Icons Quotations | Page 2

I don't see myself as an icon, because I just wear whatever I want to wear.

The prototype of the academy is ready. We will have sports icons from other games too for imparting the best of skills and techniques to youngsters. Besides fitness, the focus will be on consistency in performance to remain on top in a competitive environment.

Gowdy had a love affair with the microphone and the fans had a love affair with him. American sports fans truly lost an icon, a legend who never felt he was bigger than anyone else. He had that humility that made him special, and he made everyone feel like they were so important.

loves the idea of kids going to see rock 'n' roll icons and seeing the Impressionists, maybe for the first time. We've done such a slick job of eliminating the arts from the schools that Allen's effort is especially important.

She truly is one of the legendary icons behind the scenes of country music. She didn't take the curtain calls, but a lot of us would never have heard Flatt & Scruggs if it hadn't been for Louise Scruggs.

Music and fashion have had a kind of incestuous relationship since the Fifties. It started with people like Elvis Presley and pop icons like James Dean. Then it exploded in the MTV days. Now, with the Internet, it's instantaneous.

My beauty icons - and this sounds cheesy - have a beauty that comes from inside.

One of the issues is that our icons are not yet our icons.

One of the icons of the civil aviation industry is returning. It's the shot in the arm that the industry needs.

His originality was apparent from the word go. He deployed an intellectual rigour that turned his droll imagery into icons of our time.

We looked for the icons of the genre,

He was one of the icons of basketball. He knew every coach and so when you would attend the Final Four he would say, 'I like the job you're doing.' He was a real gentleman and a classy, classy person.

I also want to start my own label, Preservation Collective. I want to raise awareness about the world's last natural resource - intellectual property, compositions. And I'm looking for entrepreneurs to help me do it. I want to take regional icons and turn their music into global mass music sensations.

Jeff Bridges is one of those icons that I put on a very high pedestal, so just to get to chill with him off-camera on cold, rainy days was surreal.

Part of the function of icons is for private devotional purposes. Early in the church's history, icons made it easier for worshipers to understand biblical themes and stories, as they could not read. Icons also create an atmosphere that enhances the worship and act as constant reminders of the divine.

People last year just couldn't believe they were getting to interact with actors who played such iconic characters. Well, this year we brought more of them and promise it will be an even better show. We plan on kicking off the month of October the right way by bringing true icons of horror to Beaumont and of course giving them a more than ample dose of metal.

Most folks want to believe in Armstrong, in the credibility of his courage, in the veracity of his inspiration, in the purity of his Tour de France titles. Most want to believe, but does everyone dare? We've been suckers for hearts-and-flowers icons before.

Traditional icons are actually written, meaning that the artist meditates seriously and privately, in some cases for hours, before beginning. This puts the artist in a specific frame of mind and soul. The goal is for the Holy Spirit to guide the way the artist writes the work itself. Very rarely does the artist sign their name. (The work is) done anonymously as a devotion to God. Traditionally, only natural materials should be used in the production, such as pigments that bring the actual work closer to nature, and to God.

Anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing.

NBC's The West Wing is an icon for bad stories; Gitmo is a place where we keep an eye on evil, dangerous people who want to kill us.

Alexander McQueen... The fashion world has not only lost an icon but we have also lost a very special friend.

I am not an icon of democracy. You are all, collectively, the icon of democracy.

We all shared an admiration of Debussy both as a musician and as sort of an icon for the 20th century. It seemed like an interesting idea to go right back 100 years to find the source of some new ideas now.

Self-publishing is great, but I don't want to be an icon for it, or anything else.

To make someone an icon is to make him an abstraction, and abstractions are incapable of vital communication with living people.

We're all delighted to be enshrined in one of the icons of pop culture. Yow! Are we having fun!

The players aren't only great athletes, they are also fashion icons and this idea complements the crossover between sport and fashion.

You are ripping two icons out of the picture. It makes us sick. We are not happy about doing this.

The opportunity to profit from the creative talent and the icons that Sega has already created such as 'Sonic' are very strong, ... The arrangements with Microsoft for the Xbox and other projects underway could result in a meaningful turnaround in the company's fortunes.

To be honest, I have a hard time imagining college golf without Mike Holder coaching at OSU, ... He is responsible for me being a coach. Whether you like him or not, you can't help but respect him. He is truly one of the icons of our sport, and it won't be the same without him.

We are a safer country today because Congress passed this critical legislation and acted to save American icons like Remington, Ruger, Winchester and Smith & Wesson from politically motivated lawsuits. Our men and women in uniform abroad and at home now will not have to rely on France, China or Germany to supply their firearms.

Cultures render their icons in their own image. Which comes down to vanity, in some sense.

I started collecting just for the personal pleasure of being close to these icons of the greatest musical achievements in Western music.

These public lands are icons of our natural and cultural history. They belong to us all, and it is not up to congressmen Pombo or Tancredo to offer them to the highest bidder.

