The people who stood out in the Sandy Hook incident, the heroes, were the normal, ordinary people who went to save those children.
Cockiness is a display of an empty lifestyle, humility is when you see yourself as a zero while others are making you their hero.
We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words, you are the hero of your own story.
Francis Ford Coppola - A man climbs a mountain and they call him a hero. I climb mountains that aren't even there.
I was shaped by the heroes in the films I saw, which you always want to emulate and be like. I wanted to be like Alan Ladd, Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart.
Nostalgia for dead tyrants and the longing for heroes are unhealthy, and they can result in the deification of a Saddam as easily as a Havel or Mandela.
One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being.
I don't want to be your hero. I want to be your brother. You know, I want to be your family member. I want to be your equal.
We've become slaves to words like 'local,' 'fresh,' and 'seasonal.' We all want to be Thomas Jefferson's agrarian hero, but sustainable food is a difficult beast.
Roy Acuff was a big hero for me, and I was so sad when he passed. It's hard as you get older to lose your friends and family.
Everyone I'm photographing, I feel like I'm remaking a family, in a way. My brothers and sisters are my heroes. So many of my models resemble them.
This country-right-or-wrong business is getting a little out-of-date.. History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.
I was a shy, awkward sort of a boy and my father's frequent absences from home, along with my hero worship for him, made me even shyer.
Humor is rare in science fiction... there's so little of it that it automatically reminds you of other heroes with that acerbic humor when you find it.
I like George Carlin's jokes. I like his humor. He's one of my heroes, and I like what he did with talking about everyday things.
Real heroes are those who face death for a principle - say, to save the lives of others - without any promise of reward.
Surely martyrs, irrespective of the special phase of the divine idea for which they gladly give up their bodies to torture and to death, are the truest heroes of history.
Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great man.
The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
When you're not playing the hero of the story, then you have to know that you're always a foil for the good guy. I love playing that. I think that's always an interesting place to be.
One of the strengths of the DC Universe has been the strength of the rogues' gallery. Often times they're as famous - if not more infamous - than our heroes.
