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Quotes About Peril

I to my perils Of cheat and charmer Came clad in armour By stars benign. Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man's deceiver Was never mine. The thoughts of others Were light and fleeting, Of lovers' meeting Or luck or fame. Mine were of trouble, And mine were steady; So I was ready When trouble came.
~ A.E. Housman
Where can you steer clear of bandits? Where do the drugs go over? Where can you avoid getting kidnapped by the narcos? Where is there a spot left with no wall, no robbers, and no narcos? Nobody has been able to answer this last question.
~ Óscar Martínez
Be careful, there are witches next to you. -Aaron Jhinkoo
~ Aaron Jhinkoo
Danger, you know, sometimes makes timid men bold.
~ Abigail Adams
The moment he jumped clear of the dugout, the moment his feet touched solid ground, he knew he'd cheated death. But he hadn't felt safe till this moment of seeing Parambil. He'd always imagined that as an adult he'd live in a bustling city far away from here, a place full of life. Only now has he grasped just how vital Parambil is to him, as necessary as his heart or his lungs. One leaves home at one's own peril.
~ Abraham Verghese
It is dangerous to exist in the world. To exist is to be threatened. We must live with threats.
~ Adam Levin
I'm sorry, but -I'm sorry !' I yelped and skipped backward as Gorg advanced on me. 'You were given bad information. Probably some human's fault.' I AM PRINCIPAL ANGER COORDINATOR ASSOCIATE-OF-THE-MONTH GORG FOUR-GORG! HUMANS WILL GIVE ME BAD INFORMATION AT THEIR PERIL !' He didn't look like a principal. He looked like something Hercules ought to be wrestling on the side of a vase.
~ Adam Rex
I've got one foot in the grave and another on a banana peel.
~ Ralphie May
As a comic, I've heard gunshots while I'm trying to get to sleep. I've performed where people wanted to do you harm after the show because of something you said.
~ Billy Gardell
Every time I put on high heels, I think: 'Well, I'll fall over today.' Almost always, I don't. Almost. But all high-heel-wearing women live in constant peril.
~ Kate Reardon
We demonize our enemies at our own peril.
~ Peter Maurer
The familiar trope of the woman in peril doesn't really interest me.
~ Karin Slaughter
When I was first sent from H.M.S. King Alfred to be interviewed by Goodeve in the Admiralty, I was furious. The War seemed to me, in June of 1940, to be desperately serious, and England in imminent peril of invasion.
~ Nevil Shute
Businesses cannot be extricated or disintermediated from the communities they serve. Businesses who do that will do that at their own peril. They will draw fire. And companies who are integrated will be lauded by their communities and not draw fire.
~ Marc Benioff
It was extremely dangerous to be a black man in the KKK. If I'd been exposed, it could have all gone horribly wrong. The Klansmen were armed, and there was always a peril.
~ Ron Stallworth
It's pretty tough to intimidate me. And that's probably at my own peril sometimes.
~ S.E. Cupp
A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
había muy pocas posibilidades de encontrarlo, y todavía menos de que alguno de los cuarenta y cinco pasajeros y tripulantes hubieran sobrevivido a la catástrofe.
~ Piers Paul Read
Beware of silent dogs and still waters
~ Portuguese Proverb
Di balik setiap kehormatan mengintip kebinasaan. Di balik hidup adalah maut. Di balik persatuan adalah perpecahan. Di balik sembah adalah umpat. Maka jalan keselamatan adalah jalan tengah. Jangan terima kehormatan atau kebinasaan sepenuhnya. Jalan tengah—jalan ke arah kelestarian.
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Our ignorance allowed us to live, as you are in the mountains, and your rope is frayed and about to break, but you don't know it and feel safe.
~ Primo Levi
Danger past, God forgotten.
~ Proverb
He who trusts a woman and leads an ass will never be free from plague. #InternationalWomensDay
~ Proverb
The cobra will bite you whether you call it cobra or Mr. Cobra.
~ Proverb