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Quotes About Audacity

In the forefront of our move toward change, there is only poetry to hint at possibility made real.
~ Audrey Lorde
His smile had an attractive quality, the smile of a man of the world who used it, not to cover his words, but to stress the audacity of expressing a sincere emotion.
~ Ayn Rand
Helvétius's maxims: "It is worth being wise only so long as one can also be foolhardy.
~ Stacy Schiff
In a don't-give-a-fuck world, he is about to become the ultimate don't-give-a-fucker.
~ Stephen King
Love: the skillful audacity required to share an inner life.
~ Gertrude Stein
If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave man, - it is the man who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.
~ James A. Garfield
calculation and boldness. (Photo courtesy John
~ Jonathan Parshall
That gal's got gumption, don't she?" Dobro marveled. "That gal's got what it takes.
~ Jonathan Rogers
At last, he was being decisive once again. Playing for the highest stakes, shrugging off the inertia of the last few years. He felt almost as he had done as a child, thrilling in the audacity of his actions. That was how it had often been before politics and the stultifying role of John Mandrake had closed in on him. And he no longer wished to play that part.
~ Jonathan Stroud
The truth was that an odd, fatalistic exhilaration had begun to seize hold of me. The sheer magnitude, the sheer dumb audacity of what I was now attempting was beginning to exert its own appeal. Okay, the certain-death part wasn't so hot, but given that I had no choice in the matter, I found I rather relished the challenge of my night's work.
~ Jonathan Stroud
Splendido. Datemi solo delle revolverate un po' all'impazzata, qui. Grazie. Tipo My Way di Vicious. Fate fuoco quando volete.
~ Enrico Brizzi
Sólo dejaban huella en el mundo los hombres audaces, los rebeldes con alteza de miras, no las hormigas laboriosas que ascendían por escalafón.
~ Enrique Serna
insouciance. But there's just something uniquely intimidating about
~ Ben Aaronovitch
I think I play with no fear: I run at players regardless of who they are and try to make a difference.
~ Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
I always love the court fool in Shakespearean times, in Henry VIII's time. The fool can say all kinds of stuff that the other people can't say, so I'm hoping I might take that role.
~ Cornelia Parker
I would just say that nobody could do what I do unless you had a big ego. It's the only way you can really put it. You have to be arrogant enough to challenge the arrogance of the human race.
~ Paul Watson
He stepped over the velvet rope and seated himself at the harpsichord, cracking his knuckles with a flourish. "You're bluffing!" Dan accused. "You
~ Gordon Korman
Whatever you do in life, do it with courage
~ Gregory David Roberts
I'm the one who will take chances, not worry about the backlash.
~ Magic Johnson
Impudence is the worst of all human diseases.
~ Euripides
Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.
~ Jean Cocteau
We actually have the tools in the life sciences to achieve anything that you have the audacity to envision. I just hope to live long enough not to die.
~ Bill Maris
genius answers those questions audaciously and lavishly. She dares to imagine everything and anything as possible, and carries our culture to worlds that never were. You can do the same.
~ Sean Patrick
Because I dared.
~ Sharon Cameron