Aces Quote by W. H. Auden Download Open image “The closest modern equivalent to the Homeric hero is the ace fighter pilot.” — W. H. Auden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Aces Aviation Closest Combat Fighter Fighter pilot Hero Modern Pilots
“The modern hero is a person who does something everyone thinks they could do if they were a little stronger, a little faster, a… — John Edwards Copy Share Image
My grandparents were in the military and so is a cousin of mine, and a close buddy, so when I heard the word 'hero,'… — T. J. Oshie Copy Share Image
The speed at which cinema is changing, the definition of hero is also changing. Even a big superstar like Aamir sir plays the role… — Rajkummar Rao Copy Share Image
Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question… — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
I never have met any heroes - except one. The exception is Ian Anderson, flute player extraordinaire, creative musical talent for more than 40… — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
“The critics say that epics have died out with Agamemnon and the goat-nursed gods; I'll not believe it. I could never deem as Payne Knight did, that Homer's heroes measured twelve feet high. They were but men: -his Helen's hair turned grey like any plain Miss Smith's who wears a front; And Hector's infant whimpered at a plume as yours… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share
Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Why doesn't the United States take over the monarchy and unite with England? England does have important assets. Naturally the longer you wait, the… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
The commonest ivory tower is that of the average man, the state of passivity towards experience. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Harrow the house of the dead; look shining at New styles of architecture, a change of heart. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Most poetry is the utterance of a man in some state of passion, love, joy, grief, rage, etc., and no doubt this is as… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Men will pay large sums to whores for telling them they are not bores. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
If age, which is certainly Just as wicked as youth, look any wiser, It is only that youth is still able to believe It… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
I and the public know What all schoolchildren learn, Those to whom evil is done Do evil in return. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
How happy the lot of the mathematician. He is judged solely by his peers, and the standard is so high that no colleague or… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Here's the point - and Jonah Goldberg reminds us of this. He wrote a blog post that was titled "The MacGuffinization of American Politics."… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
A top World War II ace once said that fighter pilots fall into two broad categories: those who go out to kill and those… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So I'm an ace?' Will grinned. 'I'm flattered Halt, flattered. I had no idea you regarded me so highly.' Halt gave him a long-suffering… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
I'm definitely playing next year. That's my ace in the hole. It's a little hard to sit back and watch the guys [this season],… — Tedy Bruschi Copy Share Image
I'm tryin' to build myself bigger than just Ace Hood, I'm tryin' to build myself as a bigger brand - open up clothing lines,… — Ace Hood Copy Share Image
Thanks for the memory Of lingerie with lace, Pilsner by the case And how I jumped the day you trumped my one-and-only ace How… — Leo Robin 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 that is… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
My dresser and I have the hots for the new rugby ace Danny Cipriani. We have a shrine in my dressing room - press… — Julian Clary Copy Share Image
My ace in the hole as a human being used to be my capacity for remembering birthdays. I worked at it. Whenever I made… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
There are two thoughts that will ensure success in all you do; (1) Don't tell everything you know, and (2) until Ace Ventura, no… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
Behold me waiting—waiting for the knife… The thick, sweet mystery of chloroform, The drunken dark, the little death-in-life… [F]ace to face with chance, I… — William Ernest Henley Copy Share Image
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![“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/img-quotes/e43/rush-limbaugh-28_aces_there-s-always-a-villain-in-every-book-i_181419.jpg)
![“Behold me waiting—waiting for the knife… The thick, sweet mystery of chloroform, The drunken dark, the little death-in-life… [F]ace to face with chance, I shrink a little: My hopes are strong, my will is something weak. ...I am ready But, gentlemen my porters, life is brittle: You carry Cæsar and…” quote by William Ernest Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a68/william-ernest-henley-15193_aces_behold-me-waiting-waiting-for-the-knife_269698.jpg)