Peter Falk Quotes

As a kid, when you're in a film with somebody, you look up to them, you know?

I don't see many people as heroes and, though I love sport, I believe athletes rarely deserve that praise.

I look at Jagger and the like and if I see a good attitude I'll admire it but I wouldn't copy their style.

I don't think I look up to any players. Obviously you respect everyone.

I always see other people as predecessors and admire them.

The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I've always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we are inspirational.

Admiration of great men, living or dead, naturally evokes imitation of them in a greater or less degree.

I admire many people, but I am not sure that I have any 'heroes.'

Let the world admire the supposed wisdom and valor of our great men, Perhaps they may adopt the qualities that have been ascribed to them, and thus good may be done.

When I was young, I was looking for people to look up to - role models I could respect.

I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.

I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.

When you have a celebrity status, people feel inspired by you people. They start to emulate what you are doing. So it inspires me as a celebrity to do something which is for greater good.

Duane Jones is a personal hero of mine.

My father is my hero. No matter what, I'll always forgive him.

Heroes, it would seem, exist always and a certain worship of them.

I am not Spock. But given the choice, if I had to be someone else, I would be Spock. If someone said, "You can have the choice of being any other TV character ever played," I would choose Spock. I like him. I admire him. I respect him

Hero-worship is the deepest root of all; the tap-root, from which in a great degree all the rest were nourished and grown . . . Worship of a Hero is transcendent admiration of a Great Man. I say great men are still admirable; I say there is, at bottom, nothing else admirable! No nobler feeling than this of admiration for one higher than himself dwells in the breast of men.

I've always looked up to him, even though he is shorter.

From the first instant I met her, I wanted to be Nora Ephron. I just really wanted to please her.

It's silly to say it about a tennis player, but I'm an unbelievable hero in Germany. And Germany needs heroes more than any place.

One night I went to see Bobby at the Flamingo. Because he was my hero, I would visit him for inspiration.

But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored!

I want to make him the proudest dad to have me and I want to show everybody and nearly be as good as him because he was the best.

Athletes tend to have less of a sense of humor than most people. They are heroes to so many. That might be part of it.