Quotes by Christopher Reeve

“Once you choose hope, anything's possible.”

“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.”

“Even though I don't personally believe in the Lord, I try to behave as though He was watching.”

“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”

“I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”

“What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part.”

“Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.”

“We have a government that, generally speaking, does not respond to the people.”

“Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.”

“Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.”

“Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out.”

“At first, dreams seem impossible, then improbable, and eventually inevitable.”

“The key word for me on him is inspiration. He is a leader by inspiration. He sets an example. It's quite important that people realize that I don't see him as a glad-handing show-off, a one-man vig...”

“Somewhere in Time, while it errs on the side of pretentiousness, is an absolutely honest attempt to create an old-fashioned romance. It's based on love rather than on sex or X-rated bedroom scenes....”

“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 mytholo...”

“I'm starting a new chapter in my life, and you have no idea how much that means.”

“We live in a time when the words impossible and unsolvable are no longer part of the scientific community's vocabulary. Each day we move closer to trials that will not just minimize the symptoms of...”

“When the first Superman movie came out, I gave dozens of interviews to promote it. The most frequent question was: What is a hero? My answer was that a hero is someone who commits a courageous acti...”

“In 1984, the government spent zero dollars on AIDS research, because AIDS was thought to be a death sentence, and the virus was far too complicated to deal with. Today, the government spends annual...”

“Neglect - even misstatement - of recent scientific data was also evident in last year's testimony before this subcommittee by the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation. Mr. Reeve, on behalf of the...”