Well, it seems to me that there are books that tell stories, and then there are books that tell truths... The first… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
I know the M-word makes you nervous, but yeah. I'm talking about the big, permanent friendship. A little different from what Joe… — Suzanne Brockmann Copy Share Image
An artist has an obligation to tell the truth. [...] that the true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“I have been at this for decades. I have seen all of the best. The strongest and the smartest heroes in the… — Jeremy Whitley Copy Share Image
I look up to people not necessarily based on what they look like. For example, Edith Piaf is somebody I think is… — Kat Von D Copy Share Image
But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition, and booming… — John Thorn Copy Share Image
Small business is the gateway to opportunity for those who want a piece of the American dream. [...] Well, wouldn't it be… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I looked at the campers, all of them grim and determined. I tried not to feel like this was the last time… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Democracy doesn't mean much if people have to confront concentrated systems of economic power as isolated individuals. Democracy means something if people… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
This is the way we win over our enemies, not with bigger weapons, or faster ships, but with human courage, ingenuity, and… — Ann Aguirre Copy Share Image
All sorts of Heroes are intrinsically of the same material; that given a great soul, open to the Divine Significance of Life,… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Larry Colton’s Ordinary Joes are just like us, yet they endure what we could never imagine, and are ennobled in ways they… — Ron Shelton Copy Share Image
There are those moments where you realize that your parents or your heroes are human and are fallible. That concept, in and… — Simon Helberg Copy Share Image
The word 'hero' has been bandied about a lot to refer to anyone killed in Afghanistan or Iraq. But anyone who voluntarily… — Ted Rall Copy Share Image
“I was a little morally screwed up. I found my footing though, and I took the hard road to do it. I… — Kate Stewart Copy Share Image
I've had a chance to meet some of my civil rights heroes and, more recently, members of the young generation around [Barack]… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
If we lived in a State where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us good, and greed would make us saintly.… — Robert Bolt 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's always a villain in every book, in every movie. In every story you have the hero and what he wants, and… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I went to film school so I have a writing and directing background, and I think a lot of the material I'm… — Danny McBride Copy Share Image
People are like, "Why are you all dressed up? Did you dress up just for me?" I'm like "No, I dressed up… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh, that is to say over fear: fear of poverty, of suffering,… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
To see cartoon-me positioned (alphabetically) amongst so many of my women heroes and role models ... well, I just broke down and… — Kate Bornstein Copy Share Image
THAT Perseus always won. That's why my momhad named me after him, even if he was son of Zeus ann I was… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Our country, if you read the 'Federalist Papers,' is about disagreement. It's about pitting faction against faction, divided government, checks and balances.… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
When I had left home in Delhi in 1956 to come to Bombay to become a hero, my father gave me a… — Manoj Kumar Copy Share Image
Utilitarianism had found [in Samuel Smiles' Self-Help] its portrait gallery of heroes, inscribed with a vigorous exhortation to all men to strive… — John Carroll Copy Share Image
When your hero falls from grace, all fairy tales are uncovered Myth exposed and pain magnified, the grace pays uncovered He told… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
“At the word sacrifice, something sparked in the Fate's cold eyes. He held the girl tighter, carrying her in his bloodstained arms… — Stephanie Garber Copy Share Image
Hero Ride gives everyone the opportunity to get involved with an incredible charity, and the beauty of this challenge is that you… — Peta Todd Copy Share Image
The only way to resonate at a level that persuades is to know who you are addressing. If it's true that the… — Nancy Duarte Copy Share Image
When people do love our show [Heroes] and they put on the costumes, they know everything about our characters. And it is… — Hayden Panettiere Copy Share Image
We need to confront the crisis of Islamic extremism and the Islamists and Islamic terror of all kinds. We must stop what… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
And it would be a bit out of character. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may have started out as a reformer, but he… — Peter Kenyon Copy Share Image
The liberal feminist movement never imagined that women would take seriously the encouragement to become our own heroes and claim life for… — Tammy Bruce Copy Share Image
Young people and Indian people need to know that we existed in the 20th Century. We need to know who our heroes… — Russell Means Copy Share Image
What Guitar Hero has done is to turn music inside out. Whereas the iPod made music very personal, very singular - you… — Dan Rosensweig Copy Share Image
“Fairy tales are full of girls who wait, who endure, who suffer. Good girls. Obedient girls. Girls who crush nettles until their… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
We lost faith in authority in the '50s, up to a point, and we spawned a lot of anti-heroes in movies, which… — Brendan Gleeson Copy Share Image
I wrote a play once called 'Lobby Hero,' which I thought turned out very well, but there's no final version of it.… — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
![“An artist has an obligation to tell the truth. [...] that the true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves. We are the monsters. (And the heroes too). Each of us has within himself the capacity for great good, and great evil.” quote by George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/783/george-r-r-martin-2-926_art_an-artist-has-an-obligation-to-tell-the_1622821.jpg)
![“Small business is the gateway to opportunity for those who want a piece of the American dream. [...] Well, wouldn't it be nice to hear a little more about the forgotten heroes of America-those who create most of our new jobs, like the owners of stores down the street; the faithfuls who support our…” quote by Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/ronald-reagan-119_america_small-business-is-the-gateway-to-opportu_217142.jpg)
![“The word 'hero' has been bandied about a lot to refer to anyone killed in Afghanistan or Iraq. But anyone who voluntarily goes to Afghanistan or Iraq [as a soldier] is fighting for an evil cause under an evil commander in chief.” quote by Ted Rall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/ted-rall-13770_afghanistan_the-word-hero-has-been-bandied-about-a-l_1189882.png)
![“I've had a chance to meet some of my civil rights heroes and, more recently, members of the young generation around [Barack] Obama, people in their teens and twenties who were determined to make history and who were too idealistic to think that what they were trying to do might be impossible. They…” quote by Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7a/van-jones-984_america_i-ve-had-a-chance-to-meet-some-of-my-civ_727277.png)
![“There's always a villain in every book, in every movie. In every story you have the hero and what he wants, and that is the MacGuffin. The whole thing is about who's gonna get the MacGuffin. This piece that this Ace of Spades blog wrote is that's how the media covers [Barack] Obama, and I have…” quote by Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e43/rush-limbaugh-28_aces_there-s-always-a-villain-in-every-book-i_181419.jpg)
![“Utilitarianism had found [in Samuel Smiles' Self-Help] its portrait gallery of heroes, inscribed with a vigorous exhortation to all men to strive in their image; this philistine romanticism established the bourgeois hero-prototype the penniless office-boy who works his way to economic fortune and…” quote by John Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b69/john-carroll-16284_bourgeois_utilitarianism-had-found-in-samuel-smile_1733275.jpg)
![“When people do love our show [Heroes] and they put on the costumes, they know everything about our characters. And it is overwhelming at the same time. But you know, it's something that we're grateful and that's the reason why our show's continued to succeed.” quote by Hayden Panettiere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/009/hayden-panettiere-8329_character_when-people-do-love-our-show-heroes-and_3002986.jpg)
