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Glorifying Quotes

Where admiration ends and myth-making begins.

This glorifying quotes collection looks at the fine line between appreciating history and rewriting it, from a wildlife photographer who avoids romanticizing animals to commentary on America's fascination with successful villains.

Arresting development, attacking science, and glorifying poverty is not the answer to the vices that attend prosperity.

Quotes by Abdolkarim Soroush

David Gulden captures animals in all their wonder and intrigue, without glorifying or romanticizing them. He knows Kenya's wildlife intimately, and it shows in the depth of his images. He has an artist's eye, which delivers beauty and transport in...

Quotes by Susan Minot

My habit of glorifying things far away in space and time, also contributed to my social isolation.

Quotes by Luke Ford

From depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past.

Quotes by Lion Feuchtwanger

Advocating Quotes

America has this fascination with glorifying the villain and not talking about the trials and tribulations. We tell the story of the successful villain a lot of times, but we don't tell the story of the people who don't come...

Quotes by Lecrae

'The Handmaid's Tale' is not a book or show advocating enslaving women or creating a theocracy. It's not glorifying that. It's talking about what happens if that happens.

Quotes by Laeta Kalogridis

Everything is not black-and-white. I'm really interested in the gray area - not justifying it, not glorifying it, not condoning it, but at least having people see there's a genesis for every event in our lives. There's some divine order...

Quotes by Isaiah Washington

I'm interested in glorifying something that we in the world would say doesn't deserve being glorified. Something that's forgotten, focused on as though it were some sort of sacred object.

Quotes by Edward Ruscha

It's like tabloid news programs that talk about how horrible something is, while at the same time they're glorifying it as their top story.

Quotes by Daisy Berkowitz

America Quotes

I'm not glorifying it at all, I'm just basically telling you that sometimes I have suicidal thoughts. And maybe I should seek help, or maybe it's not that deep.

Quotes by ASAP Rocky

One of the biggest challenges of writing for middle-grade or even young-adult readers is that I don't want to have too much violence in it - which really limits what you can do. It's important that they're not just bloodbaths...

Quotes by Alane Ferguson

Frequently Asked Questions

What do the Glorifying quotes focus on?
They examine the habit of romanticizing subjects, whether it is wildlife photography, distant memories, historical eras, or fictional villains, and question when admiration turns into distortion.
Why search for glorifying quotes?
Readers interested in media criticism or storytelling ethics often look for language addressing this exact tension between honoring a subject and exaggerating it.
Does the collection criticize storytelling specifically?
Yes, one quote points out America's fascination with the successful villain narrative, while skipping over the struggles that came before that success.
What is the photography quote about?
It describes a photographer who captures wildlife with intrigue and depth rather than romanticizing it, offering a counterexample of careful, non-glorified representation.
Is there a related page on national storytelling?
The America quotes page picks up the theme of how a country's stories get shaped and sometimes exaggerated over time.

For more on how nations tell their own stories, browse America quotes, and for the creative side of this tension, see Artist quotes.