Hero Quotes

The destroyer Cork, like the useful hero for whom it is named, will be game to the last.

De Niro was a hero of mine. And Sean Penn. But I've realized I can't operate at that level of intensity. That's okay for movies. On TV, when you live with horror day in and day out, you have to protect yourself.

Millions of people thought Archie was a happy hero.

The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers.

We have these rules, the 'hero rules.' Like, a hero doesn't slouch. A hero walks proudly with his head up. A hero walks with a purpose. A hero's always a gentleman.

Linda Hamilton is my hero. She was so tough and so strong and so vulnerable at the same time. I think that's what woman action figures are allowed to be: vulnerable, in a way that women are.

Clint Eastwood has always been a hero.

I think it's irresponsible when celebrities imply they're doing it all themselves. My son has aunties and uncles around all the time, and my husband is my hero. He's really full-on. I couldn't do it any other way.

I loved the idea of the Nerd as Hero, which Ghost World also had.

Freud was a hero. He descended to the Underworld and met there stark terrors. He carried with him his theory as a Medusa's head which turned these terrors to stone.

I became a war hero before going on to critical acclaim as a professional victim.

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

I wish I had more of the hero gene, but I don't think I'd be very good at playing one.

Calculation never made a hero.

As a kid I was fascinated with sports, and I loved sports more than anything else. The first books I read were about sports, like books about Baseball Joe, as one baseball hero was called.

You mustn't fall in love with your own hero.

My uncle was a hero, Lewis Roundtree. He was not even related to me really, but he was always called my uncle. He was like a father to me. I was closer to him than I was my father.

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.

To every little girl, her father is a hero. My father actually is one.

The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.

A hero is a man who does what he can.

I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces.

Most films are written and made with a hero around 35, or even 25.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.

Don Quixote is one that comes to mind in comparison to mine, in that they both involve journeys undertaken by older men. That is unusual, because generally the hero of a journey story is very young.

Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero.

I play Rock Band, which is Guitar Hero times ten. You can play with four people, so when you have parties, you have a real band. Nobody ever wants to sing, so I'm always the one throwing down on the mic.

Michael Moore became an industry hero and the most visible symbol of the Hollywood left.