The higher Greek poetry did not make up fictitious plots; its business was to express the heroic saga, the myths. – Gilbert Murray
In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most surely likely to continue to be heroic days. – J. Robert Oppenheimer
After 1945, shamefully, we Brits seemed dedicated to punishing the heroic Poles at every turn for their wartime loyalty. – Alistair Horne
There are so many stories about boys becoming heroes, learning their powers and becoming incredibly heroic. There have to be those stories for girls, too. – Cassandra Clare
Generations of heroic Americans have made America more inclusive, more expansive, and more just. – Cory Booker
In the 1930s, photographers such as Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange produced images of sharecroppers and Okies, which drew attention both to the conditions in which these unfortunates found themselves and to their heroic fortitude. – Geoff Dyer
All my artistic response comes from American things, and I guess I’ve always had a weakness for heroic imagery. – Edward Ruscha
T. E. Lawrence was far more than a glamorous, swashbuckling, heroic figure in flowing robes mounted on a camel, leading the Arab tribes against the Turks in World War One. – Michael Korda
I suppose the textbook definition of an anti-hero is pretty straightforward – a protagonist who embodies not only heroic characteristics but also some characteristics typically deemed non-heroic, even villainous. – Paul S. Kemp
People have their complexities. They have their heroic moments and their villainous moments, too. – Ryan Reynolds