Literature throws us many great heroes. Real life invariably outdoes them. — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
The difference between a hero and an also-ran is the guy who hangs on for one last gasp. — Paul Dietzel Copy Share Image
“A soldier will return as a hero either with a medal on his chest or a metal in his chest.” — Suraj Sani Copy Share Image
If one is determined to die for the truth, even a common man can create history. — Velupillai Prabhakaran Copy Share Image
Teddy Roosevelt is still a hero among environmentalists for his conservationist policies. — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
It really takes a hero to live any kind of spiritual life without religious belief. — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
I never tried to write for other people. I liked people who had problems I might have, because we all have insecurities,… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
... the real heroes of race and culture would always be the people who stepped out of their own line to make… — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
After being Washington's aide for four years and becoming the hero of Yorktown, Hamilton was viewed with a great deal of suspicion… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
Geoff Muldaur was and is one of my musical heroes. When I listen to him sing and play, I can hear the… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
The history of Guitar Hero is pretty spectacular. Really, I don't know of another franchise that has captured the imagination of the… — Dan Rosensweig Copy Share Image
Dilip Kumar was the only Bollywood hero who could make a girl shiver just by looking at her. If you don't believe… — Imtiaz Ali Copy Share Image
Unless we believe in the hero, what is there To believe? Incisive what, the fellow Of what good. Devise. Make him of… — Wallace Stevens Copy Share Image
I prepared the script of 'Pataas', when working for 'Kandireega'. When I approached Kalyan Ram with the script, he liked it and… — Anil Ravipudi Copy Share Image
The greatest in heroes in life are the anonymous. That's what I believe. Your neighbours are heroes. People who, when you walk… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
Your mother is not crazy. Neither, contrary to popular belief, is your brother. He is merely miscast in a play. He would… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All the Greek mythic heroes had gone east, but they were myths. Achilles was a myth. Perseus, Theseus, Hercules... they probably existed… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
I just thought someone has to figure out how to break through that barrier and create a narrative for a black super… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
Classic music somehow changed, and it changed between the first and the second world wars, and somehow what happened was that the… — Esa-Pekka Salonen Copy Share Image
When I was 8 years old, I made my own encyclopedia of American biography - Johnny Appleseed, Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, Daniel… — Douglas Brinkley Copy Share Image
“Our quest for heroism is awkward. Not the obvious heroism that earns medals and applause but the heroism of daily life. Go… — Jonathan Hull Copy Share Image
The paper tiger hero, James Bond, offering the whites a triumphant image of themselves, is saying what many whites want desperately to… — Eldridge Cleaver Copy Share Image