Style icons feel like they have to be so thin, and when I see somebody with a fuller figure like Scarlet Johansson, who is sexy and happy, I find it such a relief.

Coach Vaught certainly was one of the great icons in SEC football. If you look at the list of names (of) great all-Americans from here that played for him ... you just get a sense of what he's meant to this conference.

As a devoted musician and student of the blues, I wanted to document the important contribution each of these amazing artists has made to our musical heritage. I regret that many of the great blues icons are no longer with us, but have no doubt that their spirit will continue to inspire all of us for generations to come.

The misconception is that icons are worshipped when in actuality they are venerated, a way of making an environment more conducive for worshipping. This is how the Orthodox Church supports the creation and use of icons within the church.

There is no time and space in the digital world. People chat and collaborate through social networks. Cultural icons garner millions of fans online in locations they have often never been themselves. The boundary between public and private life is now everyone's business.

This just happens to be a fresh attempt to bring in some of the icons of the young and the apolitical and to get them into the whole debate on joining the economic and monetary union.

It's a classic rags-to-riches story of one of the most famous icons of our generation, ... You've got this woman on TV telling viewers how to turn doilies into wedding gowns who then walks into a corporate boardroom and kicks ass. With the right tone, it could be a lot of fun.

It's the end of a chapter in Time Warner's history. Ted Turner is one of the higher profile media icons we have in this industry.

Anytime there is an effort to tamper or tinker with the icons of American culture, you'll find you get strong reaction one way or the other,

I'm saddened by the fact that there are some people, actors and directors whom I idolize, that I will never get to meet, much less share screen time. Gone are Katherine Hepburn, Anthony Quinn, Gregory Peck and many more, not to mention the many icons whose careers are simply slowing down.

I'm so over-earnest sometimes. But my parents were pop-culture icons in the Sixties, and my mom has this Oscar, and I was trying to figure out, how am I going to leave my mark?

If you go back and check all the reviews for all the icons of today -- Elvis, the Beatles and so on -- they were dismissed as flashes in the pans,

I'll never put myself in that category. Those are the icons of the game.

I really hate it when people ask me who my icons are. When your parents are Bianca and Mick, you don't really need any more icons in your life.

An icon means nothing to me. I don't understand what it means to anybody actually. It seems like a word of convenience. It seems to attend to the huge success of certain kinds of movies that I did, but there's no personal utility in being an icon. I don't know what an icon does, except stand in a corner quietly accepting everyone's attention. I like to work, so there's no utility in being an icon.

My occupation is assistant storyteller. It is not "icon."

Truly saddened by the loss of one of the greatest fashion icons of all time. Oscar de la Renta will be greatly missed.

My style icon is anyone who makes a bloody effort

Mexico has lost an icon whose work has transcended generations and borders

So nice to be a fashion icon in my day.

When people call me a sex icon, it's flattering but it never goes to my head because I never felt sexy as a teenager.

Any fight that Floyd Mayweather is in is going to be entertaining, regardless. People come to see an icon, a living legend, a superstar.

I am a hard-core believer that the clean desktop is the way to go... At the same time, we told OEMs that if they were going to put a bunch of icons on the desktop, then so were we.

It's always intimidating to meet an icon.

I really would not call myself a fashion icon. I would call myself somebody who gets dressed by professionals...I would call me more of a monkey.

It's so weird to say this about the icon and legend that is Cher, but she's like an old girlfriend. We still talk all the time. She's an incredible person personally and professionally, giving such amazing advice, stories for days, been there done that. She's one of a kind.

You can never take too much care over the choice of your shoes.

If you look at the way people behave at shows, icons are now musicians; they are the people that we worship.

He's one of our icons in Houston. He's done so much for so many people. It's such a huge, huge loss. He's had such a big impact on golf at all levels. It's just devastating.

Icons are our windows into the Kingdom of Heaven, transporting us beyond our brokenness and helping us focus on praying to God for enlightenment and for glorifying God.

I can still hardly believe that I performed last year on the same stage that I watched the Country icons perform on so many times growing up. I have had an amazing year since the release of Kerosene last March. Being asked to perform at The Coliseum again this year is icing on the cake! When you are on that huge stage it hits you that you are singing for the people who truly love Country Music -- it's a little intimidating but exciting at the same time. I am so thankful that CMA has enough confidence in me to give me a great time slot again. Playing the arena tours with Keith Urban and George Strait has helped develop my show and I'm ready to give them the best I've got this year!

That is what [Andy] Warhol portraits do: They elevate the subject into an icon of the pop culture he was documenting.

There is a danger in becoming an icon, as people can see you as remote and untouchable, and they are less willing to tolerate you doing things that don't fit with their preconceived idea of you. Iconic status can be like a pair of handcuffs, especially if, like me, you wish to continually stretch yourself creatively, as Warhol did.

