Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer. Votes: 4
Ronald Reagan'Heroes' was a huge show with 12 cast members and giant special effects. Votes: 3
Sendhil RamamurthyHeroes did not make our liberties; they but reflected and illustrated them. Votes: 3
James A. GarfieldHeroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves. Votes: 3
Carol Lynn PearsonHeroes are hero no matter if everybody is watching them or nobody watching them. Votes: 3
Amit KalantriHeroes make us smile because they not only rescue us outwardly, but inwardly too. Votes: 3
Richelle E. GoodrichHeroes and cowards feel exactly the same fear. Heroes just react to it differently. Votes: 3
Cus D'AmatoHeroes need monsters to establish their heroic credentials. You need something scary to overcome. Votes: 3
Margaret AtwoodHeroes aren't allowed to be nervous." "Who made up that rule?" "It's a known fact... Votes: 3
David EddingsHeroes are heroes because they are heroic in behavior, not because they won or lost. Votes: 3
Nassim Nicholas TalebHeroes do extraordinary things. What I did was not an extraordinary thing. It was normal. Votes: 3
Irena SendlerHeroes show us courage, honor, integrity and strength. Now more than ever, we need heroes. Votes: 3
John Patrick HickeyHeroes, well, they don't live so long. But they're muy suave, and we all admire them. Votes: 3
Nancy FarmerHeroes became heroes flaws and all. You don't have to be perfect to fulfill your dream. Votes: 3
Peter McWilliamsWhen faced with the choice to Love or Decieve, therein lies the path to the Heroes and Thieves. Votes: 3
Vanessa CarltonWe could steal time, just for one day We can be Heroes, for ever and ever What d'you say? Votes: 3
David BowieHeroes aren't born, they' re cornered. Oh, I was cornered. And I found out that I was no hero. Votes: 3
James BelushiHeroes in books should be so much better than heroes got up for the world's common wear and tear Votes: 3
Anthony TrollopeNurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes. Votes: 2
Benjamin DisraeliWe relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too. Votes: 2
Helen HayesNobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories. Votes: 2
George R. R. MartinJames Bond is one of those heroes that all guys feel they could actually be like. Votes: 2
Pierce BrosnanMy brother is one of my true heroes. Steady and sober where I am impulsive and emotional. Votes: 2
Mark McKinnonMy heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them. Votes: 2
BonoHard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed. Votes: 2
Bob RileyAll actual heroes are essential men, And all men possible heroes. Votes: 0
Elizabeth Barrett BrowningSpartans, stoics, heroes, saints and gods use short and positive speech. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe culture-heroes of our liberal bourgeois civilisation are ant-liberal and ant-bourgeois . . . Votes: 0
Susan SontagTo think great thoughts you must be heroes as well as idealists. Votes: 0
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.Our heroes of the former days deserved and gained their never-fading bays. Votes: 0
Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of RoscommonThose novels with old-fashioned heroes and heroines in them -- are ruinous! Votes: 0
William Dean HowellsVideogames need more women and are too reliant on male, stubble-covered heroes. Votes: 0
Rhianna PratchettOnce you realise that heroes die, everything becomes that much more terrifying. Votes: 0
David BenioffYesterday's shining heroes of Brexit have become the sorrowful heroes of today. Votes: 0
Jean-Claude JunckerOf two heroes, he who esteems his rivals the most is the greatest. Votes: 0
Laurent Angliviel de la BeaumelleTake away ambition and vanity, and where will be your heroes and patriots? Votes: 0
Seneca the YoungerGrace is given to heal the spiritually sick, not to decorate spiritual heroes Votes: 0
Martin LutherI love the Victoria's Secret Angels. They're sort of my gorgeous glamour heroes. Votes: 0
Jennifer Love HewittChildren demand that their heroes should be fleckless, and easily believe them so . Votes: 0
George EliotGreat heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. Votes: 0
Peter S. BeagleYou know, heroes are ordinary people that have achieved extraordinary things in life. Votes: 0
Dave WinfieldThere will always be trouble so there will always be a time for heroes Votes: 0
David Paul KirkpatrickAside from comic book heroes, the only real life heroes I had were musicians. Votes: 0
Andy BiersackGrowing up, my parents were my heroes, in the way they conducted their lives. Votes: 0
Chris HemsworthMy heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours. Votes: 0
Adam BaldwinHow important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! Votes: 0
