The fund industry needs heroes. You need star managers to generate interest.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life.That word is love.”(Sophocles)by Adam Harford, Duke of Harford,from the last page of “Sophie’s Salvation

I don’t think there’s too much normal out there anymore. Though there’s still plenty of average to go around.

Pat was a real hero, not what they used him as.

Everyone calls him BlockheadNo one sings his praisesOr takes him to heart…That is the kind of personI want to be

We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually.

Tomorrow you’ll receive your employment contracts. Once you sign those I’m your boss.” When I didn’t answer he said, “That means you act the way I want you to act. That means you shelve your...

My dream is to try to reach as many kids and readers who might need an unlikely hero to connect to.

The hero acts alone, without encouragement, relying solely on conviction and his own inner resources. Shame does not discourage him; neither does obloquy. Indifferent to approval, reputation, wealth, or love, he cherishes only his personal...

Just as I had done, my father sleeps off and on for days. Sometimes I sit by the bed in Marta’s house and stare at him until I feel like it isn’t a dream anymore....

I decided to do the easy task of changing situations and conditions by being a hero, than staying back to do the difficult task of changing people by being just a man.

Everything is going to be fine now because heroes are here.

All the Chinese have to do is fly around the Moon and back, and they’ll appear to have won the return to the Moon with humans. They could put one person on the surface of...

Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere alikuwa baba kwa familia yake. Kwa Tanzania alikuwa mlezi; wa ndoto ya haki, amani, uzalendo, ujamaa, na uhuru.

He smiled at me shyly and took a step closer. I froze, heart pounding, as he put one hand on my cheek and leaned toward me. I swallowed, gazing up at him with what I...

I wiggle my eyebrows. ‘Sorry, Evan, I can’t make out with you while the dog is aligning himself with a magnetic field.

The Last HeroThe wind blew out from Bergen from the dawning to the day,There was a wreck of trees and fall of towers a score of miles away,And drifted like a livid leaf I go...

The destroyer Cork, like the useful hero for whom it is named, will be game to the last.

Sam, there comes a time when the world no longer needs heroes. And then the true hero knows to walk away.

I die without seeing the dawn brighten over my native land. You who have it to see, welcome it … and forget not those who have fallen during the night!

You might think, ‘I’ve got time to follow my dreams.’ You don’t have time. Life is short. The current life expectancy is 24,869 days. While some of us will live more days and some fewer,...

As an observer of human nature, let’s just face the facts: stupid stuff sells, and often the more stupid and silly it is, the better it sells.

Soon you shall be landing In the battleground, ensure you have the right weapons to fight the enemy; ensure you know your enemy and what he is capable of; take them unprepared to gain the...

Once in a while, life gives you a chance to measure your worth. Sometimes you’re called upon to make a split-second decision to do the right thing, defining which way your life will go. These...

On the late afternoon streets, everyone hurries along, going about their own business.Who is the person walking in front of you on the rain-drenched sidewalk?He is covered with an umbrella, and all you can see...

Il s’étonna de réfléchir sur des problèmes qu’il ne s’était jamais posés. Et pourtant revenait contre lui, avec un murmure mélancolique, la masse des douceurs qu’il avait toujours écartées: un océan perdu. “Tout cela est...

Ability and talent never loose the value, because demand for it highly exceeds the supply of it.

Today is my last day as a human, tomorrow I am going to be a hero.

Rarely has a new player on the game captured so much attention so fast.

The only problem with the Angels’ new image was that the outlaws themselves didn’t understand it. It puzzled them to be treated as symbolic heroes by people with whom they had almost nothing in common....

I don’t like ice in my whiskey. I like bullets. Why? Because for every ice cube I don’t use, an Eskimo gets to keep one square inch of his igloo. So I’m saving twice the...

My dad was my hero, … Whatever he did, I did.

The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.

I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn’t even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.

The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero.

Retirement isn’t so bad. Give me a tall drink, a plush sofa and a rerun of ‘Matlock,’ and you can have the rest. Matlock is my hero. He never loses.

Jamie glanced at her notes. “So let’s be honest, Jacks, can we? What is the best part of being an Angel? Is it the lifestyle? Is it the parties? The fame? What’s your favourite part?”...

I like her just the way she is, Bran.” And he meant it, greasy overalls, broken fingernails, and all.

Those who remarked in the countenance of this young hero a dissolute audacity mingled with extreme haughtiness … could not yet deny to his countenance that sort of comeliness which belongs to an open set...

Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.

The soldiers that didn’t come back were the heroes. It’s a roll of the dice. If a bullet has your name on it, you’re a hero. If you hear a bullet go by, you’re a...

Forgotten hero was never the real hero, real hero can not be forgotten.

A real talent has a spark that shines bright when it’s dark to ignite knowledge and awaken minds, but to differentiate the illumination of this wisdom light from the electricity light a person should have...

In those days I learned that nothing is more frightening than a hero who lives to tell his story, to tell what all those who fell at his side will never be able to tell.

I’ve done nothing for the past five years but try to be the hero who protects her. The problem? Heroines don’t need protecting.

Sleeping, it’s what cats do best. It’s why they are my heroes.

Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can make, or such as it can make a man with its black arts, -a mere shadow and reminiscence of humanity,...

Amantium irae amoris integratio estA Latin saying that means Lovers’ quarrels are the renewal of love

The only one is a hero – who builds bridges between cultures; and does not destroy them.

When you acknowledge the audience’s shadow you become their hero.