John Buchan Quotes

I discourage a cult of personality.

There are many people that frankly cannot get themselves to oppose Barack Obama. They make a lot of excuse for him.

A great man, who lives intimately with his admirers, with difficulty escapes being made ridiculous.

I'm not much given to straight, irony-free hero-worship.

The people I really most admire are Robert Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt. If you know someone, it is very hard to revere them.

I love little kids looking up to me, young players looking up to me, respecting me.

We all want heroes and we all want somebody to look up to.

People don't like politicians.

If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them.

I try to reach out to my idols.

Instead of being critical of people in authority over you and envious of their position, be happy you're not responsible for everything they have to do. Instead of piling on complaints, thank them for what they do. Overwhelm them with encouragement and appreciation!

Admiration of great men, living or dead, naturally evokes imitation of them in a greater or less degree.

In praising Antony I have dispraised Caesar.

Any man familiar with public life realizes the foul gossip which ripples just under the surface about almost every public man, and especially about every President

I have great admiration and affection for him—to the extent that one can have affection for others in politics.

No one person should be bigger than the office he represents.

Politicians respect a lot of things, but nothing so much as success.

Let’s face it. Everybody considers you to be a loser.

Woe to the people that fails to honor its heroes!

To some men popularity is always suspicious. Enjoying none themselves, they are prone to suspect the validity of those attainments which command it.

I loved being governor. It’s like running your own little country.

I am king. I am lord. I am praiseworthy. I am important. I am magnificent. I am foremost. I am a hero. I am a warrior. I am a lion, and I am virile.

Kings are the peoples Idols, creatures of their own making

I was talking recently with a friend of mine who's determined to never meet her heroes, and I have another friend who's been horribly disillusioned a couple of times. But I've had a wonderful ride with meeting people who have been my North Stars, and Bowie's definitely one of them. He feels like my cousin; like the cousin I never had.

I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.