John Brown was one of my longtime heroes, and it was with no little amount of temerity that I accepted the role.… — Sterling Hayden Copy Share Image
(Guy) Pearce, as the hero, makes the mistake of trying to give a good and realistic performance. (Jeremy) Irons at least knows… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“The mark of the true hero is that the most heroic of his deeds is done in secret. We never hear of… — Erika Johansen Copy Share Image
People fantasize about being a hero and helping someone in trouble. Batman is that fantasy realized - not just for Bruce Wayne,… — Kevin Conroy Copy Share Image
There is a hate layer of opinion and emotion in America. There will be other McCarthys to come who will be hailed… — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
My hero Socrates trained Plato on a rock. How much did that cost? So the greatest minds in history became the greatest… — Dave Brat Copy Share Image
The Tale of Despereaux came at the request of Luke, my friend's then-eight-year-old son, who asked, "Write for me the story of… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I can't think of a greater guitar icon than someone who has the musical intellect to change what was there before and… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
“But what a feeling can come over a man just from seeing the things he believes in and hopes for symbolized in… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
While we can never truly repay the debt we owe our heroes, the least we should do for our brave veterans is… — Kirsten Gillibrand Copy Share Image
“I understand, now, that your own identity, your past, has nothing to do with the way others see you. Being a hero… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
'Sex and The City' was made to correct the myth that if you were single at a certain age, you were a… — Michael Patrick King Copy Share Image
I learned that it is better, a thousand-fold, for a proud man to fall and be humbled, than to hold up his… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Face it. There's not going to be a happy ending... at least not with this hero. So don't go mooning around thinking… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“But I don’t believe in heroes anymore. I just believe in people coping with their lives as best they can. You do… — John Varley Copy Share Image
When I read the article [in The New Yorker] by David Grann, I was very struck by people responding to the article,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
When I was growing up I had three wishes. I wanted to be a Lindbergh-type hero, learn Chinese, and become a member… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“The essence of the hero’s journey is: How do you live a meaningful life? What is the deepest life you are called… — Stephen Gilligan Copy Share Image
It didn’t matter the quality of the writing— Callie’s fantasies about her fictional heroes were entirely democratic. — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
“True devotion and humility is when you carelessly allow yourself to fall in love with things you consider will make you look… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
But whoso is heroic must find crises to try his edge. Human virtue demands her champions and martyrs, and the trial of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Some people probably think me telling Godard's story is blasphemy. My friends were worried. But he's not my hero or my god.… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
A hero. You want to be one of those rare human beings who make history, rather than merely watch it flow around… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Its silly to say it about a tennis player, but Im an unbelievable hero in Germany. And Germany needs heroes more than… — Boris Becker Copy Share Image
“The heroes and heroines who triumph in his stories are not those with the most powerful magic, but rather those who demonstrate… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I've known I wanted to do this ever since I was four years old and watched 'Star Search' for the first time.… — Joey Lawrence Copy Share Image
I'm happier not pretending I know anything about El Cid in Spain. He's a Spanish national hero. I'd rather invent a character… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
The trouble with real life is that you don't know whether you're the hero or just some nice chap who gets bumped… — Sarah Caudwell Copy Share Image
[J.F.Kennedy] is an iconic figure. And to make it even worse, he's a hero of mine. And every actor will tell you… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
Poetry being an attempt to express, not the common sense, - as the avoirdupois of the hero, or his structure in feet… — Marsilio Ficino Copy Share Image
As a keeper, you have to understand that your job is black and white: you make a save, or you don't; you… — Karen Bardsley Copy Share Image
People consider me more as hero. Apparently they like the way I stand up, for myself and give my opinion. The french… — Louis Riel Copy Share Image
I was raised in a very, very loving household. I had quite unusual parents, and my father has always been my hero. — Roxie Roker Copy Share Image
My father was my hero, both for the physical things he could do and for the values he taught me, about honesty… — Jack Hemingway Copy Share Image
“It's ever so important to believe in what you do, trust your ability to create and show yourself worthy. Never sell yourself… — Simon Zingerman Copy Share Image
“Heroes aren’t always the ones who win. They’re the ones who lose, sometimes. But they keep fighting, they keep coming back. They… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“Make evil intelligible, justice desirable, sorrow endurable, and love possible. My hero taught me that, and for once, I don't mean Batman.” — Victor Giannini Copy Share Image
Sometimes you just have to be your own hero & save your own heart. Because sometimes the people that you cannot imagine… — Punkinhead Abhishek Copy Share Image
My number-one hero in terms of interdisciplinary art is Laurie Anderson, but I've always admired anyone who can think way beyond any… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I asked him a number of questions and I got some very interesting answers. Ken's heroes, according to Christopher, would be people… — Stacy Keach Copy Share Image