The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength. — Robert Shea Tags: #Greatest, #Tragedy, #Heroes, #RobertShea, #American, #AuthorMini who’s who: Robert Shea : American Author Born:...
True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. — Alfred North Whitehead Tags: #Heroes, #Reason, #True, #AlfredNorthWhitehead, #English, #MathematicianMini who’s who: Alfred North Whitehead : English...
America’s popular heroes have seldom been its great thinkers, and even less its scientists. The success of TV’s ‘Big Bang Theory,’ which seems to give the lie to this claim, is more the exception that proves the rule. — Seth Shostak Tags:...
Surely martyrs, irrespective of the special phase of the divine idea for which they gladly give up their bodies to torture and to death, are the truest heroes of history. — Katharine Lee Bates Tags: #Death, #Special, #Heroes, #KatharineLeeBates, #American,...
I’ve won some awards. ‘Time’ magazine designated me as one of the environmental heroes of the 20th century. Oh, and I’ve got some honorary citizenships, like from the Conch Republic of the Florida Keys. But the one thing I am proud of is I...