Maya AngelouAll of my heroes, like Dali, are people who pioneered various forms of cinema. Votes: 0
Marilyn MansonPerfect heroes are cool, but no one can really empathize or identify with them. Votes: 0
Masashi KishimotoWe love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution. Votes: 0
Barry RitholtzMy heroes are just everyday people who work hard, are honest and have integrity. Votes: 0
Jordin SparksFuture will always remember the heroes, its because of them there exist a future. Votes: 0
Amit KalantriFor me, personally, I grew up watching American heroes and American movies and TV. Votes: 0
Sean MaguireWould you believe in a story without the heroes? There are stories without heroes. Votes: 0
Pushpa RanaIn the heat of battle, heroes emerge, sometimes from the most unlikely of sources. Votes: 0
Brian HerbertI'm not interested in the heroes or the villains. I'm interested in playing people. Votes: 0
Anson MountIf we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women. Votes: 0
Abigail AdamsLeaders console the world with their speeches, heroes console the world with their actions. Votes: 0
Amit KalantriYou [the Gallaudet students] have brought the deaf community together.... You are my heroes. Votes: 0
Tom HarkinTragic heroes are failed pragmatists. Their ends are unrealistic and their means are impractical. Votes: 0
Adam PhillipsThe Americans are certainly hero-worshipers, and always take their heroes from the criminal classes. Votes: 0
Oscar WildeThe cowards think of what they can lose, the heroes of what they can win. Votes: 0
Jean-Michel CharlierAll great heroes have a flaw. It's one of the things that makes them heroes. Votes: 0
Jennifer McMahonWell, I love Bob Dylan, let's make that clear. He's one of my musical heroes. Votes: 0
Tim HeideckerPoets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive. Votes: 0
Alphonse de LamartineA nation that fails to honor its heroes, soon will have no heroes to honor.... Votes: 0
Winston ChurchillPeople watch the Olympics because they want to believe in heroes; I know I did. Votes: 0
Mikaela ShiffrinThere are so many heroes just walking around in everyday life. It blows me away. Votes: 0
Charisma CarpenterIf you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes. Votes: 0
Guy KawasakiHence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but heroes fight like Greeks. Votes: 0
Winston ChurchillLife is not simple, and people can't be boxed into being either heroes or villains. Votes: 0
Jessica HagedornMyths of the heroes speak most eloquently of man's quest to choose life over death. Votes: 0
Dorothy Norman[ Jonathan] Edwards is one of my heroes. I've learned much from him over the years. Votes: 0
Oliver D. CrispI have my heroes. Some of whom are still alive, and unfortunately many that aren't. Votes: 0
Mike RoyerWhat the church most needs is not heroes of faith, but faithful followers of Jesus. Votes: 0
Scot McKnightI don't believe in anti-heroes. Duke Wayne played a mean guy but never an anti-hero. Votes: 0
Joel McCreaThe unsung heroes of the civil rights movement were always the wives and the mothers. Votes: 0
Andrew YoungPeople are not born heroes or villains; theyâre created by the people around them. Votes: 0
Chris ColferI teethed on books of heroes such as Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and King David. Votes: 0
Luke FordEverybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters. Votes: 0
Keith RichardsWell, I think there are no villains in this world. There are just misunderstood heroes. Votes: 0
Tom HiddlestonI hope that some day scientists can be considered heroes again, instead of Paris Hilton. Votes: 0
Walter IsaacsonThey used to say Palestinians fight like heroes, now they say heroes fight like Palestinians Votes: 0
Norman FinkelsteinSocieties need heroes. So we travel to places where the revisionists cannot dismantle the great. Votes: 0
David GemmellDads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, singers of songs. Votes: 0
Pam BrownAs you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary. Votes: 0
Ernest HemingwayThe souls of heroes are forged by the gods and tempered with the pain of life. Votes: 0
Brian RathboneIt was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes. Votes: 0
Richard DonnerMy heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes. Votes: 0
Michael JordanI like horror; I like comedy; I like drama; I like action; I like female heroes. Votes: 0
Joss WhedonIn the matter of spirit follow the Gods, in the matter of work follow the heroes. Votes: 0
Amit KalantriFighting is like champagne. It goes to the heads of cowards as quickly as of heroes. Votes: 0
Margaret MitchellAnd you will understand all too soon That you, my children of battle, are your heroes Votes: 0
Nikki GiovanniOur admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes. Votes: 0
