Quotes About Peril

You looked pretty good out there," she said, smiling up at him. "A little like a tasty seal, but I didn't see any hungry sharks.

Alas! (exclaimed I) how am I to avoid those evils I shall never be exposed to?

but, between you and me, being a woman is a dangerous business, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Oh, those men

If I let her in I'm doomed. It's like inviting a vampire into your house. Once you've invite them in, that's it, you're good as dead!

Carmen? I can hear her release the safety on her Glock when I get within two feet of her.

I have people trying to kill me. A giraffe is low on my list of disturbances.

Well, you must be doing something right. Someone wants to kill you. That's always a good sign.

ignore the obvious signs of danger and stumble into something ugly with the potential for disaster. This was one of those times. I was in a tunnel under a strip club, and I was with my coworker, Lula.

people who denied who they were or where they had been were in the greatest danger. They were blind sleepwalkers on tightropes, fingers scoring thin air.

But I knew one more thing. That people who denied who they were or where they had been were in the greatest danger. They

I knew one more thing. That people who denied who they were or where they had been were in the greatest danger. They were blind sleepwalkers on tightropes, fingers scoring thin air.

We live in an unsafe world.

I used to drive up and down Pacific Coast Highway in this black Porsche, and I had seen a couple of accidents on the highway involving Porsches. I realized if you're in any kind of head on accident in one of those cars, they're going to get you out of it with a can opener, one of those Jaws of Life.

I put my life in danger every time I do some of these demonstrations, whether it's in the audience hanging upside down or on the stage. We now have a lot of dangerous stunts where anything can go wrong. In fact, I have fallen two stories and landed on the stage, so I am well aware of the dangers.

My brother had been given a chemistry set for his bar mitzvah, but he wasn't interested in it. It was upstairs in the attic, and I would sneak up there and use it at great peril because I was afraid if he found out, he would get very angry at me, but he didn't seem to care.

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

Christmas tree stands are the work of the devil and they want you dead.

you're all gonna die because of me." Holden

Denied the status of belligerents, the Volunteers knew that they fought in the likelihood of execution if captured under arms, or even without them, depending on whose hands they fell into.

There are worse things than death in this town and they're usually standing a few inches behind you, ready to reach out and grab you when you least expect it.

Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers."—Seneca the Younger

When history is removed, numbers go upward and memories go inward, to all of our peril.

Non c'è niente di più pericoloso [...] che sottovalutare il proprio avversario, ignorare la sua logica e, tanto per negargli ogni singola ragione, definirlo un «pazzo».

The bullet we're running from is almost never the one that hits us.