Hero Quotes · Page 89

I think everything I do has Howard Roark [hero of The Fountainhead] in it, you know, as much as anything. The person…

— Neil Peart

I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

— Christopher Reeve

“Hero,” he said softly, in a manner that was much like his father’s. “Vengeance and glory are the ways of the Greeks…

— Sulari Gentill

Any number of my former brothers felt they would make heroes of themselves in the Nation of Islam if they killed me.…

— Malcolm X

What wounded veteran's don't need is sympathy. THey need to be treated like the men they are: equals, heroes, and people who…

— Chris Kyle

“Do you know the difference between a hero and a martyr?” Quentin shook his head. “A hero is alive,” Father Harry said.…

— Scott Sigler

I just wish one of the big American studios had bought 'Devdas.' They would have pitched the film for the Oscars in…

— Sanjay Leela Bhansali

One blob of red in the wrong place and the audience isn't looking at the hero, they're looking at a patch of…

— Terence Fisher

“Rescuers tended to be decisive, fast-thinking, risk-taking, independent, adventurous, openhearted, rebellious, and unusually flexible—able to switch plans, abandon habits, or change ingrained…

— Diane Ackerman

I think the idea of a heightened reality and then the fantasy that we're able to be swept up in, and then…

— Chris Hemsworth

I think a lot of male artists should and probably are thinking in the same ways. The culture has moved in a…

— Laura Owens

“The moral, I suppose, would be that the first requirements for a heroic career are the knightly virtues of loyalty, temperance, and…

— Joseph Campbell

Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important, but because they also convey universal truths about…

— Alan Hirsch

To change man, the audience by which he judges himself must be changed. A man is defined by his audience: by the…

— Luke Rhinehart

Well now I'm no hero, that's understood. All the redemption I can offer girl, is beneath this dirty hood. With a chance…

— Bruce Springsteen

However, unlike some of my friends and students, I don't think it's a laughing matter. I think it is frightening to see…

— Mohammad Marandi

I wish that the people who sing about the deeds of heroes would think about the people who have to clear up…

— Terry Pratchett

I don't like James Bond. They made him a super hero, but he is just an agent, a human being. In my…

— King Hu

“I like it when a flower or a little tuft of grass grows through a crack in the concrete. It's so fuckin'…

— George Carlin

My mom is my hero. [She] inspired me to dream when I was a kid, so anytime anyone inspires you to dream,…

— Tim McGraw

A thousand glorious actions that might claim Triumphant laurels, and immortal fame, Confus'd in crowds of glorious actions lie, And troops of…

— Joseph Addison

I'd like to do something to help the worst afflicted, but I can't. It's not possible to save everybody. Even heroes have…

— Darren Shan

The real problem with being around James was that he was always the hero. And what did that make you? Either the…

— Lev Grossman

While the hero journeys for external fame, fortune, and power, the heroine tries to regain her lost creative spirit… Once she hears…

— Valerie Estelle Frankel

If a guy can play Guitar Hero with me and sit at home and watch the Food Network and read magazines with…

— Blake Lively

“...you are your own hero. Do not wait for someone to save you, rescue you or tell you that you are ok.…

— John Goode

That was when the world wasn't so big and I could see everywhere. It was when my father was a hero and…

— Markus Zusak

Don't ever make the mistake with people like me thinking we are looking for heroes. There aren't any and if there were,…

— Gore Vidal

When a comedian can turn hero and has the will power to work out for a six pack, he can easily fit…

— Tanikella Bharani

Characters have to make sacrifices. To really, really feel the true emotion and the hero's journey, they have to go through trials,…

— Joe Russo

Every hero mirrors the time and place in which he lives. He must reflect men's innermost hopes and beliefs in a public…

— Marshall Fishwick

“There once was a hero who flew too close to the sun. His wings of wax fell apart and he plummeted to…

— Hiromu Arakawa

I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force…

— Mackenzie Astin

It's humbling to see kids look up to me or be in awe or see me as a hero or some type…

— Danny Green

“Robin: I'm a hero, Starfire, and if you don't like it... Starfire: Robin? I like it more then you will ever know.”

— Teen Titans Trouble in Tokyo

The political hero is not like the sports champion or matinee idol or daring inventor; like the war hero, he is born…

— David Grann

I'm not a hero or a superstar. I'm an everyday guy. I feel happy when children approach me. I feel that something…

— Boman Irani

Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society.

— Anita Brookner

Jewish authors would never have invented either that style nor that morality; and the Gospel has marks of truth so great, so…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

What people adore about superhero movies is the signal quality of the Christopher Nolan films - their complete lack of irony when…

— John Podhoretz