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Quotes About Danger

there were a lot of people out there who had no right to be carrying even a sharpened pencil, never mind a loaded weapon.
~ John Connolly
He wouldn't be the first man to have died from dropping a lit joint.
~ John Connolly
A false friend is more dangerous than an open enemy. Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
~ John Connolly
This life is filled with threats and danger, David. We face those that we have to face, and there will be times when we must make the choice to act for the greater good, even at risk to ourselves, but we do not lay down our lives needlessly. Each of us has only one life to live, and one life to give. There is no glory in throwing it away where there is no hope.
~ John Connolly
Others might point to the warning that the most dangerous thing in science is the idea that arrives before its time.
~ John D. Barrow
Iran has long sponsored terrorists who carry out homicide bombings in Israeli cities. However, it is a mistake to believe the danger Iran poses is directed at Israel alone.
~ John Doolittle
Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.
~ John Dryden
He that lives alone lives in danger; society avoids many dangers.
~ Marcus Aurelius
Nothing gives life more zest that running for your life.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
That's the reason I'm not the one that's dead because the attraction of the fast life is very powerful.
~ Bill Murray
Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.
~ Chinua Achebe
Everything that's fun in life is dangerous. Horse races, for instance, are very dangerous. But attempt to design a safe horse and the result is a cow ... It is impossible to be alive and safe.
~ P. J. O'Rourke
If you take real-life circumstances and take out all the pauses then you have a thriller. It has to be non-stop, high stakes and fascinating all the time. Real life is like that from time to time.
~ Hank Phillippi Ryan
Life is a razor, you are always in hot water or a scrape.
~ John Updike
That was madness. You're never going to bring one of those down with a handgun.
~ Sean Penn
It's a chore for a fellow to fear for his life more than once in an evening.
~ T. R. Pearson
If he doesn't stop trying to save your life he's going to kill you.
~ J. K. Rowling
My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health.
~ Maurice Sendak
the worst happens when you least expect it
~ Dean Koontz, Watchers
Every time you step on the football field in between those lines you're putting your life, your career, every single ligament in your body in jeopardy.
~ Robert Griffin III
The worst thing that can happen to you in travel is having a gun pointed at you by a very young person. That's happened to me maybe four times in my life. I didn't like it.
~ Paul Theroux
Poisoned, pursued and living with a psychopath. Not what I would consider the good life. Death has its perks.
~ Maria V. Snyder
Israel is not dangerous on one hand, but on the other hand it is dangerous. Human life is just dangerous, in general.
~ Meital Dohan
The quest for homeland security is heading ... toward the quasi-militarization of everyday life ... If danger might lurk anywhere, maybe everything must be protected and policed.
~ William Greider