Heroes quotes

“Women need heroes.”
Dominic West - Bill Dunbar

“- Wiglaf: Your legend is known from the high seas and the snow barriers to the Great Island Kingdom - you are the Monster Slayer.
- Beowulf: We men are the monsters now. The time of heroes is dead, Wiglaf - the Christ God has killed it, leaving humankind with nothing but weeping martyrs, fear, and shame.”
Brendan Gleeson - Wiglaf
Ray Winstone - Beowulf

“- Jeff Dunham: So you're a superhero?
- Melvin the Superhero Guy: Yes!
- Jeff Dunham: What is your most outstanding feature?
- Melvin the Superhero Guy: My costume.”
Jeff Dunham - Himself
Jeff Dunham - Melvin the Superhero Guy

“It is one thing to question the official story, and another thing entirely to make wild accusations, or insinuate that I'm a superhero.”
Robert Downey Jr. - Tony Stark

“I'm just not the hero type. Clearly. With this laundry list of character defects, all the mistakes I've made, largely public.”
Robert Downey Jr. - Tony Stark

“In the movies, I always played the heroic types. But when the stage lights went out, it was time for drugs, and stupidity, and the coveting of women. Now it's time. Time to be a little of what I had always fantasized of bein' - a hero.”
Bruce Campbell - Elvis Presley

“- Michael Canaris: We understand the need for sacrifice. The longer we leave it, the better shape we'll be in once the dust settles. Once the virus has eaten away the dead flesh, then we'll make our move. Just a question of timing.
- Eden Sinclair: Making you the hero of the hour.”
David O'Hara - Michael Canaris
Rhona Mitra - Eden Sinclair

“- Hera, Hercules' Mother: You were willing to give your life to rescue this young woman.
- Zeus: For a true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart.”

Samantha Eggar - Hera, Hercules' Mother
Rip Torn - Zeus

“They say people don't believe in heroes anymore. Well, damn them! You and me, Max, we're gonna give them back their heroes!”
Roger Ward - Fifi

“- Capt. Amazing: You're... you're all superheroes.
- The Shoveller: Well, we fight crime. Call it what you will.”
Greg Kinnear - Captain Amazing
William H. Macy - Shoveler

“I guess it's about time for our William Tell routine.”
Peter Weller - Bill Lee

“As long as there is injustice, whenever a Targathian baby cries out, wherever a distress signal sounds among the stars, we'll be there. This fine ship, this fine crew. Never give up... and never surrender.”
Tim Allen - Jason Nesmith

“Every hero has a weakness. Superman has kryptonite. Indiana Jones has snakes. Whitney Houston has Bobby Brown... or vice-versa...”
Jimmy Fallon - Andrew 'Andy' Washburn

“- Mr. Hooten: Do you have a job, Tom?
- Tommy Corn: I'm a firefighter.
- Mrs. Hooten: Oh, God bless you! A hero!
- Tommy Corn: I'm not a hero. We'd all be heroes if we quit using petroleum, though.”
Jean Smart - Mrs. Hooten
Mark Wahlberg - Tommy Corn

“- Jay: Kid? While you were off licking stamps I saved the world from a Crelon invasion.
- Kay: The Crelons are the Backstreet Boys of the universe. What'd they do, throw snowballs at you?”
Will Smith - Jay
Tommy Lee Jones - Kay

“Robocrap. A Japanese version of Robocop.”
Martin Balsam - Det. Martin Balsam

“You're not a hero, you're just a little girl playing dress up.”

Sharon Stone - Laurel Hedare

What a super man... "Superman"!
Margot Kidder - Lois Lane

“Every search for a hero must begin with something every hero needs, a villain.”
Rade Serbedzija - Dr. Nekhorvich

“Clark, you can't save the world. All you'll end up with is a Messiah complex and a lot of enemies.”

Michael Rosenbaum - Lex Luthor

“- Rogue: When they come out... does it hurt?
- Wolverine: Every time.”

Anna Paquin - Rogue
Hugh Jackman - Wolverine

“Okay, kids, let's settle down and review the important information. Lyle is a big doofus. Poor George was really shot, but can't die because let's face it, he's the hero.”

Keith Scott - The Narrator

“With the One Ring, Middle-Earth was his, and he could not be overcome. As the last alliance of men and Elves fell beneath his power, he did not notice the heroic shadow who slipped in. It was Prince Isildur, of the mighty kings from across the sea, who took the ring. But because he did not destroy it, the spirit of the dark lord lived on, and...” (continue)(continue reading)
William Squire - Gandalf

“- Bryce: So, time to save the universe again then, is it?
- Lara Croft: Absolutely.”
Noah Taylor - Bryce
Angelina Jolie - Lara Croft

“These two are not heroes. They're just two ordinary men who were put in an extraordinary situation and they just happened to come out on top. Yes, nothing from our far-reaching computer system has turned up diddly on these two. All we know is what we found out from the neighbors, and the general consensus is, they're angels. But angels don't...” (continue)(continue reading)

Willem Dafoe - Paul Smecker