I screwed up. The comment I made about dance was insensitive, it was stupid, and I am deeply sorry…I have listened, I have learned about the bravery it takes for a young boy to pursue a career in dance. – Lara Spencer Apologizing on Good Morning America for mocking Prince Harry on taking ballet lessons.
When you’ve married someone who’s been at war, there is nothing you can do that compares to that level of selflessness and bravery. – John Oliver
I suppose the more established one gets, you have what’s called a reputation, and so you want to protect that and preserve that. And I think the bravery really comes in one’s mid career where you then are constantly trying to move beyond that and move past that, because those so-called successors can become shackles. – Cate Blanchett
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism. – Alexander Hamilton
As a comedian, it really gelled when I started doing standup. Because standup is so much about bravery, especially in the early days. There is no doubt that it is going to go terribly for you over and over and over again. But you cannot get funny without bombing. – Aisha Tyler
The president has been more than willing to challenge the National Rifle Association, but that is like a Republican president standing up to labor unions – not a move that risks anything with his core supporters. Mr. Obama could show some real bravery by taking on Hollywood. – Campbell Brown
The poor are an especially important resource for innovation when they have the bravery and pluck to get out of the poor places in which they’re living. – P. J. O’Rourke
Gerda Lerner was fierce, brilliant and unique. She lived history by her bravery, restored history by her scholarship, and democratized its study by her activism. – Gloria Steinem
If you want proof of what the country is really all about, just walk through the National September 11 Memorial Museum. Here it is, in the faces of the victims, in the stories of bravery, in the souls and memory of the survivors, the next of kin. – Mike Barnicle
I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest. – Katy Perry
You see, as I go along, I’ve come to consider bravery as just about the most pernicious of virtues. Bravery is a horrible thing. The human race has it left over from the animal world and we can’t get rid of it. – James Jones
There is a story which is not being told strongly enough of the Afghan employees of the UN inside the country who are saving hundreds of thousands of lives everyday by their bravery and nobody talks of them. – Lakhdar Brahimi
I like to put my characters through a lot, so, in ‘Talon,’ my fans will find familiar themes of bravery and sacrifice, and what it means to be human… even if you’re not human. – Julie Kagawa
In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of ‘Who do you think you are?’ – Lady Gaga
I still when I wake up hit the ground running; and having an illness, I’m only one of hundreds of thousands of people that live with an illness, and I’m just in awe of the bravery and dignity of the people I see at the hospital. – Karen Duffy
The dangers which threaten us are twofold: First, from the Confederate forces, composed of men whose earnest convictions and reckless bravery it is idle to deny. – Robert Dale Owen
When I was a young comic just starting out, I was very cautious, as I didn’t want to alienate people. George Carlin’s bravery became a benchmark. I became perfectly fine with alienating some people in the audience. That just comes with the territory. – Paul Provenza
To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity. – Richard Thompson
I have seen incredible bravery from very young guys, the young generation that people write off. – Ross Kemp