Hero Quotes
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The truly tragic kind of suffering is the kind produced and defiantly insisted upon by the hero himself so that, instead of making him better, it makes him worse and when he dies he is not reconciled to the law but defiant, that is, damned. Lear is not a tragic hero, Othello is.
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A tragedy is that moment where the hero comes face to face with his true identity.
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Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.
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The best tragedies are conflicts between a hero and his destiny.
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The only difference between a hero and the villain is that the villain chooses to use that power in a way that is selfish and hurts other people.
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A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.
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Every hero becomes a bore at last.
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine.
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The most important thing is to get the fish in quickly and leave it in the water. Forget the hero pose.
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I have never regarded myself as a hero, but Tenzing undoubtedly was.
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This child, who is grasping the stone, facing the tank, is it not the greatest message to the world when that hero becomes a martyr? We are proud of them.
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Operas elucidate, in a way sometimes absent in other theatrical productions, the very human fact that in every hero, there is a thread of duplicity. In every villain, there is another side to consider: We don't have to like him or her, but we are compelled to think about motivation.
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It's important for a young black kid to see a Mexican hero, just to know that we're all equal.
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I love the idea of a movie hero in a thriller who is able to get ahead by just his brilliance, and not with a gun or by being an action hero.
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In the days when I was the big hero, the money wasn't much. Nobody made anything on television in those days.
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How long will we keep making films where hero-heroine is dancing around trees?
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I have always found myself playing the hero, but I love villains. Villains have more fun.
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I was only a hero by default. The flights were few and far between. There weren't that many astronauts. The moon flights were so interesting and exciting.
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I don't want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself.
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If you have not been a villain at a certain point in time, you will never be a hero. And the day you are a hero, you may become a villain the next day.
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The funny thing is, I was never much of a fighter. Better a live coward than a dead hero, that was my motto.
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You have to be brave and not always play likeable people. It's difficult, because there's a demand for the hero or heroine to be very likeable.
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I read the Steve Jobs book, and that kind of changed everything. I've been, like, an Apple geek my whole life and have always seen him as a hero. But reading the book, and learning about how he built the company, and maintaining that corporate culture and all that, I think that influenced me a lot.
