Heroes Quotes

Reflections on the people we admire most.

Several lines here come from actors naming the performers who shaped their own careers, a shorthand for admiration built across a working life. Others step back and consider the idea more broadly, calling interest in heroes something close to universal. Pair this with Great quotes for related themes.

It is said the boundless steppes of Asia gave flight to tales of heroes and heroines because the conditions there are so harsh.

Quotes by Adrienne Mayor

My heroes were Gene Wilder, Steve Martin, and Martin Short.

Quotes by Adam Pally

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I was a huge Beatles fan. The Stones, Dylan. Later on, I got into Stevie Wonder, and Bill Withers - he's one of my heroes. Al Green, too.

Quotes by Adam Levine

And in a world without heroes, as the movie trailer voice-over guy might say, the slightly awkward can be slightly cool.

Quotes by Adam Brody

My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.

Quotes by Adam Baldwin

If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.

Quotes by Abigail Adams

All my heroes wore coats and ties to work. What happened to men wearing hats? Maybe I should bring back hats.

Quotes by Aaron Sorkin

I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience.

Quotes by Wilson Mizner

My heroes are Robert Duvall, Forest Whitaker, Ed Harris, Tommy Lee Jones, Anthony Hopkins and Sean Penn.

Quotes by Walton Goggins

Martin Lawrence is one of my comedic heroes, and he's a genius.

Quotes by Tracy Morgan

I've been producing since the early stages of Gym Class Heroes. A lot of the songs on the first 'Papercut Chronicles' were actually beats that I made.

Quotes by Travie McCoy

We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.

Quotes by Tom Robbins

I met two of my movie heroes. I met Tom Hanks, and I met Steven Spielberg. Oh and Quentin Tarantino.

Quotes by Tom Holland

I think we all see ourselves as the heroes in our own lives.

Quotes by Tom Hiddleston

Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of kings - stories that taught us of the danger of hubris and the primacy of humility.

Quotes by Tom Hiddleston

Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away.

Quotes by Tom Brokaw

I was always a huge WWF wrestling fan, and Hulk Hogan was one of my biggest heroes.

Quotes by Tito Ortiz

I've acted with shorter heroes, and no one has objected.

Quotes by Tabu

I've done stuff in the past and followed in the footsteps of my heroes, and each time, it felt a little bit surreal.

Quotes by T. J. Perkins

So much of what I do has been based off of my heroes and guys I've watched come up.

Quotes by T. J. Perkins

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One recurring idea is that recognizing a hero rarely happens in a straight line; it tends to arrive quietly rather than as an obvious moment. Browse About quotes or Always quotes for more.