Superman Quotes - page 8

Did Superman really want to save the world, or did he just feel like he had to? Would he much rather be a farmer? Maybe. Would he much rather be hanging out with his dad and his mom and his dog? Probably. (Gerard Way)
A glorious place, a glorious age, I tell you! A very Neon renaissance - And the myths that actually touched you at that time - not Hercules, Orpheus, Ulysses and Aeneas - but Superman, Captain Marvel, and Batman. View quote
Tom Wolfe
I always thought that, in a way, you want your Superman to be a total unknown. View quote
Kevin Spacey
I love Superman. I'm a big fan of anyone who can make his living in his underwear. View quote
David Mamet
My version of Superman is essentially of a guy who has spent his whole life alone. View quote
Henry Cavill
Certainly, for younger guys, Superman is this mythological character that they've thought about and explored in their imaginations... But one thing I really like about Superman fans is that they're so open-minded and excited and honest. There's something beautiful about their enjoyment of it - something very Superman-like. View quote
Henry Cavill
I grew up watching 'Superman.' As a child, when I first learned to dive into a swimming pool, I wasn't diving, I was flying, like Superman. I used to dream of rescuing a girl I had a crush on from a playground bully. View quote
Tom Hiddleston
Bond? It is a bit like saying, 'Do you want to play Superman?' Anyone would dream of it. It's one of the most coveted roles in film. I'd be honoured. But I don't know if it will actually happen. I'm just happy with the idea of being associated with it. It's nice there's a lot of good will. View quote
Idris Elba
Weisinger, a couple of years ago, made up the following story: "Isaac Asimov was asked how Superman could fly faster than the speed of light, which was supposed to be an absolute limit. To this Asimov replied, 'That the speed of light is a limit is a theory; that Superman can travel faster than light is a fact.'" I assure you it never happened and I never said it, but it will be repeated, I am quite certain, indefinitely, and it will probably be found in Bartlett's quotations a century from now, attributed to me, after all my writings have been forgotten. View quote
Isaac Asimov
Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan. View quote
Jackie Chan
I want to be in 'Avatar'. I want somebody to hire me to be Superman, a Chinese Superman or Spider-Man. (Jackie Chan)
You need an American coach,» continued Arena, whose eight-year tenure as U.S. coach ended after a disappointing 2006 World Cup. «You save some money, a lot of money, and you get someone who understands the American way. This country, and soccer in this country, is different to anywhere else.» «Our players don't suddenly get better with a foreign coach. They don't suddenly become Superman. It is a bunch of crap to think otherwise. View quote
Bruce Arena
I don't think I ever thought of myself as Superman. But there were people who thought of me that way, and maybe I believed them a little. View quote
Eminem
My dad was Superman to me, and in my mind he always will be. View quote
Artie Lange
Seeing clearly within himself and always able to dodge around the ends of any position, including his own, Shaw assumed from the start the dual role of prophet and gadfly. To his contemporaries it appeared frivolous and contradictory to perform as both superman and socialist, sceptic and believer, legalist and heretic, high-brow and mob-orator. But feeling the duty to teach as well as to mirror mankind, Shaw did not accept himself as a contradictory being. View quote
Jacques Barzun
I want to teach men the sense of their existence, which is the Superman, the lightning out of the dark cloud man. View quote
Friedrich Nietzsche
Where is the lightning to lick you with its tongue Where is the madness with which you should be cleansed Behold, I show you the Superman. He is this lightning, he is this madness. View quote
Friedrich Nietzsche
I teach you the Superman. Man is something that is to be surpassed. What have ye done to surpass man. View quote
Friedrich Nietzsche
I had the same questions for Superman as I did for God: If he was so powerful, why didn't he deal with some real problems? Why didn't he stop wars, feed the starving in Ethiopia, cure cancer? At least God had the Church to do His PR work for Him - if you can buy their reasoning, they have any number of explanations ranging from how the troubles of this life build character to that inarguable catchall, "God's will.” And the crap in this life sure makes heaven look good. When I was growing up, the writers and artists of Superman never even tried to deal with the problem. And since they didn't, I could only see Superman as a monster, not a hero. I couldn't believe his battles with criminals, superpowered geniuses and the like. I never believed in God either. View quote
Charles de Lint
This too famous, too important, too lucky man, whom they call Superman, Superstar, Superkraut, and who stitches together paradoxical alliances, reaches impossible agreements, keeps the world holding its breath as though the world were his students at Harvard. View quote
Oriana Fallaci
Superman is nothing more than a popular retelling of the Christ story, or Greek mythology. It's an archetype, watered down and made in vivid colors for twelve-year-old's mentality. It's pop mythology, which extends to the actor, then seeps over to a demand that that actor reflect the needs of the worshipers. The worship doesn't only go on in the temples - it goes on in the streets, and restaurants, in magazines. But, you know, I'm from New Jersey, I'm not from Olympus or Krypton, so back off 'cause I can't take the responsibility. (Christopher Reeve)
Weisinger, a couple of years ago, made up the following story: "Isaac Asimov was asked how Superman could fly faster than the speed of light, which was supposed to be an absolute limit. To this Asimov replied, 'That the speed of light is a limit is a theory; that Superman can travel faster than light is a fact.'" View quote
Isaac Asimov
People say kids can't understand the difference between fact and fiction, but that's bullshit. Kids understand that real crabs don't sing like the ones in The Little Mermaid. But you give an adult fiction, and the adult starts asking really fucking dumb questions like 'How does Superman fly? How do those eyebeams work? Who pumps the Batmobile's tires? It's a fucking made-up story, you idiot! Nobody pumps the tires! Grant Morrison: Psychedelic Superhero, 2011. View quote
Grant Morrison