Elbert HubbardBooks are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes. Votes: 0
Edward GibbonMake heroes out of the employees who personify what you want to see in the organization. Votes: 0
Anita RoddickSometimes, son," my father said, prying my fingers free, "you have to help the heroes along. Votes: 0
Brandon SandersonI don't like nihilistic characters. As bad guys they're great, but as heroes they don't work. Votes: 0
Drew GoddardWhen my friends were besotted with Jason Donovan, my heroes were Colm O'Rourke and Barney Rock Votes: 0
John B. KeaneHistory is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts. Votes: 0
Ian FlemingHistory is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts. Votes: 0
Ian FlemingHistory, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness. Votes: 0
James Fenimore CooperHistory, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness. Votes: 0
James F. CooperDeath, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it. Votes: 0
Ellis PetersLearn about the incorruptible King, and know his heroes who never inflict slaughter on the peoples. Votes: 0
TertullianSimultaneously, my two biggest heroes are Susan Sontag and Morticia Addams from 'The Addams Family.' Votes: 0
Caitlin MoranLovers, children, heroes, none of them do we fantasize as extravagantly as we fantasize our parents. Votes: 0
Francine du Plessix GrayI like heroes, and would like to be a hero myself. I suppose we all want that. Votes: 0
John Rhys-DaviesFor as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced. Votes: 0
Jim WalshI'm kind of hooked to the game of art and literature; my heroes are artists and writers. Votes: 0
Jim MorrisonEntertain me, heroes of Olympus. Give me a reason to do more." Bacchus to Percy and Jason Votes: 0
Rick RiordanCourage is instinct, and heroes are born in the moment. Trust yourself to be great, I do! Votes: 0
D.C. AkersI think superheroes are heroes with flaws, and in their flaws, there is a sense of humor. Votes: 0
Peter SegalThe chief business of the nation, as a nation, is the setting up of heroes, mainly bogus. Votes: 0
H. L. MenckenGreat occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Votes: 0
Brooke WestcottThere's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were. Votes: 0
Nina SimonePretty girl and all. Asking. Gotta love that. Stuff of heroes. Don't get the role too often. Votes: 0
Karen Marie MoningThe world needs heroes and it's better they be harmless men like me than villains like Hitler Votes: 0
Albert EinsteinBe not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction! Be heroes in an army of construction! Votes: 0
Helen KellerToo many heroes stepping on too many toes, too many yes-men nodding when they really mean no. Votes: 0
Jethro TullPower changes everything till it is difficult to say who are the heroes and who the villains. Votes: 0
Libba BrayI believe we need heroes...we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by. Votes: 0
Richard AttenboroughI like underdogs, I like anti-heroes - people that have a hard time overcoming things in life. Votes: 0
Matthias SchoenaertsI've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience. Votes: 0
Wilson MiznerI like underdogs, I like anti-heroes - people that have a hard time overcoming things in life." Votes: 0
Matthias SchoenaertsWe willingly enter fictional worlds where we cheer our heroes and cry for friends we never had. Votes: 0
Marco TempestI also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth. Votes: 0
Jeffery DeaverListen to your parents, do your homework and listen to your teachers. Those are the real heroes. Votes: 0
Carl CrawfordMythology needs heroes and it needs villains, it needs heroes to fail, it needs heroes to struggle. Votes: 0
William ShatnerCertain characters, mostly heroes, have to be the straight silent type; that is part of the make-up. Votes: 0
Sylvester StalloneI think John Coltrane is one of the great American heroes, like Abraham Lincoln and Emily Dickinson. Votes: 0
Simon Van BooyI used to play quite a good lead guitar, R&B style. Clapton and BB King are heroes. Votes: 0
Philip KerrIt is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build. Votes: 0
Nelson MandelaDon't forget who your heroes are, what they mean to you, and why they mean that to you. Votes: 0
Gale HaroldIf you have a crisis, whether on a ship or wherever, there are heroes who rise above it. Votes: 0
Jerry BruckheimerI can't stand films that make the kids out to be heroes and the parents to be imbeciles. Votes: 0
Molly RingwaldI think I'm a fan of people who were brave, my aunt, my grandmother, those are my heroes. Votes: 0
George EadsThe legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example. Votes: 0
Benjamin DisraeliAlan Menken, for example, is one of my heroes for all of the music he's written for Disney. Votes: 0
