“He is a true hero," she said, "a dragonslayer, a giantkiller, a rescuer of maidens, a solver of impossible riddles. He may… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
I need to have some depth in my characters. That's why they are all Bengalis. I can't imagine writing a book with… — Upamanyu Chatterjee Copy Share Image
As far as action is concerned, our films have been coming up with some great sequences. In fact, I think Hollywood is… — Vijender Singh Copy Share Image
“Thing is, what does a hero look like these days? Muscles and lycra? Life isn’t a contest of strength anymore. Jobs, banks,… — Adam Baker Copy Share Image
The hero sees values beyond what's possible. That's the nature of a hero. It kills him, of course, ultimately. But it makes… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
I was a hero, and a second afterwards it was all over. Casartelli was dead so what I had achieved was worth… — Richard Virenque Copy Share Image
The moral equalizes all; enriches, empowers all. It is the coin which buys all, and which all find in their pocket. Under… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
As for my all-time sporting hero? There is one who towers above all. I first knew him when he was called Cassius… — Jim Kerr Copy Share Image
Paul Gascoigne was one who I watched as a young boy. He was a hero to all of us really. Chris Waddle… — Gary Cahill Copy Share Image
The ancients had a taste, let us say rather a passion, for the marvellous, which caused ... grouping together the lofty deeds… — Francois Arago Copy Share Image
Whether as victim, demon, or hero, the industrial worker of the past century filled the public imagination in books, movies, news stories,… — George Packer Copy Share Image
For throughout history, you can read the stories of women who - against all the odds - got being a woman right,… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
And while I'm on the subject, let me say something about Harry Potter. [Gravels her voice.] Warlocks are enemies of God!! [Back… — Becky Fischer Copy Share Image
“Those who remarked in the countenance of this young hero a dissolute audacity mingled with extreme haughtiness ... could not yet deny… — Sir Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“The next generation should embrace their struggles. A butterfly develops only after a struggle to break free from its cocoon. A diamond… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
“From there, a more difficult period began. Even the villains, the world's worst people, the one percent, what have you, imagine themselves… — Alex Kudera Copy Share Image
“Darkness lingered in those blue eyes, like ghosts haunted him despite only the two of them standing in this cabin.” — Katherine McIntyre Copy Share Image
The notion of the hero as outsider, as alien, is forget it, over, done with. It's not about being against society anymore.… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
One day you are the hero and the next day you are the zero. I got to take advantage of every opportunity… — Charlie Brenneman Copy Share Image
We may be the protagonists of tragedy, but we are also the heroes of our most beautiful and thrilling experiences. — Shin Kyung-sook Copy Share Image
Luke gazed at Annabeth. "You knew. I almost killed you, but you knew . . ." "Shhh." Her voice trembled. "You were… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I’m an openly gay man playing an omnisexual hero, who is loved on both sides of the Atlantic. How could I not… — John Barrowman Copy Share Image
I started out playing guitar because Jimi Hendrix was my hero, so my roots were really based on Jimi Hendrix and his… — Joe Satriani Copy Share Image
I learned how fast you can go from being an international hero to being a reference in a joke on a late… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
I think action movies on the whole have moved more and more into large spectacle, even leaving out super hero movies that… — Walter Hill Copy Share Image
Barbara Castle was a hero to millions of British women. She inspired a new generation of women to become active in Labour… — Patricia Hewitt Copy Share Image
Genius, scholar, and war hero though he is, you have to admit - or maybe you should think about admitting - that… — Alan Colmes Copy Share Image
Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd,… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Sam Rockwell is an occupational hero for me, the same way that Phil Hoffman or Peter Sarsgaard or Michael Shannon are. — Paul Walter Hauser Copy Share Image
I think Bond the character is distinct: He's British, he has a certain code that he lives by, he's incorruptible... he's a… — Barbara Broccoli Copy Share Image
I wanted 'Comme si' to immediately indicate that something changed in my life, mainly because I became the hero of my own… — Christine and the Queens Copy Share Image
Science has heroes, but no gods. The great Names are not our superiors, or even our rivals, they are passed milestones on… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
Battle is the soldier's vital breath! Peace turns him into a stooping asthmatic. War makes him a whole man again, and gives… — Charles Studd Copy Share Image
“She and Lisa always called that kind of snow heroic, because a person could do no wrong in it. Everyone skied like… — Kaya McLaren Copy Share Image
There's a new children's book that's coming out that features Sarah Palin as a hero. I don't want to give away the… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Myths of the heroes are cosmic creation myths in microcosm. They depict, in no matter how subtle variation, the eternal battle we… — Dorothy Norman Copy Share Image
Heroes are Ordinary People whose social action is Extra-Ordinary/ who ACT when others are passive, who give up EGO-centrism for SOCIO-centrism. — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
“Embarking on this journey is an act of courage and curiosity. It is a decision to step into the role of the… — Kevin L. Michel Copy Share Image
A hero is someone who stands in the community and speaks their hopes and speaks their passion. That's almost an act of… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
In the '70s and '80s, there was a definite set of roles in a film. There would be a hero, a heroine… — Ranjeet Copy Share Image