Idols Quotes

Make no man your idol, for the best man must have faults; and his faults will insensibly become yours, in addition to your own.

If we insist upon trying to imagine Him, we end with an idol, made not with hands but with thoughts; and an idol of the mind is as offensive to God as an idol of the hand.

I auditioned for 'American Idol' at 17. They told me, 'No.'

No graven images may be Worshipped, except the currency.

You know, when I did 'American Idol' the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.

An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.

I don't have a problem with 'Idol' or 'X Factor,' I have a problem with when those things are not given the proper contextual hue.

Even our pets can become idols.

The Christian is an idol breaker.

Peace will come With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire But will bring us no reward when her false idols fall.

The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.

I don't watch 'American Idol,' but I wouldn't call it 'undignified.'

One of my favorite people I got to meet was my childhood idol, Vincent Price. I got to not only meet him, but become friendly with him before he passed away.

Any idol, regardless of its beauty or usefulness or original purpose, is to be set aside so that Christ might reign supreme, without a single competitor.

I was always in bands before, but on 'American Idol,' it was about getting my voice out there. It was always my goal, though, to get a band together again.

I've never watched an entire episode of 'American Idol'. It's too mean.

American Idol' is a $900 million-a-year corporation. When you are dealing with that, you can't come off with lies - it's either the truth or nothing.

I've tried to move on with my life and my career for the last two years and do my own thing, and 'American Idol' and FOX, they've just been making it really tough for me to do that.

For the past two years,the only thing the 'Idol' machine has been doing has been maliciously attacking my name.

This is my first week as an American citizen. It's amazing. Now I can vote in the general election - and for American Idol.

How many more idols must you find before you realize that you are the one you have been searching for?

I got to play with ZZ Top and introduce Bryan Adams and George Michael. And to have it all topped off by me winning 'American Idol?!' It's pretty absurd.

I'm an idol of cinema? Oh, wow.

The response of teenagers to their idols is relevant. As an audience, they enjoy themselves, not by screaming with laughter, but screaming with screams.

As a kid, Punky Brewster was my idol. I wanted to dress like her and talk like her.

Maybe not as an idol, but I have influenced some people, including my son Joshua. So that feels good. Wherever I play musicians come to meet me, that is a great compliment to me. I am honored.

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

Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods.

I was very honored to get to be part of 'American Idol.'

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.

In my heart, I know I'm just as talented as some of my idols.

It's so rare that you meet your idols and they outdo your expectations.

As a kid, my idols were Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson, and I get into crazy races with myself. Raimi was 21 when he made movies, and when I didn't get 'Cabin Fever' made that fast I thought I'd failed.

For Silicon Valley and its idols, innovation is the new selfishness.

The local painters were my idols...These artists, too, were grown-ups, but they were grown-ups who could still see! Their eye was still in love! Like mine!

One is proud to worship when he cannot be an idol.

Men show no mercy and expect no mercy, when honor calls, or when they fight for their idols or their gods.

We should not touch our idols: their gilding will remain on our hands.

Men can make an idol of the Bible.

When I pass my name in such large letters I blush, but at the same time instinctively raise my hat.

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!

One of my first big shows, I opened up for Chris Brown; I was about 10 years old, and Chris Brown was just big; he still is one of my idols now.

If I was ever a teen idol, I’d kill myself.

Growing up, Magic Johnson was my idol. He was a good example. He could always pass the ball extremely well and get his teammates involved.

How many watched the President's speech last night? [half-hearted audience applause] How many watched American Idol ? [thundering applause] Okay, there you go! You get the government you deserve.

The universe has no sides, no end, can't be mapped. Enough to make a man talk about God, make a man superstitious and worship an idol. The science never gets as far as the strangeness.

'American Idol' has changed the face of television.

Long before "American Idol" people used to call me a diva. And I be like, "Hold on, are you calling me something else on the sly? You gonna call me a diva, call me a good diva."

There are certain times when a certain person says something to me, that will stick with me for a really long time. But I don't remember one person being my idol, or anything like that.

I watch 'The Voice' and 'American Idol,' and I sit in my Brookstone foot massager. It's so exciting at my house.