“A "hero" is any man who does his job. You a lot of times see headlines that are like, "hero tutor teaches after school", and you're like, yeah.”

—  John Mulaney

New in Town (2012)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update Jan. 1, 2024. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "A "hero" is any man who does his job. You a lot of times see headlines that are like, "hero tutor teaches after school"…" by John Mulaney?
John Mulaney photo
John Mulaney26
American actor and comedian 1982

Related quotes

Rachel Trachtenburg photo

“Christy Davis: Who do you look up to?
Rachel: You mean, like a hero?
Christy: Yeah, I guess. Someone you admire a lot.
Rachel: A drummer?
Christy: It can be anyone.
Rachel: My mom.”

Rachel Trachtenburg (1993) American musician

Interview for DrummerGirl.com http://www.drummergirl.com/interviews/trachtenburg/trachtenburg.htm

Jean Giraudoux photo

“In wartime a man is called a hero. It doesn't make him any braver, and he runs for his life. But at least it's a hero who is running away.”

Jean Giraudoux The Trojan War Will Not Take Place

Tiger at the Gates (1935)

Stephen King photo

“Who gets to be best-liked in any community? Who is the most trusted? Why, the man who does the dirty job, of course, and does it with a smile. The man who does the job you couldn't bring yourself to do.”

Stephen King book The Stand

Source: The Stand

“Even after all this time, I keep forgetting that heroes can be found in unlikely places and persons -- like mechanics who can turn into coyotes.”

Patricia Briggs book Blood Bound

Source: Blood Bound

“Are you making fun of my hero complex?'

Yeah.”

Linda Howard (1950) American writer

Source: Mr. Perfect

Nanfu Wang photo

“We all like to believe that our world has clear heroes and villains and that the heroes are going to save us after all, but that’s not the reality.”

Nanfu Wang (1985) director and filmmaker

Source: "It Didn’t Take Long for Me to Feel Empathy: Nanfu Wang on In the Same Breath" in Roger Ebert https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/it-didnt-take-long-for-me-to-feel-empathy-nanfu-wang-on-in-the-same-breath (17 August 2021)

Winston S. Churchill photo

“Hence, we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks.”

Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Allegedly said regarding a Greek victory over Italian invaders, but without a documented source.
Disputed

Miguel de Unamuno photo

“Reason perhaps teaches certain bourgeois virtues, but it does not make either heroes or saints.”

Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936) 19th-20th century Spanish writer and philosopher

The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), XI : The Practical Problem

Romain Rolland photo

“I imagine that a hero is a man who does what he can. The others do not do it.”

Romain Rolland (1866–1944) French author

Gottfried to Jean-Christophe. Part 3: Ada
Variant translation: A hero is one who does what he can. The others don't.
As quoted in A Book of French Quotations‎ (1963) by Norbert Guterman, p. 365
Jean-Christophe (1904 - 1912), Youth (1904)
Context: You are a vain fellow. You want to be a hero. That is why you do such silly things. A hero!... I don't quite know what that is: but, you see, I imagine that a hero is a man who does what he can. The others do not do it.

Elton John photo

“Yeah I'm gonna kill myself,
Get a little headline news.
I'd like to see what the papers say
On the state of teenage blues.”

Elton John (1947) English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist

I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself
Song lyrics, Honky Château (1972)

Related topics