1,474 Quotes About Hero

Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky. They are people who say: This is my community, and it's my responsibility to make it better.

I have another name for what they're terming whistleblowers, and that's righteous heroes. From Bradley Manning to Snowden. They're people of conscience who are unwilling to turn a blind eye to the crimes of our government. And thank goodness for them.

Martin Lawrence is one of my comedic heroes, and he's a genius.

Muhammad Ali is a combination of personality and athlete who is probably better known around the world than any other. He became a great hero.

I don't know what Joe (DiMaggio) wanted (in regards to being called 'the greatest living ballplayer'), but I don't have a problem, if he wanted to do that. He was my hero. Joe was the best all-around player. Joe was the best. I only played against him once, in the '51 Series.

The cynicism that regards hero worship as comical is always shadowed by a sense of physical inferiority

Being an old radical, I like films like Spartacus. I could relate to the hero.

Lance Armstrong is the guy that I would put up there as one of my heroes. He's done something that no one else has done and when you put into it what he overcame, it's absolutely unbelievable.

In the theatre, a hero is one who believes that all women are ladies, a villain one who believes that all ladies are women.