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“ICONOCLAST, n. A breaker of idols, the worshipers whereof are imperfectly gratified by the performance, and most strenuously protest that he unbuildeth but doth not reedify, that he pulleth down but pileth not up. For the poor things would have other idols in place of those he thwacketh upon the mazzard and dispelleth. But the iconoclast saith: "Ye shall have none at all, for ye need them not; and if the rebuilder fooleth round hereabout, behold I will depress the head of him and sit thereon till he squawk it."”
Ambrose Bierce
“Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.”
Frederick The Great
“Never be surprised at the crumbling of an idol or the disclosure of a skeleton”
John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton
“All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them”
Simone de Beauvoir
“The Pope is an idol whose hands are tied and whose feet are kissed.”
Voltaire
“Is Billy Idol just doing a bad Elvis pout, or was he born that way?”
Freddie Mercury
“Have you been watching American Idol? They have Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul judgin' the singin. Paula Abdul?! Gettin' Paula Abdul to judge a singin' contest is like gettin' Christopher Reeve to judge a dance contest!”
Chris Rock
“There is no real idol or anyone in the public eye now that I know of. I've always been satisfied with women that I've known. I've been really spoiled. You talk about the luck factor, I've been at the right place at the right time, because as it turns out, the women I'm attracted to are attracted to me.”
Anton LaVey
“We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A maker of idols is never an idolater”
Chinese Proverbs
