I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another is so transparent.
By : Dean Koontz
The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero.
By : Maxwell Anderson
My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening down there. Who is the real hero?
By : Mitch Hedberg
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.
By : Charles Horton Cooley
Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families' well-being.
By : Evan Bayh
I'm quite influenced in this by one of my heroes, Montaigne, who thought a man's real task was to render as honest an account of himself as he could.
By : Robert Sheckley
And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
By : Walt Whitman
I don't believe in superheroes but I love Batman movies. There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.
By : Aisha Tyler
I guess because I pay so much attention to the physical part of the character, I don't look upon it as like Charlize Theron up there. I don't think of them as like Charlize Theron films.
By : Charlize Theron
A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.
By : Andrew Bernstein