#heroes

Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#celebrities #dissolves #heroes #makes

I think people feel threatened by homosexuality. The problem isn't about gay people, the problem is about the attitude towards gay people. People think that all gays are Hannibal Lecters. But gay people are sons and daughters, politicians and doctors, American heroes and daughters of American heroes. ↗

— Hollis Stacy

#american #attitude #daughters #doctors #feel

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. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#back #heroes #live #momentum #narrow

For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced. Americans have rightfully noted the honor and nobility of courage under hostile fire and thanked those who perished in their defense. ↗

— James T. Walsh

#defense #embraced #fire #heroes #honor

I think superheroes today are like whistle blowers. ↗

— Robert Englund

#i think #like #superheroes #think #today

The life of the hero of the tale is, at the outset, overshadowed by bitter and hopeless struggles; one doubts that the little swineherd will ever be able to vanquish the awful Dragon with the twelve heads. And yet, ...truth and courage prevail and the youngest and most neglected son of the family, of the nation, of mankind, chops off all twelve heads of the Dragon, to the delight of our anxious hearts. This exultant victory, towards which the hero of the tale always strives, is the hope and trust of the peasantry and of all oppressed peoples. This hope helps them bear the burden of their destiny. ↗

— Gyula Illyés

#heroes #hungarian #story-telling #victory #courage

What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in. ↗

— David Lloyd George

#country #fit #heroes #live #make

The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them. ↗

— Jean Genet

#extent #fame #heroes #little #owes

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

— Cheech Marin

#because #betty #her #heroes #i

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#heroes #outnumber #soldiers #ten #war