Quotes About Daring

If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?

Only the brave lie here.

For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Alexander Woollcott

I've jumped out of an airplane 34 times. I've dove 212 feet under water. I've done a lot of things that defied death.

I've ended up water skiing behind the Stanford rowing team as well as water skiing behind an excavator while it swung around in a circle.

I am a gambler. I decided to go in with Company E in the first wave.

You gotta stick your neck out and put out a record that isn't safe... that's the Green Day way!

Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.

The point is, when you have a chance to have a big adventure, especially if, like in your case, it doesn't hurt anyone, it's just plain foolish not to take it.

I don't know if you'll see me jumping out of planes anytime soon.

I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee.

I am an undisputed gangster. To me, that means playing by my own rules.

I never want to feel that I'm playing it safe.

You never know when you're going to have to fight or take your clothes off.

I wanted to have a creative director crazy enough to say, 'Sure, I'll do a collection in five days.'

I'm not afraid of color. I like color.

I like to do things that are shocking or challenging for the sake of comedy.

A lot of concerts are just too safe.

The craziest thing I've probably done during a show is the balcony dive - it was pretty scary. I was like, 'This could result in an injury of mine,' but somehow I survived.

Last year, when 'Black Swan,' 'True Grit' and 'King's Speech' all grossed over $100 million, it gave studios and independent financiers the confidence to make daring movies and not do the same old you-know-what.

The way Ederson plays is so brave. To dare to play like that is bravery and it also enables City to play with a much higher press. They are able to really press because they know any ball in behind he will sweep up.

A lot of people think it's insane to swim out in blue water with a great white shark, but my experience tells me I can do it safely. Other people might consider it mad, granted, but then I might think what they do is mad.

Open-water swimming scares the hell out of me.