Dave KozThese heroes of finance are like beads on a string; when one slips off, all the rest follow. Votes: 0
Henrik IbsenPeople have seen too many common people like them, and they are bored by it. They need heroes. Votes: 0
Amit KalantriGrowing up, you look at guys like Jeff Thomson as heroes, so going past him is pretty special. Votes: 0
Brett LeeHero worship has died with heroes, and if someone bows down today, it is to pick up something. Votes: 0
Natalie Clifford BarneySome write a narrative of wars and feats, Of heroes little known, and call the rant A history. Votes: 0
William CowperWe're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves. Votes: 0
Tom RobbinsWar is not a means but an end. It makes violence respectable and makes sadists look like heroes. Votes: 0
Mary HorlockNo society has any right to forget its workers, because they are the real heroes of the society! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanLife creates new heroes, and new heroes always find it easiest to beat up on the previous heroes. Votes: 0
Lech WalesaTrue courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. Votes: 0
Alfred North WhiteheadHard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the "hero" within us is revealed. Votes: 0
Bob RileyAll the true heroes of history will be forgotten and all the villains will be remembered as heroes. Votes: 0
Leo TolstoyAt the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes. Votes: 0
Jimmy CarterOn the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids. Votes: 0
Ken ThompsonThe women working at abortion clinics are really on the front lines and the true heroes of feminism. Votes: 0
Betty DodsonIn the 1950s and 1960s, the heroes were the long-term investors; today the heroes are the wise guys. Votes: 0
Michael SteinhardtHe and his brothers were heroes at heart - even if they were all bad boy on the outside Votes: 0
Anne MarshJust to be on set with Amy Poehler, who's one of my heroes, was a total dream come true. Votes: 0
Tatiana MaslanyI love female heroes too and would love to bring many more to the big screen in the future. Votes: 0
Kevin FeigeRebellion per se is not a virtue. If it were, we would have some heroes on very low levels. Votes: 0
Norman ThomasWe can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by. Votes: 0
Will RogersThere are a lot of people who can be classified as heroes and do great things and inspire me. Votes: 0
J. R. MartinezA lot of characters now on TV have moved into being anti-heroes, but I wanted to be the hero. Votes: 0
Kieran BewWhat we need now is heroes - millions of them. Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul. Votes: 0
Paul WatsonMy heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can't take that away from me. Votes: 0
Derek JeterSometimes all it takes is a kind word of encouragement to get your heroes back on the right path. Votes: 0
Nancy DuarteA world without braves is a world without heroes, but a world without wisdom is a world of animals. Votes: 0
M.F. MoonzajerIt is vital to see ourselves as part of an ongoing journey started by our heroes in the Scriptures. Votes: 0
Alan HirschHistorians in England will say I am a liar. But history is written by those who have hanged heroes. Votes: 0
Robert the BruceI think heroes are the people that go into houses when they're on fire and save people in hospitals. Votes: 0
Luke EvansYou look up to your heroes and you shouldn't be intimidated by them, you should be inspired by them. Votes: 0
Dave GrohlWe wish our Christian brothers would be honest and permit us our heroes. We do not deny them theirs. Votes: 0
Madalyn Murray O'HairIve been told by readers that they love how my heroes fall in love fast, first, and with conviction. Votes: 0
Sylvia DayI get the same feeling walking into the Opry House as I do when I see one of my heroes. Votes: 0
Blake SheltonWhere once we aspired to be more like our heroes, today we try to make our heroes more like us. Votes: 0
James RozoffThe blood of heroes is closer to the Lord than the ink of scholars and the prayers of the pious. Votes: 0
Julius EvolaThose who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look. Votes: 0
Ronald ReaganTo those of you who are leading LifeGroups, I want you to know, you are the heroes of our mission. Votes: 0
Craig GroeschelIf you can tell me who your heroes are, I can tell you how you're going to turn out in life. Votes: 0
Warren BuffettWhen I was growing up, the really, really cool super heroes were all male - so I wanted to be them. Votes: 0
Virginia MadsenI would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauMy wish is to bring my heroes to the big screen, and many of them have already appeared in my films. Votes: 0
Jackie ChanI admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older. Votes: 0
