1,474 Quotes About Hero

You want to be a hero. That is why you do such silly things.

I'm a sucker for hero worship.

Entrepreneurs are the forgotten heroes of America.

The word 'hero' has been bandied about a lot to refer to anyone killed in Afghanistan or Iraq. But anyone who voluntarily goes to Afghanistan or Iraq [as a soldier] is fighting for an evil cause under an evil commander in chief.

Dead people can be our heroes because they can't disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as we forget more and more about them.

Bette Davis, she was so brilliant and one of my heroes, but she worked a ton, and then she didn't get All About Eve [1950] until the last minute. Claudette Colbert was supposed to be Margo Channing, but then she broke her back and couldn't do it. That allowed Davis to play her age.

One person can and does make a difference.

When you banish the dragons you banish the heroes.

I was never built to play the hero. Physically or emotionally... And they're not as rewarding to play. At least for me.