatment of their favorite teams. They elevate players to god-like status when their team performs well, ignoring obvious weaknesses; but when it loses, as any team must, the fall is equally steep, and every weakness is dissected.

I was on some TV shows with Lady Gaga the other week, and you could see the difference in reaction between her fans and my fans outside. She comes out, and she looks like a star, and the reaction is just tears, crying, people going, 'Oh my God, Oh my God.' My fans are like: 'Alright, Ed.'

I discourage a cult of personality.

As a kid, I watched every Madonna documentary and tour. I was obsessed with her - and with any pop star of the '80s.

I used to sit in my bedroom and think that all of my favourite pop stars go on stage, they sing, and then they do other normal stuff. I didn't know what goes on or what you let yourself in for.

Kids tend to look up to sports figures and entertainers, probably more than they should, but I've tried to use that in a positive way.

First time I met Hulk Hogan, I had a life-sized poster of him in my room and I idolized him as a kid.

My brother and I had Henrik Larsson posters everywhere.

I was obsessed with Nelson Mandela. I had big posters of him in my bedroom and he became my proxy father figure. He was in jail, so I could project all sorts of things about what he would say to me.

Fans see you on hoardings, posters, on the screen with perfect makeup, perfect hair, perfect clothes etc. Perfection is such a hunger! Especially when it comes to actors and stars, they always expect perfection.

Never had any idols, ever. I never had any posters, nothing.

I was a die-hard, obsessed fan of Michael Jordan. I'd take his posters with me to away meets, I'd walk out on the deck in my Air Jordans before I swam, I'd write 23 on my cap. I'm just a huge Jordan fan.