Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charlaine Harris

Very few of my characters are totally heroic or totally villainous.

James E. Faust

I have the greatest respect for single parents who struggle and sacrifice, trying against almost superhuman odds to hold the family together. They should be honored and helped in their heroic efforts. But any mother's or father's task is much easier where there are two functioning parents in the home.

James E. Faust

In the pain, the agony, and the heroic endeavors of life, we pass through a refiner's fire, and the insignificant and the unimportant in our lives can melt away like dross and make our faith bright, intact, and strong.

Bob Seger

Alfred Hitchcock, Isaac Newton, Elvis Presley, Captain Bligh, they're heroic or pathetic depending on which book you buy.

Charlton Heston

I have played some of the great men in history and I believe in the great man who does heroic deeds, even in these egalitarian times.

Through extensive disaster and business resumption planning and heroic efforts by corporate and local employees, we managed to sustain the highest levels of customer service in the aftermath of the hurricane and to achieve a full recovery of operations in record time.

Charlie Cox

What the writers do, and we hopefully can bring to life, is that they present characters who, on the surface, aren't always heroic and their acts aren't always devoid of selfishness.

Richard G. Scott

Freedom requires no effort to enjoy but requires heroic efforts to preserve.

Mark Twain

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy

Jaron Lanier

I've always felt that the human-centered approach to computer science leads to more interesting, more exotic, more wild, and more heroic adventures than the machine-supremacy approach, where information is the highest goal.

Douglas Brinkley

He was the guy who by his heroic actions gave a morality and dignity to the American military effort.

Rafael Yglesias

I didn't want readers to think I was asking to be praised for taking care of my wife while she was ill. Lots of people are heroic, more heroic than I was, when faced with the suffering of someone they love.

Martina McBride

I don't feel like I'm setting out to do any heroic preservation. I just love this music ... I did songs that felt like home to me.

Heroic stories and images motivate people. Our Everest ascent for the cause of peace will provide the world with inspirational stories, images and videos that portray courage, friendship and teamwork.

heroic levels of customer service, dependability, reliability, and giving people a lot of freedom to try different things that might work.

Heroic in scale and impact, the Super Chief was what concepts should be all about: 'blue sky' thinking combined with an unmistakable foundation in reality. Take a long look at that front end, pickup fans, because that's what the next generation of the F-150 is going to look like.

Heroic deeds, to use whatever dower/ Heaven has bestowed, to test our utmost power.

I am extremely proud to help highlight the contributions of women to our great nation throughout our history -- not just the heroines who blazed the trail before us, but also the women whose stories have yet to be told, who are holding families together, lifting up communities and performing heroic acts everyday across America,

I believe the people of the city of New York were selected as the people of the year, because of the very brave and heroic way in which they responded from the first moment to the worst attack on the United States ever in our history.

Bob Bennett

I am very concerned now that there are people trying to even old scores and undercut her as a heroic journalist.

Maya Angelou

I answer the heroic question "Death, where is they sting?" with "It is here in my heart and mind and memories.

Andrew Gross

I'm all about entertaining and keeping a reader on the edge of their seat, so to me, the social issues have to be meaningful and give the book what's really 'at stake,' but ultimately it's not about them - it's always a personal story of everyday people thrust into life-threatening situations and having to perform heroic acts.

Anderson Cooper

Hundreds of reporters, in all media, did heroic work on the Gulf Coast in the deadly storm's aftermath. None arguably was as financially and symbolically important to his company as the job turned in by Williams. It could solidify his spot as network news' top anchor.

William Cowper

Some men make gain a fountain whence proceedsA stream of liberal and heroic deeds.

Jennifer Garner

My sisters both are working mothers. I understand that my being an actress as well as being at home isn't some heroic thing. That doesn't mean it isn't confusing or difficult - especially that question of how you find a balance.

Many enter this profession to do heroic things, make great diagnoses, do wonderful technical feats and save lives, ... But there is so much more.

I thought we got a heroic effort out of Peter and Newman, in particular -- they just willed themselves to the victory. And the other guys were pitching in and doing what they could do to get this done.

Nicolas Cage

I wish I had learned more about it in high school, but they didn't put it in the history books, ... I have great respect for the Navajo Code Talkers and their heroic acts.

I think my first understanding of the significance of Gibson's home run is the drama of what he did that day, as hurt as he was, that being his only at-bat. And if you saw him foul those pitches off and how gimpy he was, it was an incredibly heroic kind of at-bat, if you can use hero in sports,

Johan Huizinga

It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism.

Rush Limbaugh

I want you to know I'm no role model. I refuse to let anyone think I'm doing something heroic here, something great here. I'm not a victim. I'm not going to portray myself as a victim. I take full responsibility for this problem.

Joseph Crowley

It is a way for us to recognize the heroic actions not only for those who died, but for those who still work on protecting all of us.

Our heroic staff cannot keep going much longer. We can't get our people out fast enough.