20th century Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Superman! Champion of the oppressed. The physical marvel who had sworn to devote his existence to helping those in need.

— Jerry Siegel

“He’s a hero!” I scoffed. “Apparently there’s Batman, Wonder Woman, and Greg Heyward. He’s replacing Superman in the Holy Trinity.”

— Sean Kennedy

[I]n 1938, Superman appeared. He had been mailed to the offices of National Periodical Publications from Cleveland, by a couple of Jewish boys who…

— Michael Chabon

Superman is a traditional archetype in our culture, this all-powerful but benign doer of good, protector and friend. If he could succumb to the…

— Dana Reeve

For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can…

— J. Michael Straczynski

I was thinking, too, of Superman and his fortress of solitude.

— Michael Chabon

He was, after all, the ultimate rebel -- it takes a lot of cojones to stand up to Zeus.

— Jasper Fforde

'Superman' had nothing to do with the superhero or physical power. It's a reference to the book 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra,' by Friedrich Nietzsche, who…

— Donovan

It was man who first made men believe in gods.

— Critias

I think of Superman as the ultimate vanilla hero. He's this perfect refugee, this perfect immigrant from another planet who embodies the American dream.

— Antje Traue

He was, albeit only briefly, the hero of the world's hopes.

— David Cannadine

Johnny Appleseed was revered . . he was . . . an evangelist (of a doctrine veering perilously close to pantheism).

— Michael Pollan