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Danger Quotes (page 36)

men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success John Calvin
The Church no longer contends that knowledge is in itself sinful, though it did so in its palmy days; but the acquisition of knowledge, even though not sinful, is dangerous, since it may lead to pride of intellect, and hence to a questioning of the Christian dogma. Bertrand Russell
Cathy, this lamb of yours threatens like a bull!' he said. 'It is in danger of splitting its skull against my knuckles. By God! Mr. Linton, I'm mortally sorry that you are not worth knocking down! Emily Bronte
Gerard Way quote: "We like to kidnap them in a van, and take then somewhere..."
We like to kidnap them in a van, and take then somewhere dangerous... SURPRISE!! Gerard Way
he waits for the kid to decide whether to pull the gun up or simply to drop it - and all the while, even as he tracks the progress of the gun, he is also watching the kid's face, to see whether he is dangerous or simply frightened. is there a more beautiful example of a snap judgment? this is the gift of training and expertise - the ability to extract an enormous amount of meaningful information from the very thinnest slice of experience. Malcolm Gladwell
Why is gambling forbidden while women in costumes which evoke sensuality are not forbidden? They are a thousand times more dangerous! Leo Tolstoy
It was as if he grew his hair long and smoked cigarettes because he liked to, not because he liked being seen to. This was dangerously subversive. Stephen Fry
Catch him at the moment when he is really poor in spirit and smuggle into his mind the gratifying reflection, "By jove, I'm being humble," and almost immediately pride-pride at his own humility-will appear. If he awakes to the danger and tries to smother this new form of pride, make him proud of his attempt-and so on, for as many stages as you please. C. S. Lewis
William Shakespeare quote: "She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd, And I lov'd her..."
She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd, And I lov'd her that she did pity them William Shakespeare
You can mean more than one. You can mean thousands. I'm not in any immediate danger, I'll say to you. I'll pretend you can hear me. But it's no good, because I know you can't. Margaret Atwood
John Cage quote: "There is nothing we need to do that isn't dangerous."
There is nothing we need to do that isn't dangerous. John Cage
You mightn't think it, but Sloppy is a beautiful reader of a newspaper. He do the Police in different voices'The visitors again considered it a point of politeness to look at Sloppy, who, looking at them, suddenly threw back his head, extended his moth to the utmost width, and laughed loud and long. At this the two innocents, with their brains in that apparent danger, laughed, and Mrs. Higden laughed, and the orphan laughed, and then the visitors laughed. Which was more cheerful than... Charles Dickens
Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing. Jerome K. Jerome
The danger in happiness - "Now everything is turning out right for me; from now on i'll love every turn of fate - Who wants to be my fate? Friedrich Nietzsche
I like to think of fire held in a man's hand. Fire, a dangerous force, tamed at his fingertips. I often wonder about the hours when a man sits alone, watching the smoke of a cigarette, thinking. I wonder what great things have come from such hours. When a man thinks, there is a spot of fire alive in his mind--and it is proper that he should have the burning point of a cigarette as his one expression. Ayn Rand

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