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"The glory of a good tale is that it is limitless and fluid; a good tale belongs to each reader in its own particular way." »Steven King, The Stand
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"The most heroic word in all languages is revolution." »Eugene Debs
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"Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes." »Benjamin Disraeli
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"Nurture your mind with great thoughts to believe in the heroic makes heroes." »Benjamin Disraeli
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"I answer the heroic question 'Death, where is thy sting' with 'It is here in my heart and mind and memories.'" »Maya Angelou
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"The man who comes with a tale about others has himself an ax to grind." »Chinese Proverb
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"Stan Bad guy can't win. It's a morality tale. One way or the other - he's gotta go down." »Swordfish
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"To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization." »Harriet Beecher Stowe
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"As is a tale, so is life not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters." »Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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"Life is not what one lived, but rather what one remembers, and how it is remembered to tell the tale." »Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Vivir para contarla (Living to tell the tale)
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"An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told." »William Shakespeare
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"Everyman's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers." »Hans Christian Anderson
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"This fairy tale we're living is real inside our hearts." »Atlantic Starr
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"My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute." »Ayn Rand
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"Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man." »William Shakespeare, "King John", Act 3 scene 4
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"Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man." »William Shakespeare
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"Life is a tale told by an idiot -- full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." »William Shakespeare
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"For aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth." »William Shakespeare
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"The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool the truest heroism is, to resist the doubt and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when to be obeyed." »Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale." »Marie Curie
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"Peter Who am I You sure you want to know The story of my life is not for the faint of heart. If somebody said it was a happy little tale... if somebody told you I was just your average ordinary guy, not a care in the world... somebody lied." »Spider-Man
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"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying Nothing." »William Shakespeare
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"Life is but a walking Shadow, a poor Player That struts and frets his Hour upon the Stage, And then is heard no more; It is a tall tale, Told by an Idiot, full of Sound and Fury, Signifying nothing."" »William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, Scene V (MacBeth)
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"Never trust the artist. Trust the tale." »D. H. Lawrence, Studies in Classic American Literature
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"That man is good who does good to others if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good if he suffers at the hands of those to whom he has done good, then his goodness is so great that it could be enhanced only by greater sufferings and if he should die at their hands, his virtue can go no further it is heroic, it is perfect." »La Bruyere
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"Knowledge is not a series of self-consistent theories that converges toward an ideal view; it is rather an ever increasing ocean of mutually incompatible (and perhaps even incommensurable) alternatives, each single theory, each fairy tale, each myth that is part of the collection forcing the others into greater articulation and all of them contributing, via this process of competition, to the development of our consciousness." »Paul Feyerabend
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"To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing." »William Shakespeare
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"We think having faith means being convinced God exists in the same way we are convinced a chair exists. People who cannot be completely convinced of Gods existence think faith is impossible for them. Not so. People who doubt can have great faith because faith is something you do, not something you think. In fact, the greater your doubt the more heroic your faith." »Real Live Preacher
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"We think having faith means being convinced God exists in the same way we are convinced a chair exists. People who cannot be completely convinced of God's existence think faith is impossible for them. Not so. People who doubt can have great faith because faith is something you do, not something you think. In fact, the greater your doubt the more heroic your faith." »Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, December 26, 2002
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"Hitchhiker No No, no, not 6 I said 7. Nobody's comin' up with 6. Who works out in 6 minutes You won't even get your heart goin, not even a mouse on a wheel. Ted That -- good point. Hitchhiker 7's the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 doors. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby. Step into my office. Ted Why Hitchhiker 'Cause you're fired" »There's Something About Mary
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