Working with Cate Blanchett, on and off the screen, has always been a highlight for me. She embodies the perfect combination of consummate actor and world-class fashion icon.

Elegance is not standing out, but being remembered.

I’m a false icon! The media collaborate in promoting my superficial lifestyle as somehow more valid, more worthy of attention than your real lives! - Gideon Stargrave

My style icon really for my whole life has been my mother.

My style icons would be people like Brigitte Bardot and old Hollywood actresses who always look so stunning, cool and chic. I like classic and timeless looks.

Harrison Ford is absolutely amazing. He is a Hollywood icon, and just to work with him was absolutely incredible.

All I want to do is be a gay icon. I was reading Lady Gaga's twitter, because she has like 12 million followers, or something like that. I feel like she has fans, gay, straight, bi, who would throw themselves off a building for her.

The superhero genre speaks to a vast swath of humanity these days, and studios are in the business of constantly renewing their money-printing licenses. I sense we're nearing a saturation point with some of these icons, where it becomes more about the action figures and Happy Meals than it does the mythological heartbeat of the core ideas.

Fashion icon to me is somebody who has, the first person who struck you and introduced you to the world of fashion, and that person is my mom.

My ultimate style icon is Grace Jones.

Forget horror icon, Kety Bates is an icon. She's an acting icon. I was raised on so many of her films, everything from Misery to Fried Green Tomatoes to Delores Claiborne, all films that I've watched multiple times and been inspired by.

There are beauty icons that I can never be like, sorta like a Gena Rowlands - I'll never have that look. I love Giulietta Masina, the great Fellini actress. But I'm probably more Seymour Cassel. Or somewhere between Lou Reed and Nora Ephron?

Don't call me an icon. I'm just a mother trying to help.

Wisdom is a living stream, not an icon to be preserved in a museum. Only when a practitioner finds the spring of wisdom in his or her own life can it flow to a future generation

American culture has a lot of great moustaches in its history. Mark Twain had a great moustache, Charlie Chaplin, Ben Turpin ... but Zappa, he's got the best moustache in American history. Got the moustache, right, and he's got that little thing on his chin, I think it's called an imperial, that is, like, the coolest thing. That's like one of the great icons of the twentieth century.

I like all the old-fashioned icons. My friends are artists, so they make me up to look like certain people. I am more inspired by people like Jane Fonda or Brigitte Bardot - people who did something as activists.

Barbie is my fashion icon. People think I'm Paris Barbie - and it's a compliment.

Marilyn Monroe and Vivienne Leigh are real icons of mine. In terms of visual culture, they are both so iconic. There weren't any paparazzi shots of them falling out of taxis, so they will always look so incredible.

Maybe what a gay icon is, is a person who is rooted for — in other words, cheered on — by people who feel different.

John Lee Hooker became a friend of mine and I love all of his work. He was truly an icon. He lived the life. I miss him.

We must shine with hope, stained glass windows that shape light into icons, glow like lanterns borne before a procession. Who can bear hope back into the world but us...

To be a winner of that, and to fall in the long line of traditional great backs at USC, to have your name in perpetuity, the fact that your parents are like icons... that's the greatest thing.

My personal style icon is Steve McQueen. My design style icon is a mix of everyone from Jackie O. to Lauren Hutton to my mother.

The trouble is that the hockey stick graph become an icon and deniers reckoned if they could smash the icon, the whole concept of global warming would be destroyed with it.

I have started to realize that I am really just a world athlete and a world entertainer -- I am a world-known person, I am a global icon.

America has lost an icon. Ronald Reagan's leadership will inspire Americans for generations to come. His patriotism and devotion to our country will never be forgotten.

Im an actor. The fact that Im involved in Jigsaw, I dont approach Jigsaw any differently than I approached The Nordic in The Firm or FBI Agent Stokes in Mississippi Burning. Its the same deal. Its just that the effect is sometimes different. So I say, people ask me, How does it feel to be a horror icon? Im thrilled. Its great.

I am honored to even be considered for any list that includes such icons as Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles. I have had posters of those guys hanging over my bed for years now. I find the whole thing quite arousing.

Somebody like Mailer brings to that role everything that he stands for. The types of characters that I gravitate towards, the types of icons, tend to have a heavy physicality in that way.

1962 to 1965, where suddenly the guitar became this icon of youth culture all over the world, thanks mostly to the Beatles. Add to that, that I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times, and that the guitar was the one instrument that my parents absolutely refused to let in the house. So you add it up and see that irresistible forces led me to the guitar.

Our campaigns have always been based on what we consider music icons that transcend generations and they're not of the moment - they continue to evolve.

We have these images, these icons before us that are not reality.

Icon of Prague, the medieval bridge crossed the Vltava between Old Town and the Little Quarter. Gothic bridge towers rose on both sides, and the whole span — pedestrian-only — was lined by monumental statues of saints.