Heroes Quotes

Heroes refers to somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds. It commonly describes a role model, the protagonist in a work of fiction, and the current player, especially an hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: villain. Not to be confused with hero call, which gives the term a broader and more practical sense than a single short definition would suggest. Depending on context, it can also point to a large sandwich made from meats and cheeses; a hero sandwich and the eye-catching top portion of a web page, sometimes including a hero image; the portion above the fold, so the category can cover literal uses, related ideas, and more figurative extensions of the same core meaning. Taken together, these meanings present Heroes as a flexible theme rather than a narrowly technical label, covering the central idea people usually mean when they use the word while still leaving room for closely related senses that appear in real language. Heroes therefore works well as a quotation category because it can hold direct statements about the subject, figurative uses that borrow its meaning, and broader reflections that stay anchored to the same central idea. Heroes is not limited to a single rigid definition in ordinary language, and that wider range is part of what makes the category useful for grouping related material without losing the term's main sense.

Featured Authors on Heroes

Photo of Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco

(1932-2016)

Photo of Bette Davis

Bette Davis

(1908-1989)

Photo of Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

(b. 1941)