Kevin Bacon Quotes

Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away.

The number of people that put their lives at risk, just totally overwhelmed the evil of the act.

A hero could be anyone who does something heroic, irrespective of the gender.

I only help the superheroes, I don't help the villains.

I'd like to rescue people in trouble, like Superman.

I like heroes, and would like to be a hero myself. I suppose we all want that.

We remember the heroes who ran into the burning buildings to rescue those trapped inside, and the dauntless passengers on Flight 93 who laid down their lives to save others, including almost certainly those of us in the U.S. Capitol.

Real heroes are those who face death for a principle - say, to save the lives of others - without any promise of reward.

Day after day, ordinary people become heroes through extraordinary and selfless actions to help their neighbors.

I always felt that heroes were essentially dull. Villains were more exotic and could do more interesting things.

Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

Spider-Man has always been a symbol of goodness and doing the right thing and looking after your fellow man.

Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity.

You know, heroes are ordinary people that have achieved extraordinary things in life.

Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary.

Heroes are not always available.

Heroism is a matter of choice.

It's very true that you can be both selfless and selfish at the same time. What we tend towards, particularly in filmmaking, is this binary sort of, 'This is a good guy, this is a bad guy.' And I quite like the fact that life is a bit more complex than that.

The only difference between a hero and the villain is that the villain chooses to use that power in a way that is selfish and hurts other people.

Most of the time I play heroes, guys who don't have an edge.

I'm a real-life action hero.

I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.

Courage is inseparable from love and leads to what may arguably be the noblest of all warrior virtues: selflessness.

There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done.