Idol
An image or representation of anything.
An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god.
That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored.
A false notion or conception; a fallacy.
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Idol Quotations
These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their way up... I cannot be on the way up again.
John Lennon
Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than your idol.
Rabindranath Tagore
The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.
Washington Irving
Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?
Freddie Mercury
There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
Joseph Addison
Who's judging American Idol? Paula Abdul? Paula Abdul judging a singing contest is like Christopher Reeve judging a dance contest!
Chris Rock
I started singing about three years ago, I entered a local singing competition called Stratford Idol. The other people in the competition had been taking singing lessons and had vocal coaches. I wasn't taking it too seriously at the time, I would just sing around the house. I was only 12 and I got second place.
Justin Bieber
Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.
John Calvin
There's a lot of things that are said on the American Idol message board. I quit reading them because most of the people are very mean.
Carrie Underwood
American Idol transcends age, gender, ethnicity, everything.
Carrie Underwood
Idol Translations
idol in Dutch is afgodsbeeld
idol in French is idole
idol in German is Abgott {m}
idol in Italian is idolo
idol in Latin is effigies
idol in Norwegian is avgud
idol in Swedish is avgud, idol
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