Hero Quotes

2488 Hero quotes by 1701 unique authors

I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in an extremely corny way. — Ian Fleming
Heroes are very human, most of them; very easily touched by praise. — Max Beerbohm
A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addict, or a disc jockey, or a crummy… — Andrea Dworkin
In America, the policeman is a working-class hero. In England, the policeman is a working-class traitor. — Martin Amis
Some people who've read my story think I had a terrible childhood and that I was neglected or even abused, while others feel that my… — Jeannette Walls
You don't send a man to his death because you want a hero. — Paddy Chayefsky
A devotee who can call on God while living a householder's life is a hero indeed. God thinks: 'He is blessed indeed who prays to… — Ramakrishna
Embracing and rejecting tradition, bound and liberated by faith, torn between obscurantism and reason, self-assured and self-critical, they were a kaleidoscope of fragments, positions held… — Israel Shenker
We moderns do not believe in demigods, but our smallest hero we expect to feel and act as a demigod. — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
I knew how to read box scores and who the baseball heroes were before I had ever seen or even heard much of a game. — W. P. Kinsella
When I started studying acting in New York, I didn't plan to be an action hero. I just wanted to learn acting because I felt… — Dolph Lundgren
What really grabs me is when a reader writes to express her personal story and how a book helped her situation, or her acceptance of… — Lurlene McDaniel
Everyone I'm photographing, I feel like I'm remaking a family, in a way. My brothers and sisters are my heroes. So many of my models… — Ryan McGinley
Martin Lawrence is one of my comedic heroes, and he's a genius. — Tracy Morgan
Look, we're in the time of the anti-hero. — Dean Norris
Music is my only guide. I don't care if people pigeonhole me. Miles Davis is my hero. He covered Cindy Lauper and Michael Jackson, and… — Meshell Ndegeocello
My heroes are guys like Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Matt Damon. These are amazing actors with amazing careers that every actor should aspire to.… — Dylan O'Brien
My first hero, as a teenager, was James Connolly. I remember discovering that he was a feminist, and that was an eye-opener, coming from a… — Frances O'Grady
We all want heroes and we all want somebody to look up to. — Stacie Orrico
The real hero must fail in order to succeed. — William C. Brown
Who would have predicted... that Dubcek, who brought the tanks in in Czechoslovakia in 1968 is now being proclaimed a hero in Czechoslovakia. Unbelievable. — Dan Quayle
Tina Fey is one of my heroes. — Aubrey Plaza
What happens to each of my female heroes, certainly, is they find something bigger than themselves that they are honored to serve. It's not giving… — Tamora Pierce
I met Jack Bruce, one of my heroes, in a studio while doing some recording. England had just beat Scotland in a big football match… — Andy Partridge
I'm hardly physically right for the hero parts, now am I? — Donald Pleasence

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