Heroes quotes

“The strangeness of this life cannot be measured. In trying to produce my own death, I was elevated to the status of a living hero.”
Kevin Costner - Lieutenant Dunbar

“- Teddy: Boy, you don't know nothing! Mighty Mouse is a cartoon. Superman's a real guy. There's no way a cartoon could beat up a real guy.
- Vern: Yeah, maybe you're right. It'd be a good fight, though.”
Corey Feldman - Teddy Duchamp
Jerry O'Connell - Vern Tessio

“I have a secret identity. I don't know a single superhero who doesn't. Who wants the pressure of being super all the time?”
Craig T. Nelson - Mr. Incredible

“- Kent: I collect Deputy Sheriff's guns. Whenever I meet a new deputy, I ask him for his gun and I ask him real nice.
- Tom Destry Jr.: I'm sorry, Mr. Kent. I'm afraid this here's one gun your collection's going to be minus.”
Brian Donlevy - Kent
James Stewart - Tom Destry Jr.

“Centuries ago, a legendary inter-dimensional being known as Zordon came to the city of Angel Grove to establish a command center for his never-ending struggle against evil. With the aid of his trusted assistant, Alpha 5, the noble master sought six extraordinary teengagers and gave them the power to transform into a superhuman fighting force.”
Gabrielle Fitzpatrick - Dulcea

“I know every kid thinks his dad is invincible.”
Kurt Russell - Steve Stronghold

“- Lisa Leeson: You're a big hero back in London, they think the sun shines out your arse.
- Nick Leeson: Really? I was beginning to feel like one of those Japanese soldiers, you know, still stuck out in the jungle 20 years after the war.”
Anna Friel - Lisa Leeson
Ewan McGregor - Nick Leeson

“Life isn't easy for anybody, whether you're normal or super. But you're still Clark Kent. You were raised a certain way and that's never gonna change. Sure, your abilities were part of you, but they didn't define you.”

John Schneider - Jonathan Kent

“I wasn't like every other kid, you know, who dreams about being an astronaut, I was always more interested in what bark was made out of on a tree. Richard Gere's a real hero of mine. Sting. Sting would be another person who's a hero. The music he's created over the years, I don't really listen to it, but the fact that he's making it, I respect...” (continue)(continue reading)
Owen Wilson - Hansel

“- Lundsford: You actually chose the Marines because they had the best uniforms?
- Rene Gagnon: No sense being a hero if you don't look like one.”
Scott Eastwood - Lundsford
Jesse Bradford - Rene Gagnon

“I'll sell my inventions so that everyone can be superheroes. Everyone can be super! And when everyone's super... no one will be.”

Jason Lee - Syndrome

“Not every superhero has powers. You can be super without them.”

Jason Lee - Buddy Pine

“Envy the country that has heroes, huh? I say pity the country that needs them.”
Matthew McConaughey - Denton Van Zan

“Now we all know what happens if you get the Book of Peace. You return it to Syracuse and save Proteus. But if you don't get the Book, you have a choice to make. Either sail to paradise with the woman of your dreams, or return to Syracuse to die. You're either a thief or a hero. So here's my question: If you don't get the Book, will you go back...” (continue)(continue reading)

Michelle Pfeiffer - Eris

“- Lana Lang: Nietzsche? I didn't know you have a dark side, Clark.
- Clark Kent: Doesn't everyone?
- Lana Lang: So what are you: Man or Superman?
- Clark Kent: I haven't figured it out yet.”

Kristin Kreuk - Lana Lang
Tom Welling - Clark Kent

“Now that we know who you are, I know who I am. I'm not a mistake! It all makes sense! In a comic, you know how you can tell who the arch-villain's going to be? He's the exact opposite of the hero. And most times they're friends, like you and me!”

Samuel L. Jackson - Elijah Price

“The supers are not gone. You're still here. You can still do great things. Or you can listen to police scanners. Your choice.”

Elizabeth Peña - Mirage

“Fight with them! Laugh with them! Love with them! And even die with them the death of heroes who will live forever!”

Jimmy Lennon Sr. - The Announcer

“Parsons McCovey was a casualty of war. The only difference was that this was the Cold War and he was a fucked-up junkie. There'd be no hero's burial for Parsons.”
Joaquin Phoenix - Ray Elwood

“Maybe there's no such thing as heroes. Heroes are something we create, something we need. It's a way for us to understand what's almost incomprehensible, how people could sacrifice so much for us: the risks they took, the wounds they suffered. They may have fought for their country but they died for their friends.”
Tom McCarthy - James Bradley

- John Myers: Hey, no one goes with him? Jesus.
- Abe Sapien: No. He likes it that way. The whole "lonely hero" thing.

Rupert Evans - John Myers
Doug Jones - Abe Sapien

“You look at them and see the defenders of the world. All I see is my dad wearing tights.”
Michael Angarano - Will Stronghold

“- Sgt. Aloysius 'Al' Mackey: Does the hero solve the crime and get the girl in the end?
- Willie: How'd you know?
- Sgt. Aloysius 'Al' Mackey: That's Hollywood.”
James Garner - Sgt. Aloysius 'Al' Mackey
Margot Kidder - Willie

I had a dream once. I dreamed I would train the greatest hero there ever was. So great, the gods would hang a picture of him in the stars for everyone to see. And everyone would say: "That's Phil's boy". That's right... ah, but dreams are for rookies. A guy can only take so much disappointment.

Danny DeVito - Phil

“I know that for every German killed, many of our innocent citizens are executed. But, the example of their heroism is contagious. And our resistance grows.”
Charles Laughton - Albert Lory