In Danger Quotes

Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. To be more safe, [nations] at length become willing to run the risk of being less free.

God is like a computer, the more software you put in, the greater the danger that extensions will conflict.

Love is of all stimulants the most powerful. It sharpens the wits like danger, and the memory like hatred; it spurs the will like ambition; it intoxicates like wine.

Danger, the spur of all great minds.

Religious freedom is too sacred a right to be restricted or prohibited in any degree without convincing proof that a legitimate interest of the state is in grave danger.

We are in danger of developing a cult of the Common Man, which means a cult of mediocrity.

We seldom break our leg so long as life continues a toilsome upward climb. The danger comes when we begin to take things easily and choose the convenient paths.

'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you, my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.

danger is a biologic necessity, like dreams. if you face death, for that time, for the period of direct confrontation, you are immortal.

The whole point is, I feel the machine should be eliminated. Now that it has served its purpose of alerting us to the dangers of machine control.

I'm a very circumspect and prudent person, and I eliminate danger as far as it can be done.

If there is any danger in the present weather, in the name of God, Monsieur, wait until spring

Our new world rests on order. The danger is disorder. And in today's world, it can now spread like contagion.

The nearer any disease approaches to a crisis, the nearer it is to a cure. Danger and deliverance make their advances together; and it is only in the last push that one or the other takes the lead.

The States separately have very inadequate ideas of the present danger. Party disputes and personal quarrels are the great business of the day, whilst the concerns of the nation are secondary.

Danger and anger are everywhere. Love is the rarity, the gem buried in the core of the mine, the outpost of God.

The danger, when not too dangerous, fascinate.

A world is in danger, this planet is in great danger!

For those who do not have faith in God, fear is a way to protect them. But if faith is strong, there is no anxiety about something in danger.

You will not understand your part within the framework of nature until you actually see yourselves in danger of tearing it apart.

We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure.

What happens if I try to build a life dedicated to avoiding all danger and all unnecessary risk?

For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief.

If you lose your soul, there is a danger of its being destroyed. Therefore, you may not love it, since you do not want it to be destroyed. But in not wanting it to be destroyed, you love it.

The danger always exists that our technology will serve as a buffer between us and nature, a block between us and the deeper dimensions of our own experience.

Partiality in a parent is unlucky; for fondlings are in danger to be made fools.

the greatest danger is always the one we are ignorant of.

Nobody heeds danger when they're making money.

What was it with people always trying to kill me in the library? Nickamedes so needed to put up warning signs. Danger: Working here could be hazardous to your health.

The health of the soul is as precarious as that of the body; for when we seem secure from passions, we are no less in danger of their infection than we are of falling ill when we appear to be well.

People avoid action. Often because they are afraid of the consequences, for action means risk and danger. Danger seems terrible from a distance; it is not so bad if you have a close look at it

See what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.

Men may not believe you, my son. But you must always say the truth, when the truth holds no danger for you or your loved ones.

Reproductive freedom is a real danger for the patriarchy, because it means that women are empowered.

Part of the challenge of being a girl living in the 21st Century, looking back, the danger is to not judge your character by your own standards.

The great danger of riches is that our affections will be carried away from God to His gifts.

Fiction is in danger of becoming a kind of poetry. Only other poets read it. Only other fiction writers care about it.

In my opinion, there are two focal points of the war danger. The first focal point is the Far East zone of Japan. The second focal point in the zone is Germany.

Dangers are sum like a kold bath, very dangerous while you stand stripped on the bank, but often not only harmless, but invigorating, if you pitch into them.

There is no danger of developing eyestrain from looking at the bright side of things.

I have proven a danger to both myself and those around me when carrying these weapons. I'm extraordinarily clumsy.

Vonnegut could not help looking back, despite the danger of being turned metaphorically into a pillar of salt, into am emblem of the death that comes to those who cannot let go of the past

Security against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of civil society. It is an avowed and essential object of the American Union.

The man who is in real danger is the man who thinks he is perfectly safe.

I am disgusted with innovation, in whatever guise, and with reason, for I have seen very harmful effects of it.

Danger lurks when people are dissociated and detached from their own story or feelings.

My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health.

Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on fire.

Take away the danger and remove the restraint, and wayward nature runs free.

The fear factor was my greatest challenge with The Whispering Town. How could I portray danger without really frightening the youngest readers and without diluting the story?