“Hero is not the word I would use to describe myself on August 20. The word I would use is vessel .” — Antoinette Tuff Copy Share Image
The need for heroes, to admire them, to be inspired by them, runs deep in our cultural and social make-up. — Clive Lewis Copy Share Image
No one wants to see a hero have to pick up his cane to hit someone, but I'm still quite fit enough… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
I drive [Susan Sarandon] nuts. I'm always talking about her being my hero. I'm sure she's probably sick of it. — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
“There are no heroes in the world, only good-looking villains.” — Alex Flinn Beastly Copy Share Image
We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own story. — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
Dhoni Is My Hero. We talk a lot about Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, But this boy has as much talent as anyone… — Kapil Dev Copy Share Image
The book says, 'Vanity Fair - a story without a hero.' Becky is effectively the protagonist, the hero we follow. But she… — Tom Bateman Copy Share Image
I think people want to see a hero. It's interesting that with everything that goes on now from shootings to everything, as… — Lil Rel Howery Copy Share Image
“Sometimes standing up for what is right isn't the popular choice. It may make you look like a villain, but you're not.… — Heather Jacobs Copy Share Image
The sun, the hero of every day, the impersonal old man that beams as brightly on death as on birth, came up… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
The heroes of literary history have been no less remarkable for what they have suffered than for what they have achieved. — Samuel Johnson 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
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
A friend of mine who used to be my boss at ESPN once was asked why sports had exploded the way it… — Mike Lupica Copy Share Image
Jean-Pierre Melville is a favorite filmmaker of mine, I love the Hollywood New Wave, but that genre is made of films about… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
I always believe, with any kind of hero, that you want to believe that their decision-making is right. That ultimately, I can… — Lorenzo di Bonaventura Copy Share Image
“I was right outside the NSA [on 9/11], so I remember the tension on that day. I remember hearing on the radio,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
“I would travel far and wide...seeing, listening, creating. I would weave tales for an enthralled audience. A song would be heard throughout… — Gina Marinello-Sweeney Copy Share Image
Sadly, as with so much about history's heroes, it's the spotting of potential fame that's the difficulty, whether it's publishing their poems,… — Alan Coren Copy Share Image
R.G. Belsky's thought-provoking thriller, The Kennedy Connection, introduces us to a smart, witty, and human hero whose quest to find answers about… — Jan Burke Copy Share Image
I was certainly a kid who believed he could make a difference in the world. I was, as a young person, cooking… — Peter Paige Copy Share Image