Quotes About Peril

Now an enemy is never so near and consequently so threatening, as when he has completely disappeared.

Is the world filled with tigers and crocodiles?" "Yes; and remember that two-legged tigers and crocodiles are more dangerous than the others." "Never

I swear, you are frightening me! said Dantes. Is the world full of tigers and crocodiles then? Yes, except that the tigers and crocodiles with two legs are more dangerous than the rest.

under constant fear of enemy attack. 16

Fenworth nodded. "Yes, yes. Urgent, deadly, insidious. The world is in peril and we must rise against evil." The old wizard released the general and patted him on the shoulder. "Tea and cake first, don't you think?

car seat-belts. The vast majority of the time they served no real purpose. Even bad drivers could go years between accidents. But when an accident finally did occur—in that precise instant—a seat-belt became the only thing standing between a chance for life and a grisly death.

In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash.

Be grateful you're not in the forest in France Where the average young person just hasn't a chance To escape from the perilous pants eating plants But your pants are safe, you're a fortunate guy You ought to be shouting how lucky am I

I'm really afraid of getting hit by cars, like terrified of it. I'm terrified of crossing streets. I'm also very accident-prone...I think people aim for me.

However well organised the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks.

The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety.

It is dangerous to exist in the world. To exist is to be threatened. We must live with threats.

Danger is ever-present in life, more for some than others.

I don't intend to be menacing, but I do think of life as being essentially dangerous. We never know what's going to happen from one day to the next.

Why is life so tragic; so like a little strip of pavement over an abyss. I look down; I feel giddy; I wonder how I am ever to walk to the end.

animals like bears or cougars. It was a marvel they hadn't yet seen anything more vicious

Look at the shiny magic thing trying to kill us, isn't it awesome?

Watch your step," said Slash. Jig stopped, fully expecting to be shot, poisoned, crushed, or maybe all three at the same time. "What is it now?" Slash pointed to a pile of brown, slimy goo in the center of the tunnel. "Hairball.

It was as though the man-eater - for no other leopard would have killed the goat and laid it on the track- had said, 'Here, if you want your goat so badly, take it; and as it is now dark and you have a long way to go, we will see which of you lives to reach the village.

A nation does not have to be overrun by a foreign enemy to be utterly destroyed." Rather,

Fear is an insidious and deadly thing. It can warp judgment, freeze reflexes, breed mistakes. Worse, it's contagious.

O demônio esbarra manso mansinho, se fazendo de apeado, tanto tristonho, e, o senhor pára próximo – aí então ele desanda em pulos e prazeres de dansa, falando grosso, querendo abraçar e grossas caretas – boca alargada. Porque ele é – é dôido sem cura. Todo perigo.

Viver é muito perigoso, mesmo.

Uno vuol passare un fiume a nuoto, e lo passa; ma tocca l'altra sponda in un punto assai più in basso, ben diverso da quello che in un primo tempo aveva pensato. Vivere non è forse molto pericoloso?