[Elizabeth Moon's] antagonists are always evil moustache-twirlers. She could write a book about a golf open and the main rival to the… — James Nicoll Copy Share Image
When I became a standup comic, my hero, one of them, was Richard Pryor, and you know, I think that comedians, like,… — Artie Lange Copy Share Image
By the age of 11, I was no longer going to Sunday Mass, and going on birdwatching walks with my father. So… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
There is a determined though unseen bravery that defends itself foot by foot in the darkness against the fatal invasions of necessity… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The heroes and discoverers have found true more than was previously believed, only when they were expecting and dreaming of something more… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We spend all this energy keeping our lives normal and safe and predictable, and the result is that our approved cultural safety… — Peter Coyote Copy Share Image
I think maybe, if I could be a Canadian super hero, I'd have some kind of freezing power and some sort of… — Nathan Fillion 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
A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder. Fabulous forces are there encountered and… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
The hero, the mythical subject, is constructed as human being and as male; he is the active principle of culture, the establisher… — Teresa de Lauretis Copy Share Image
I don't trust a lot of popular films because they seem to indicate that people would like to be super-heroes or vampires,… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
Some time ago a publisher told me that there are four kinds of books that seldom, if ever, lose money in the… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Nobody, they say, is a hero to his valet. Of course; for a man must be a hero to understand a hero.… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Each society is a hero system which promises victory over evil and death. — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
I have never had a secret hero in my mind but I have kept a lot of mentors in my mind that… — John Assaraf Copy Share Image
I'm a comedic actor, not to mix words, but it's something I think about. A comedic actor. I like to think that… — Mike Myers Copy Share Image
I like to believe I play tragic heroes - characters that are torn between the good and bad, the black and the… — Puneet Issar Copy Share Image
Maybe this was one of those times when being a hero didn’t involve looking particularly brave. It was just doing what you… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
I don't like to play the same stereotypical father's role of a heroine or hero. — Sanjay Mishra Copy Share Image
In Celtic Ireland the name Leo was Lugh, another solar hero and mystic. In Wales he was Llew, to the Romans Lugus,… — Michael Tsarion Copy Share Image
But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging. ... Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the… — Warren Zevon Copy Share Image
Our tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems require collective solutions. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image