Frank ShorterI want to be a hero, a small and good kind of hero, even though I know heroes have very short lives. Votes: 0
Boris BeckerI am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men. Votes: 4 Katee Sackhoff
Even in 2014, when romance heroes are as varied as their genre, somewhere in them you can still always find the alpha male. Votes: 1 Sarah MacLean
There's a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called 'funny animal scrolls' were the first narratives in Japanese history, and the heroes of many folk tales have animals as their companions. Votes: 1 Stan Sakai
In every age poets and social reformers have tried to stimulate the people of their own time to a nobler life by enchanting stories of the virtues of the heroes of old. Votes: 1 Alfred Marshall
Walter Mayer was a hero at a Salvation Army home fire in Cincinnati. Votes: 1 Ring Lardner
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. Votes: 2 Ralph Waldo Emerson
I guess I wanted to show people, among other things, that you don't have to be a hero to get through cancer. You can be a craven coward and get through. You have to stay on your medication and take your treatments, that's all. Votes: 1 Harvey Pekar
Being honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside the names of some of my childhood heroes is slightly surreal and incredibly awesome. Votes: 3 Peter Jackson
I used to go to the comic store all the time. I was into comic cards, which are essentially baseball cards for comic book heroes. They have these cool stats on the back. I had collections of these things. I still have a lot of my collection at home. Votes: 4 Brett Dalton
There are so many heroes just walking around in everyday life. It blows me away. Votes: 1 Charisma Carpenter
How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long? Votes: 1 Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous. Votes: 3 Jean-Michel Basquiat
Great battles can make great heroes and heroines. Votes: 4 Ezra Taft Benson
In Greek mythology, the hero wants to be great, but the very concept does not exist in the Indian vocabulary. Yet it has become the global template. And it's a template that won't fit in India. Votes: 1 Devdutt Pattanaik
I think anything we do outside of Gym Class Heroes still falls under the Gym Class Heroes umbrella. There's really no method to the madness. With Gym Class, it's more of a democratic process, and when I'm working on solo stuff, it's just me, either working with producers or sitting in a room by myself. They balance and complement each other. Votes: 1 Travie McCoy
I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions. Votes: 2 Sidney Sheldon
My great-grandfather, Karl Wallenda, was my biggest hero in life, my biggest inspiration behind everything I do. Votes: 1 Nik Wallenda
To every little girl, her father is a hero. My father actually is one. Votes: 3 Alexandra Kerry
There is nothing to be compared to this, 'cause we lost our brother, our hero. The world is mourning. We are mourning. The fans are mourning. It is unreal. Unbelievable. Votes: 2 Jermaine Jackson
My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces. Votes: 2 Sidney Sheldon
Aside from comic book heroes, the only real life heroes I had were musicians. Votes: 3 Andy Biersack
Athletes as role models and heroes is a hoax, a sick hoax. The men and women who are fighting in Iraq, they are the true heroes. Votes: 3 Gale Sayers
We are all inspired by the incredible stories of handicapped people who write novels with their toes, cancer victims who run marathons for cancer research, bereaved parents who set up memorial funds for their lost children. How much easier is it for most of us to be small heroes simply by taking responsibility for our daily lives and transcending our ordinary obstacles? Votes: 3 Danah Zohar
But actual rapists, men who are usually known to (and often loved by) their victims? Men who are sometimes our sports heroes, political leaders, buddies, boyfriends and fathers? Evidence suggests we don't despise them nearly as much as we should. Votes: 3 Jaclyn Friedman
The trouble with super heroes is what to do between phone booths. Votes: 3 Ken Kesey
Freedom begins with what we teach our children. That is why Jews became a people whose passion is education, whose heroes are teachers and whose citadels are schools. Votes: 2 Jonathan Sacks
Athletes as role models and heroes is a hoax, a sick hoax. The men and women who are fighting in Iraq, they are the true heroes. Votes: 3 Gale Sayers
Sweet, loveable, and with every click revealing a new surprise, 'Botanicula' creates both a wonderful world where bees and twigs play in the universe and sets up a daring story of a group of unlikely heroes taking on a tree's last hope of survival. Votes: 3 Rob Manuel