I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better… — Gene Siskel Copy Share Image
War was a way of life for Americans in the early forties. Heroism was expected. — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
“You can survive without artistry, but you cannot live without artistry.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as a “war hero”, because there is nothing about war that is heroic.” — Michelle Templet Copy Share Image
Those whom the world has delighted to honor have oftener been influenced in their doings by ambition and vanity than by patriotism. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Gentlemen- by which I mean, of course, latter adolescents who aspire to manhood gentlemen, here is a truth: Enduring tedium over real… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“Winners of some competition are not heroes, heroes are not found in the competition, heroes win much more severe battles than competition… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of the… — Rosa DeLauro Copy Share Image
Institutionalised in sports, the military, acculturated sexuality, the history and mythology of heroism, violence is taught to boys until they becomes its… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
Courage doesn't always involve physical heroism in the face of death. It doesn't always require giant leaps worthy of celebration. Sometimes, courage… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Duty comes in many forms; at times duty to country may conflict with duty to family. Yet, with a lucid mind the… — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
“People have seen too many common people like them, and they are bored by it. They need heroes.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
In war-time a man is called a hero. It doesn't make him any braver, and he runs for his life. But at… — Jean Giraudoux Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
William Graebner's brilliant analysis of America's struggles over the meaning of Patty Hearst gives us not only new perspectives on the 1970s,… — Beth Bailey Copy Share Image
Feminist art is not some tiny creek running off the great river of real art. It is not some crack in an… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
I believe in a passionately strong feeling for the poetry of life - for the beautiful, the mysterious, the romantic, the ecstatic… — Leopold Stokowski Copy Share Image
“Everyday heroism is all about doing what we ought to on a daily basis and regardless of the tons of pressures that… — Assegid Habtewold Copy Share Image
“Today is my last day as a human, tomorrow I am going to be a hero.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The chief business of the nation, as a nation, is the setting up of heroes, mainly bogus. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When you have to spread heroism across too many players, you don't get to really dig deep into each of them as… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
The criminal law has, from the point of view of thwarted virtue, the merit of allowing an outlet for those impulses of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
