#icons

Many religions have attempted to make statues of their gods very large, and the idea, I suppose, is to make us feel small. But if that's their purpose, they can keep their paltry icons. We need only look up if we wish to feel small. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#religions #sky #small #statues #up

Natalie's estate is handled by Global Icons, and they police the world so her picture isn't on a T-shirt or coffee cup unless we approve of it. ↗

— Robert Wagner

#coffee #cup #estate #global #handled

I think comedians have a function in society, which is to make fun of our icons. ↗

— Julie Brown

#fun #function #i #i think #icons

I find the idea of today's icons being teenagers incredibly uninspiring. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#find #i #icons #idea #incredibly

I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#careers #davis #ella #ella fitzgerald #emulate

We have lost all our big Australian industries and icons, including Qantas when it sold 25 % of its shares and a controlling interest to British Airways. ↗

— Pauline Hanson

#australian #big #british #controlling #icons

We have a need to be religious, we need to worship, we need to build totems and shrines and icons, but nobody's sure in honor of what. ↗

— Robyn Hitchcock

#honor #icons #need #nobody #religious

It's not a master plan to do every remake and every recreation of icons. It's just what I've been hired to do. ↗

— Steve Carell

#every #hired #i #icons #just

Gay icons usually have some tragedy in their lives, but I've only had tragic haircuts and outfits. ↗

— Kylie Minogue

#had #haircuts #i #icons #lives

I don't think that I want to meet any of the icons. I don't think that anybody can quite live up to your expectations. ↗

— Jane Horrocks

#anybody #expectations #i #icons #live