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“We can understand that the Fathers of the Church in the East wanted Apocalypse left out of the New Testament. But like Judas among the disciples, it was inevitable that it should be included. The Apocalypse is the feet of clay to the grand Christian image. And down crashes the image, on the weakness of these very feet. There is Jesus--but there is also John the Divine. There is Christian love--and there is Christian envy. The former would "save" the world--the latter will never be satisfied till it has destroyed the world. They are two sides of the same medal.”

Source: Apocalypse

“Growing up, I looked up to real women. I didn't go in for hero worship and I still don't. Everybody has feet of clay.”

Stills Real Growing Up Growing Feet Hero Worship Clay Real Women Hero Worship

Author:Lucy Lawless

“There is a hint of despair in the cry of 'I told you so,' an element of disappointment in the apparent satisfaction when idols turn out to have clay feet. The human race, when it thinks it has proved that no one is superior, is partly gratified and partly depressed.”

Thinking Humans Turns Race Feet Cry Despair Elements Disappointment Satisfaction Superiors Human Race Idols Clay Hints Told You So

Author:Alice Thomas Ellis

“You can't discover one foot of clay on an idol without suspecting the other.”

Feet Idols Clay Slippery Slope

Book:Pipers and a dancer

Source: Pipers and a dancer

“Paul Newman would have been a much more important star if he hadn't always tried to be an anti-hero, to show the human feet of clay.”

Ifs Humans Has Beens Important Shows Stars Feet Hero Clay Newman Anti Hero

Author:John Wayne

“Every theory in philosophy, which is built on pure conjecture, is an elephant; and every theory that is supported partly by fact, and partly by conjecture, is like Nebuchadnezzar's image, whose feet were partly of iron, and partly of clay.”

Philosophy Facts Feet Theory Pure Built Iron Elephants Clay Conjecture

Book:Philosophical works

Source: Philosophical works