Quotes About Icon

Everybody knew James Brown. Every musician dreamed of being in his band.

Growing up, 'Mean' Gene was the voice of my generation.

A lot of people in my generation have dared to ask questions like, 'Who is James Dean?' And I can't imagine asking a question like that, just because it's been ingrained in me since I was so young.

Everybody in Naples must have a picture with me by now, but if you need another one, I never say no to a selfie.

boy. Clark Gable, maybe.

I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon, though.

During the golden age of movie stars, there were plenty of actresses who were deemed unattractive at the start of their careers, but struggled and finally appeared more beautiful and more iconic. Sometimes that idea of being truly iconic has something to do with not necessarily being beautiful and thus trying harder.

Christianity taught us to see the eye of the lord looking down upon us. Such forms of knowledge project an image of reality, at the expense of reality itself. They talk figures and icons and signs, but fail to perceive forces and flows. They bind us to other realities, and especially the reality of power as it subjugates us. Their function is to tame, and the result is the fabrication of docile and obedient subjects.

A]ber auf einmal gerät einer von ihnen ins Zentrum der Aufmerksamkeit, wird zum Symbol, zur Ikone. Warum? Aus vielerlei Gründen: durch die Art und Weise, wie Medien ihre Nachrichten auswählen und verbreiten, weil Menschen das Bedürfnis haben, das Gute, das sie in sich fühlen, auf etwas zu richten, an das es sich zu glauben lohnt, und dafür auch auf die Straße zu gehen.

Yes, the Masters is too stylish to be an American icon. It's as out of character for Uncle Sam as a McDonald's is for France.

'Underrated.' That is the word that best describes Prince, the Guitarist. Why? Because his phenomenal guitar-playing was just one arrow in a quiver full of remarkable talents.

Sachin Tendulkar is undoubtedly India's biggest national icon. Being the object of a billion people's adoration is a tough job.

Every sport has a 'guy' that personifies what the sport is about and almost creates what the sport is on his own.

In fifty years of covering the sport, of course Muhammad Ali is by far the dominant figure.

Honey, you know no matter how much time I spend, I'll never look spot on like Marilyn Monroe.

I'm a huge Springsteen fan, and yet if either he or Bob Dylan had to be erased from the world's hard drive, I would save Bob Dylan's work for sure - he's the greater talent, and by leaps and bounds and skyscrapers and rocket blasts. But Bob Dylan is an alien to his public.

I've had a nice career. I'm no David Bowie or Bruce Springsteen out there. I'm not an icon. I'm just a working artist.

Everybody know I sold out the Madison Square Garden and I most famous American Iranian in the world.

The relief of 'Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami' is that it seeks to square the person with the provocateuse.

There's Pele the man, and then Pele the player. And to play like Pele is to play like God.

I'm the most recognised and loved man that ever lived

The Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels, is gonna be the man of '96.

Everything is a symbol of something, it seems, until proven otherwise.

Ricky Nelson... I couldn't believe it when he died. He was a great rock star.