#ido

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence. ↗

— Joseph Roux

#call #every #father #friend #here

Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will. ↗

— Samuel Rutherford

#idol #indulge #know #make #our

It would be really great if people would realize that stars are only people with the same weaknesses and flaws, not immaculate idols. ↗

— Meg Ryan

#great #idols #immaculate #only #people

When I did that interview with Hepburn, the only ground rule was, you did not discuss Spencer Tracy. Spencer Tracy's widow is still alive, and she respected that. ↗

— Morley Safer

#did #discuss #ground #hepburn #i

American Idol, I love. I think it's a passing fancy but not passing so soon. ↗

— Diane Sawyer

#american idol #fancy #i #i love #i think

Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#allegiance #great #idol #must #powers

Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another. ↗

— John Selden

#idolatry #man #opinion #own #thought

The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#antidote #best #deferring

I never really had an idol. ↗

— Maria Sharapova

#i #idol #never #really

This (Earth) is hell. There are no fires, no burning pits of torment, no levels or rings or rivers of lava. When we die, we get put right back on earth to live our miserable existences over and over and over for all eternity. ↗

— Larissa Ione

#demonica #eidolon #hell #life #life