Quotes About Peril

Why do I get the feeling that to say "fancy meeting you here" would hardly be apt? Sharks can smell blood from miles away, I hear.

I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I have seen you amused." "You exaggerate." "Nay, my memory is clear because on each occasion you came within a hair's breadth of getting us both killed.

The dangerous plant did not flower in every generation, they said.

You know, it would be very easy for Gilmore to break his neck on these stairs," Matt offered with a hopeful air. "Accidents do happen." "That won't be necessary, thank you," Virginia said. "Just a leg perhaps?

J'ai lu dernièrement ce témoignage d'un ambassadeur israélien sur sa carrière dans les années cinquante et soixante : "Notre mission était délicate, parce qu'il nous fallait à la fois persuader les Arabes qu'Israël était invincible, et persuader l'Occident qu'Israël était en danger de mort.

Peut-être même que l'humanité entière aurait suivi une autre voie que celle qui est aujourd'hui la sienne, et qui nous mène tout droit vers le naufrage.

Fair, what a useless word. A concept that is relevant only in the rare moments when there is no greater danger than unfairness.

As former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and former Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work wrote, "AI is accelerating innovation in every scientific and engineering endeavor."5 Not since electricity has a breakthrough technology ushered in so much potential promise and peril.

The peril we face today is not only that America might fail to live up to its promise, but that Americans might stop believing in that promise or the need to fight for it. The increasing belief on the left that this promise was always a lie, or on the right that it has always been true and has already been achieved, are two sides of the same coin.

And like everybody else in the world, his heart lodged in his throat and tried to choke him when he saw Mackey Sanders scampering along the top of the giant amplifier. But when he saw Mackey fall off, it threatened to stop.

[On learning that the sides of a ship were four fingers thick:] The passengers are just that distance from death.

Why dangerous?" said his tutee. "Dangerous because you may lose your heart," he said, standing up. "Or mind. Or reputation. Or contact lenses.

I like playing characters who are out there on the edge, where they can explode at any moment or fall off the precipice.

Ambition is a Dead Sea fruit, and the greatest peril to the soul is that one is likely to get precisely what he is seeking.

When I worry about risks, I worry about the biggest ones, particularly those that are difficult to predict - the ones I call small but deep holes. While odds are you will avoid them, if you do fall in one, it's a long way down and nearly impossible to claw your way out.

It's a good thing about George R.R. Martin: He's prepared to kill off the main guys. You don't get the feeling that the good guy is going to last forever, like James Bond.

Being part of 'Game of Thrones,' you're always expecting your character to die. You're not mentally preparing yourself for a very long haul.

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

I think the world is full of evil people. I think in some ways we're in more danger now than before.

Safety's just danger, out of place.

You need to be in danger; otherwise, you get old.

The moment you start being in love with what you're doing, and thinking it's beautiful or rich, then you're in danger.

There's action only if there is danger.

I wish we could be 100% shielded from danger, but nothing is in life.