Christ can very well stand as an heroic figure. The hero need not be of wisdom all compounded. Also he is not… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
“My hunger for this man left me reeling. His scent enveloped me, musk and leather and beneath it all the lingering hint… — Briar Boleyn Copy Share Image
Between a dead-hero and a living-no one, always prefer the latter, always prefer the life! Being no one is infinitely better than… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“Heroes, however, have a habit of ending up dead or bankrupt, and, as you know better than anyone, I have much to… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share Image
“Reason is the hero who breaks the chains of our prejudice, saving us from the prison of our comfortable acquiescence in the… — Montague Brown Copy Share Image
Roy Acuff was a big hero for me, and I was so sad when he passed. It's hard as you get older… — George Jones Copy Share Image
He was no martyr. He was no hero But in the last two years, selfishness gave way to selflessness, lies gave way… — Lex Lasry Copy Share Image
The fact is that when it comes to judgment as to what should be secret and what should not be secret, Julian… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
On playing Batman and his daughter: If I was doing the sequel to Frozen I would be a hero. My two older… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors. It's astounding to me, for example, that… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
I’m so excited to begin working again with Henry Cavill in the world we created, and I can’t wait to expand the… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
I don't really distinguish between a fictional hero and a real life hero as a basis for any comparison. To me, a… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Ordinary people who are just kind of just going about their lives are transformed into heroes because they have the courage to… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
“Oh, he did look like a deity – the perfect balance of danger and charm, he was at the same time fascinating… — Simona Panova Copy Share Image
Some of us awake in the night with strange phantasms of enchanted hills and gardens, of fountains that sing in the sun,… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
How did the Turks become Muslim? They became Muslim through the Sufis. The Arabs never conquered the Turks. There were people in… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
On the golf course, a man may be the dogged victim of inexorable fate, be struck down by an appalling stroke of… — Bobby Jones Copy Share Image
We continually want to unmask our heroes as if there were more to be learned from their nakedness than from their choice… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
“He was dirty, his hair unkempt, his clothes stained with blood. Heroes in stories somehow managed to rescue maidens while looking like… — J.V. Jones Copy Share Image
“The Hero of Ages shall be not a man, but a force. No nation may claim him, no woman shall keep him,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I just think about little me - what it would have meant to me to see a chubby girl in movies and… — Shannon Purser Copy Share Image
“I see a man," she said softly. "A man with the roar of cannons still ringing in his ears. A man bloodied… — Teresa Medeiros Copy Share Image
It's true that heroes are inspiring, but mustn't they also do some rescuing if they are to be worthy of their name?… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
We will never forget the passengers of Flight 93, who courageously confronted the terrorists, defeating another planned attack on America. They are… — Bob Taft Copy Share Image
A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who, by… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
You can be a great DJ and still be not very good at DJ Hero. And vice-versa: You can have never spun… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
“Your willingness to create a change in beliefs, a shift in energy, an acceptance of where you are, and the courage to… — Kim Ha Campbell Copy Share Image
I believe in content. Just looking pretty next to the hero gives me no joy. I believe I have more to offer… — Huma Qureshi Copy Share Image
People consider me a hero, but I turn around and look at the military people overseas. They're the freaking heroes. They're the… — Rulon Gardner Copy Share Image
To know that the odds are so high that only through the perishing of your life will the minions survive, that's love.… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
My first recollection of hearing Wendell Phillips is from my college days, though of course he was always one of my heroes,… — George Edward Woodberry Copy Share Image
If I win gold, I will dedicate it to Nelson Mandela. He is a hero in South Africa, and everything I do,… — Caster Semenya Copy Share Image
Freud was a hero. He descended to the Underworld and met there stark terrors. He carried with him his theory as a… — R. D. Laing Copy Share Image
I pretty much grew up when punk was big in the UK. The Sex Pistols were heroes for me. I used to… — Gavin Rossdale Copy Share Image
No, what he didn't like about heroes was that they were usually suicidally gloomy when sober and homicidally insane when drunk. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Flannery O'Connor is my creative hero. I think she's the greatest American writer. Her book, 'Mystery and Manners,' is my creative bible. — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I will not accept a role just because a big hero stars in it. I am not here to merely dance, run… — Nithya Menen Copy Share Image
“you will continue to live in the hearts of us you'll always an Hero of Africa, your name will stay in our… — elly peace Copy Share Image
I feel a much greater interest in knowing what has passed two or three thousand years ago, than in what is now… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
