Icon Quotes

Icon. What is an icon? When someone is iconic it means they have established a certain kind of legacy possibly, and I think it does come with time. It's something in the arts, I feel. Maybe not, maybe it doesn't have to be in the arts exactly. I'm not really sure. But I don't think you are born an icon.

I think it's just important to not judge people based on their physicality because it's really about personality and people's hearts and souls. That's what drew me to Audrey Hepburn who is kind of like my icon.

I never thought I would be somewhat of a gay icon.

It's exciting to see a kid at a rehearsal meeting with someone who seems like such an icon.

Most of us see Justice O'Connor as something of an icon, although we do not agree with all of her decisions.

I've become this sort of icon for the gay community. I don't like the position.

I'm more than an actor. I'm an icon, an industry.

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.

Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes. As the ultimate icon of America's storied history, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best of this nation.

I'm not an icon. Not even in America.

I am a huge fan of gays. They love me, and I love them. They think of me as sort of a gay icon.

There was something about Marilyn. She couldn't act her way out of a bag, but she became an icon because something happened between her and the lens, and no one knows what it is.

The bicycle is a former child's toy that has now been elevated to icon status because, presumably, it can move the human form from pillar to post without damage to the environment.

Dick Clark is an American icon. I am honored that he has entrusted me with such a role in this national tradition.

My mum is my beauty icon, because she represents what I think beauty is.