Quotes About Danger

The greatest danger you face is your general assumption that you really understand people and that you can quickly judge them. Instead, you must begin with the assumption that you are ignorant and that you have natural biases that will make you judge people incorrectly. Each person you meet is like an undiscovered country, with a very particular psychological chemistry that you will carefully explore.

Sentir temor y peligro puede agudizar más tarde la seducción; pero si provocas esas sensaciones en las primeras etapas, lo más probable es que ahuyentes a tu víctima.) Con frecuencia, la mejor manera de parecer inofensivo y concederte margen de maniobra es establecer una amistad, acercándote cada vez más pero manteniendo siempre la distancia adecuada con amistades del sexo opuesto.

In moments of uncertainty and danger, you need to fight this desire to turn inward. Instead, make yourself more accessible, seek out old allies and make new ones, force yourself into more and more different circles. This has been the trick of powerful people for centuries.

Primero tendrás que demostrar que eres menos inhibido que tu público: que irradias una sexualidad peligrosa, no temes a la muerte, eres deliciosamente espontáneo. Aun un indicio de estas cualidades hará pensar a la gente que eres más poderoso de lo que en verdad eres.

We all have limitations—our energies and skills will take us only so far. Danger comes from trying to surpass our limits.

And the most dangerous of their weapons was insinuation—the means by which Madame cast her spell on the young man, making him seem the aggressor, giving her the night of pleasure she desired, and safeguarding her guiltless reputation, all in one stroke.

La causa más común de los errores humanos —escribió más tarde el cardenal de Retz— es temer demasiado el peligro presente y no lo suficiente el peligro remoto.

Sudden Gains or Losses Sudden success or winnings can be very dangerous. Neurologically, chemicals are released in the brain that give a powerful jolt of arousal and energy, leading to the desire to repeat this experience.

Our ancestors' survival depended on the intensity of their attention. The longer and harder they looked, the more they could distinguish between an opportunity and a danger.

any rash fool can be a hero if he sets no value on his life, or hasn't the wit to appreciate danger. But to understand the risk, perhaps even to flinch at first, but then to summon the strength to face them down - that in my opinion is the most commendable form of valour

If you are afraid of wolves, keep out of the woods. - J. V. Stalin, 1936

This combination of incompetence and accidents led to increasing public hostility toward chemical weapons. After all, it was argued, if a few pounds of nerve agent was sufficient to kill 6,000 sheep, what would be the consequence of a full-scale accident?

Every evil is easily crushed at birth; allow it to become established and it always gathers strength.

you were both hunter and hunted; the shadow of your thoughts was the beast which killed you.

British airmen who, undaunted by odds, unwearied in their constant challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of the world war by their prowess and their devotion. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

The Protean Alternative I have stressed the pervasiveness and danger of cultism, but that does not mean it must dominate our future. We are capable of alternatives—even antidotes—that stem from the very structure of the human mind. One such alternative is what I call the protean self, a view of the self as always in process; as being many-sided rather than monolithic, and resilient rather than fixed.

On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers.

Does it make you brave to stick your hand in a bear's mouth? Would you do it again just because you didn't die?

If you ask the lion to protect from from wolves, you have only chosen to end in one belly instead of another.

A man can get killed in there.

In Shinear, a woman [is] safe anywhere, any time-except from Trollocs and Myrddraal, of course-and any man [will] die to see it so.

How do you know when a woman wants to kill you?" Rand mused. "When she knows your name?" Dobraine did not sound as if he were joking.

Only a fool believed women less dangerous than men, but women often seemed to think men fools when it came to women.

Never prod at woman, unless you must, she will kill you faster than a man and for less reason. Even if she weeps over it after.