Top 1200 Real Heroes Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

From Jesse James to Charles Manson, the media, since their inception, have turned criminals into folk heroes.

I knew always that Holland gave away the most Jews of all the countries. We are not the heroes that are in the history books.

They say don't meet your heroes, but when it comes to Bowie, he truly is the most brilliant person I've ever met.

Wow. I'm humbled and I'm honored. To be in the International Boxing Hall of Fame with so many of my friends and heroes is overwhelming.

I also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth.

I never thought of London in terms of possible heroes - of course, there are thousands. It's a very talented city.

Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter; a major influence on my own music from the very start.

I suppose ultimately I'm interested in music. I'm a musician. I'm not a gunslinger. That's the difference between what I do and what a lot of guitar heroes do.

When you're working opposite Halle Berry, you're going to get a lot. So you have to give a lot. That said, what I've found striking in the past few days is that people are aware of a good chemistry that exists between us on screen. If that's so, it's due to the fact that she and I have a real liking for each other in real life and a real mutual respect.

The business side of real estate investing is fraught with risk. Unlike purchasing mutual funds or savings bonds, with real estate, you can lose money; this is one of the reasons that seasoned real estate investors caution neophytes never to get too emotional about a property and always be willing to walk away.

I used to play quite a good lead guitar, R&B style. Clapton and BB King are heroes.

I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.

Sometimes all it takes is a kind word of encouragement to get your heroes back on the right path.

I always wanted to work with Betty White, because she is one of my heroes of all time, and I just love her.

When [the magician] clicks his fingers and cards change to the four aces, we know we have experienced sleight of hand. Real magic would not be quite that quick and easy. Real magic would take investment. Real magic would draw you in, and make you nervous.

Historians from England will say I am a liar, but history is written by those who have hanged heroes.

We think that we live in a heterosexual society because most men are fixated on women as sexual objects; but, in fact, we live ina homosexual society because all credible transactions of power, authority, and authenticity take place among men; all transactions based on equity and individuality take place among men. Men are real; therefore, all real relationship is between men; all real communication is between men; all real reciprocity is between men; all real mutuality is between men.

Real confidence has no bluster or bombast. It's not rooted in a desire to seem better than everyone else and it's not driven by a fear of appearing weak. Real confidence settles in when you have a clear vision of exactly what you need to do. Real confidence blooms as you wield the skills and power you have built through your hard work and discipline.

I was never able to write seriously about heroes because I was very aware that I was not one and that in my background there was not this heroic thing.

It would be a dream come true to appear on Turner Classic Movies with Robert Osborne, who is one of my heroes.

We'd never thought we'd get to travel so extensively, meet our heroes, and collaborate with so many people.

I love the individual characters that cricket produces and, more than most other sports, the unlikely heroes.

Honoring our nation's heroes and their caregivers is a cause very important to me - especially on Independence Day.

Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.

I was raised by two actors in a moment in time - the Seventies - when there was no judgment of characters, no heroes and bad guys.

Some write a narrative of wars and feats, Of heroes little known, and call the rant A history.

Loner heroes do appeal to that part of yourself that feels as though your genius hasn't been recognised.

To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self.

The mob that hails the man on horseback, the Caesars and conquering heroes, does not retain its freedoms for long.

In every man the memory of the struggles and the heroes of the past is alive. But these memories are not incompatible with the desire for peace in the future.

In America, we have holidays and monuments that celebrate heroes from our past, most of whom have legacies that are settled.

For many terrorists, carrying out an attack allowed them to become the heroes of their own story.

Real person. real name. I won't divulge too much, but it's not a fake name. And it's not a fake person. I guess that's the best answer I can say: It's not a fake name and it's not a fake person. But it's not her real name and it's not a real person either.

We can bring this country together. But we must realize that our heroes in blue are part of the solution and not the problem.

I have many queer friends who I consider to be heroes of mine, and they feel the same way toward me.

I would like to acquire a document autographed by John Witherspoon, who signed the Declaration of Independence and is one of my American heroes.

A post-9/11, modern take being Batman training people to be the heroes they know they can be on their own.

Smokey Robinson is one of my heroes as a singer and songwriter, a major influence on my own music from the very start.

Ultimately, all I wanted was for players to feel like they were in the real world. I wanted them to be able to apply real world common sense to the problems confronting them, and I thought recreating real world locations would encourage that kind of thinking. There's also just a real power, a real thrill, when you fire up a game and see a place you've been or want to go, and then get to do all the stuff you WANT to do there but know you'll get arrested if you try! If that isn't the stuff of fantasy - far more than exploring some goofy dwarven mine or alien spaceship - I don't know what is!

If the concept of the Enterprise crew meeting the Legion of Super-Heroes doesn't appeal to you, there may be something wrong with you.

Not being white has never prevented me from enjoying Luke Skywalker or Han Solo. These are heroes of mine.

It didn’t matter the quality of the writing— Callie’s fantasies about her fictional heroes were entirely democratic.

Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, singers of songs.

On the one hand, the press, television, and movies make heroes of vandals by calling them whiz kids.

Hero worship has died with heroes, and if someone bows down today, it is to pick up something.

Pretty girl and all. Asking. Gotta love that. Stuff of heroes. Don't get the role too often.

CAA has a great history of representing fantastic talent, many of whom are my heroes in film and television.

The things that drive me are poverty, and pain, and knowing that I don't want to end up being alone and I want to do something with my life and I want the name Dobson to remain in everyone's heads. Basically, just to rock and be the best performer I can be, and be true, and be real, and give people the real Fefe, nothing fake, all real.

If you want to be a real human being - a real woman, a real man - you cannot tolerate things which put you to indignation, to outrage. You must stand up. I always say to people, 'Look around; look at what makes you unhappy, what makes you furious, and then engage yourself in some action.'

It's hard to not act like a fan when you're in these scenes with your heroes, but you can't do that because you respect everybody so much.

I remember sitting on my couch on a Saturday watching reruns of 'The Real World.' And it said, 'Do you want to be on 'The Real World?' Go to MTV.com, and you can try out there.' And I said, 'I want to be on 'The Real World.'' And I sent in my tape.

Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay, but we can honor their sacrifice.

Rebellion per se is not a virtue. If it were, we would have some heroes on very low levels.

I think the Greeks were the only people ever to nail character. Their heroes are deeply flawed.

It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real, America.

And he did see--that life was rotten, that there were no heroes, really, and that you couldn't trust anybody, not even yourself.

We are built to love. Have the bravery to open the heart you have contracted from life's disappointments. This is how the heroes roll.

The standard that measures two things is something different from either. You are, in fact, comparing them both with some Real Morality, admitting that there is such a thing as a real Right, independent of what people think, and that some people's ideas get nearer to that real Right than others.

My heroes don't have anything special. They have something to tell other people but they don't know how, so they talk to themselves.

The history of Real Madrid is impressive, and Cristiano Ronaldo added a piece more to the history of this club, but Real Madrid can't stop. The player changes club, stops playing, retires and Real Madrid will still be here.