Charles Kuralt Quotes

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

I have no role models. Many heroes. I have an enormous capacity for hero worship.

Never had any idols, ever. I never had any posters, nothing.

I can't picture myself being the people I always looked up to.

I have no plan. I will leave it to the good things and good times to find me.

We all want heroes and we all want somebody to look up to.

I never tire of the heroes that I knew growing up.

Like all children, I spent a lot of time looking for idols.

They say never meet your heroes. But the addendum to that is 'unless they're Harrison Ford.'

My heroes would never let me down; they never have. I've never been disappointed by any of them.

I'm a sucker for hero worship.

Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to?

I was shaped by the heroes in the films I saw, which you always want to emulate and be like. I wanted to be like Alan Ladd, Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart.

No matter what your laundry list of requirements in choosing a mate, there has to be an element of good luck and good fortune and good timing.

I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young actors.

Everyone has someone they looked up to. Mine was Mickey Mantle. For Alex Rodriguez to idolize me coming up, that makes me feel very good.

Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.

I never really looked up to celebrities when I was young.

I had thought up the title, 'The Good Luck of Right Now,' several years ago. I had no idea what it meant or what the book would be about but I thought, 'Someday I'm going to write a book with that title.'

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

I've had many idols growing up. The inclination for idol worship comes naturally to me.

In my life, there have always been people who guided my path, towards the school, towards this company. I didn't know about any of it. I didn't have a plan. It's good fortune and generosity from other people that have given me all I have today.

I try to reach out to my idols.

We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.

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