Quotes with dangers

Quotes 21 till 29 of 29.

  • Napoleon The torment of precautions often exceeds often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Bill Viola The velocity and knee-jerk response to events happening in real time that television brings us precludes any kind of reflection or contemplation and therefore analysis. And that's been one of the greatest political dangers in the post-war era. The idea of the reasoned, thoughtful response goes out of the window.
    Bill Viola
    American video artist (1951 - )
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  • E. M. Forster We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship.
    E. M. Forster
    English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist (1879 - 1970)
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  • David Sarnoff We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.
    David Sarnoff
    American Entrepreneur (1891 - 1971)
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  • Bill Owens We must renew our efforts to keep our communities safe, from the dangers of terrorists from foreign lands and from common criminals here at home. Let no criminal believe that tough fiscal times will yield an open cell door and a ticket to freedom.
    Bill Owens
    American photographer (1938 - )
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  • Jean Paul Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger.
    Jean Paul
    German poet (ps. by Johann P.F. Richter) (1763 - 1825)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • C. Everett Koop You can't talk of the dangers of snake poisoning and not mention snakes.
    C. Everett Koop
    American doctor and pediatric surgeon (1916 - 2013)
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  • Oscar Wilde Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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