Quotes by Hero As a kid I always idolized the winning athletes. It is one thing to idolize heroes. It is quite another to visualize yourself in their place. When I saw great people, I said to myself: I can be there. Arnold Schwarzenegger athlete hero sports I am absolutely ecstatic about it, ... To say you are one of the 50 favorite villains and one of the 50 favorite heroes in the history of American motion pictures, that is unbelievable, and I felt very honored. Arnold Schwarzenegger motion-pictures villain hero Teddy Roosevelt is still a hero among environmentalists for his conservationist policies. Arnold Schwarzenegger environmentalist policy hero If I can sell tickets to my movies like Red Sonja or Last Action Hero, you know I can sell just about anything. Arnold Schwarzenegger funny-life red hero I became a hero to everyone because I didn't take dialysis and was still alive. Art Buchwald dialysis alive hero True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost. Arthur Ashe memorial-day hero courage Having grown up in a segregated environment in the south I know what it's like to be stepped on, I know what it's like also to see some black hero do well in the face of adversity. Arthur Ashe adversity black hero Disobedience is the stamp of the hero. Arthur Desmond stamps disobedience hero Some say Edward Snowden is a hero and a patriot. Others say he's a fool and a traitor. The evidence is mounting that the guy who leaked the details about the National Security Agency's Internet-eavesdropping program may be something more sinister - namely, a willing tool in China's ongoing cyberwar against our nation. Arthur L. Herman agency guy hero To say that there is a case for heroes is not to say that there is a case for hero worship. The surrender of decision, the unquestioning submission to leadership, the prostration of the average man before the Great Man -- these are the diseases of heroism, and they are fatal to human dignity. History amply shows that it is possible to have heroes without turning them into gods. And history shows, too, that when a society, in flight from hero worship, decides to do without great men at all, it gets into troubles of its own. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. hero average men Every hero is a Samson. The strong man succumbs to the intrigues of the weak and the many; and if in the end he loses all patience he crushes both them and himself. Arthur Schopenhauer crush strong hero Every generation of children has its private hero. Arthur Smith generations hero children Of all the universal lies she accepted unquestioningly, the happy ending was the most absurd. The hero and heroine lived happily ever after, and the ending seemed indisputable, definitive. No questions asked about how long love or happiness lasts in that 'forever' that can be divided into lifetimes, years, months. Even days Arturo Pérez-Reverte hero lying years No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free. Assata Shakur hero giving needs It doesnt matter about money and fame and whatever. I really dont care about that. My thing is, Im happy that Im able to have kids have a hero and have someone that they can look up to. Atticus Shaffer dont-care hero kids Tina Fey is one of my heroes. Aubrey Plaza my-hero fey hero I am well aware that there is such a great craving in man for heroism and the heroic, and that hero worship forms not a small motif in his complex. I am also aware that, unless man believes in his own heroism and the heroism of others, he cannot achieve much or great things. We must, however, take proper care that we do not make a fetish of this cult of hero-worship, for then we will turn ourselves into votaries of false gods and prophets. Aung San hero men believe With 'Invincible', I wanted to create my own version of the Marvel or DC universe, with my own heroes and villains. Austin Grossman invincible villain hero Even if I turned myself in, it wouldn't change anything. It wouldn't make me one of them. I knew that when I got my powers, but really I knew it before then. I learned it as a child on my first day of school, on the warm rainy streets of Bangkok, and in college. If you're different you always know it, and you can't fix it even if you want to. What do you do when you find out your heart is the wrong kind? You take what you're given, and be the hero you can be. Hero to your own cold, inverted heart. Austin Grossman hero heart children Usually, you have two people in a scene, and in the history of cinema the hero is most likely going to be the white guy. And the other guy is his friend who is carrying the bag or whatever, and you're not going to light for that guy. Ava DuVernay light hero two «678910111213141516»