Quotes About Peril

Chirren is the most dangerous creatures on the earth, with the exception of young girls between the ages of fifteen and forty-two.

As he offered to advance, she exclaimed, Remain where thou art, proud Templar, or at thy choice advance!--one foot nearer, and I plunge myself from the precipice; my body shall be crushed out of the very form of humanity upon the stones of that courtyard ere it become the victim of thy brutality!

A moment of peril is often also a moment of open-hearted kindness and affection. We are thrown off our guard by the general agitation of our feelings, and betray the intensity of those which, at more tranquil periods, our prudence at least conceals, if it cannot altogether suppress them.

God will raise me up a champion, said Rebecca. It cannot be that in merry England---the hospitable, the generous, the free, where so many are ready to peril their lives for honour, there will not be found one to fight for justice. But it is enough that I challenge the trial by combat---there lies my gage.

Why do I even have to say this? Why do I have to say Get off the unique and probably alien living plinth that zaps the unwary? What is wrong with my life that I have to say these things out loud...?

The two most dangerous things in the world are rich people and crazy people.

44th Verse Which means more to you, you or your renown? Which brings more to you, you or what you own? I say what you gain is more trouble that what you lose. Love is the fruit of sacrifice. Wealth is the fruit of generosity. A contented man is never disappointed. He who knows when to stop is preserved from peril, only thus can you endure long.

Know when reason sets limits to avoid peril.

know when to stop. Know when reason sets limits to avoid peril.

Gray Lady Down

Senators undertake to disturb us... by reminding us of the possibility of large numbers swarming from China; but the answer to all this is very obvious and very simple. If the Chinese come here, they will come for citizenship or merely for labor. If they come for citizenship, then in this desire do they give a pledge of loyalty to our institutions; and where is the peril in such vows? They are peaceful and industrious; how can their citizenship be the occasion of solicitude?

He has one of those heads people think about cutting off." "Yes. He does.

When she opened her eyes, the outside door was filled with flame. The propane tank by the kitchen could blow any minute. That left the bedroom back window.

Bosco Bob! Help!" There were no returning shouts of "I'll save you" from any cavalry, and Jazz just knew he was going to wind up in a road gang chained between guys named Bubba and Maurice.

Men and fish are alike. They both get into trouble when they open their mouths.

Body puts us on the brittle line between life and death.

All mushrooms are edible — but some only once.

A hole is nothing at all, but you can still break your neck in it.

Booze and gasoline make a deadly mixture.

Stay alive, don't text and drive.

God is good, but never dance in a small boat.

Typical of the limitations, even the contradictions of life, is the fact that what is most worth having can often only be had at the peril of life itself.

I like normal stuff people fear - like spiders and heights. I'm frightened by the unknown, by things that are hard to figure out and get a grip on.

If he tried to pull her out of the trap she had ridden into, he could easily get himself killed. Gisele felt certain that she would