“The thing about a hero, is even when it doesn't look like there's a light at the end of the tunnel, he's going to keep digging, he's going to keep trying to do right and make up for what's gone before, just because that's who he is.”
Joss Whedon
“We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.”
Will Rogers
“The world needs heroes and it's better they be harmless men like me than villains like Hitler.”
Albert Einstein
“The noir hero is a knight in blood caked armor. He's dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that he's a hero the whole time.”
Frank Miller
“For months you've referred to me as your hero, But it's easy to be brave when I have you to come home to, and hide behind, and hold on to. I wish you the happiest birthday ever... . Let's eat!”
Melissa Gilbert
“The Americans are certainly hero-worshippers, and always take their heroes from the criminal classes.”
Oscar Wilde
“Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed”
Peter S. Beagle