Idols Quotes - Page 18

• It's easy to get attached to idols, good things inappropriately adored. But when you have Jesus in the centre of a room, everything else only junks up the decor.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Christian, Jesus, Junk

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• Any conception of a god that is less than sovereign is an idol and no god at all.

  R. C. Sproul

  Sovereign, Conception

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• Damn all false antitheses to hell, for they generate false gods, they perpetuate idols, they twist and distort our souls, they launch the church into violent pendulum swings who oscillations succeed only in dividing brothers and sisters in Christ

  D. A. Carson

  Brother, Swings, Soul

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• I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That’s what makes me interested in them, that they didn’t present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.

  Imelda Staunton

  Jobs, Actresses, Adore

  "Vera Drake: Imelda Staunton about Mike Leigh". Interview with Emanuel Levy, emanuellevy.com. February 9, 2005.

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• When we do not adore God, we adore something else. Money and power are false idols which often take the place of God.

  Pope Francis

  Adore, Money And Power

  Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.108, SPCK

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• Lynn Swann was an idol. It would amaze me how he could fly through the air and make those catches. I'll never forget the one versus Dallas. It was the greatest catch I've ever seen.

  Jerry Rice

  Air, Dallas, Never Forget

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• Many people think that the Bible is the authentic word of God and they worship the Bible, making it an idol.

  Alan Watts

  Thinking, People, Religion

  Alan Watts (1977). “The essence of Alan Watts”, Celestial Arts Publishing Company

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• David Foster Wallace is a big idol of mine. His writing is so clear that for years I'd read him and think, My God, he is actually writing the way I think. He's describing the thoughts in my head. And then I realized, No, wait. He's just such a good writer, so transparent and articulate, that when he describes his thoughts, I think they're my own.

  Damian Kulash

  Writing, Thinking, Years

  "Damian Kulash of OK Go: On Creativity, Design, and Activism". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• It's cool to have a personal relationship with someone who's your idol. Someone whose music you used to constantly listen to, when you were hoping you could make it one day.

  Donnis

  One Day, Used, Personal Relationships

  "Donnis Talks 'Fashionably Late,' Atlantic Debut & Texting With T.I". Interview with Jordan Martins, www.complex.com. June 24, 2010.

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• I need to keep my dancing on the right side of weird, otherwise it might get a bit like "American Idol."

  Matthew Healy

  Dancing, Needs, Might

  "The 1975's Matt Healy on That Time Usher Mistook Him for Skrillex". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. June 27, 2016.

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• Faith is being idealistic, because we have made an idol out of the status quo.

  Shane Claiborne

  Made, Status Quo, Idealistic

  "Plotting goodness together: An interview with Shane Claiborne". Interview with Jonathan Merritt, religionnews.com. May 22, 2013.

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• The romance of circumvention is one of the most destructive forces at work in our society. The American Idol freeway to greatness, Instagramming one's way into popular consciousness with selfies of our ass folds beneath short shorts, human growth hormone and performance-enhancing drugs for athletes, Adderall for the idle mind, reality television that sacrifices our dignity for fifteen lousy minutes.

  Daniel Gillies

  Athlete, Sacrifice, Reality

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• Freedom from Egypt should have meant freedom from idols for Israel.

  Jud Wilhite

  Israel, Egypt, Should Have

  Jud Wilhite (2011). “Throw It Down: Leaving Behind Behaviors and Dependencies That Hold You Back”, p.121, Harper Collins

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• Jennifer Lopez has been very much in the news because of her divorce from Marc Anthony, also a top singer, a top player in Latin music, her joining the cast of judges on "American Idol." But the music has not been at the forefront.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Latin, Divorce, Player

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• My idols were Michael Jackson and The Beatles and I would watch Justin Timberlake and John Mayer perform and I knew I wanted to do what they were doing!

  Jackson Harris

  Watches, Wanted, Justin

  Source: www.nerdprobs.com

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• Our Lord approved neither idol worship or idle worship but ideal worship in Spirit and truth.

  Vance Havner

  Idol Worship, Spirit, Lord

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• Casting aspersions on those we love always does something to loosen our ties. We shouldn't maltreat our idols: the gilt comes off on our hands.

  Gustave Flaubert

  Hands, Ties, Doe

  Gustave Flaubert (1957). “Madame Bovary”

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• I think after coming off of 'American Idol'... people kind of expect you to just be awesome all the time, and we're still learning. I had a lot of stage experience, but it was in a 200-seat theater, you know - it wasn't thousands of people in front of me.

  Carrie Underwood

  Thinking, People, Kind

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• The TV is often on in our house, but I really only keep up with three shows: 'American Idol,' 'Modern Family' and 'The Walking Dead.' Sometimes I'll sip red wine - it's a nice way to slow down and relax.

  Carrie Underwood

  Nice, Wine, House

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• My idol, Gary Payton, played 19 years. I definitely want to try to reach that.

  Jason Terry

  Years, Trying, Want

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• It was like orderin a hamburger and getting only the buns" (After Brooke White of season 7 on american idol sang the song 'Hero' by Mariah Carey)

  Simon Cowell

  Song, Hero, White

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• The denigration of those we love always detaches us from them in some degree. Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fingers.

  Gustave Flaubert

  Degrees, Sticks, Fingers

  Gustave Flaubert, Geoffrey Wall (1992). “Madame Bovary: provincial lives”, Penguin USA

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• Man's nature, so to speak, is a perpetual factory of idols.

  John Calvin

  Men, Speak, Factories

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• A bigot is a person who makes an idol of his commitments.

  Howard Thurman

  Commitment, Discipline, Tolerance

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• "American Idol" has done a lot for me. It's a stepping stone in my life.

  Diana DeGarmo

  Done, Stones, American Idol

  Interview with Nick Orlando, www.broadwayworld.com. March 16, 2006.

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