--- title: "11 Dangerous Quotes By Stephen King" description: "11 Dangerous quotes by Stephen King. Plus more from Stephen King and more Dangerous sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cf/stephen-king-13_dangerous_deduce-is-absurd-and-dangerous-865842_865842.jpg" --- > [“Deduce is absurd and dangerous”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/deduce-is-absurd-and-dangerous/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cf/stephen-king-13_dangerous_deduce-is-absurd-and-dangerous-865842_865842.jpg) > [“Although love is a dangerous word when it comes from men.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/although-love-is-a-dangerous-word-when-it-comes-from-men/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/stephen-king-13_dangerous_although-love-is-a-dangerous-word-when-i_2817477.jpg) > [A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/a-cowardly-leader-is-the-most-dangerous-of-men/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e45/stephen-king-13_cowardly_a-cowardly-leader-is-the-most-dangerous_454217.jpg) > [“...she knew that shadows could be dangerous. They could have teeth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/she-knew-that-shadows-could-be-dangerous-they-could-have-teeth/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/811/stephen-king-13_dangerous_she-knew-that-shadows-could-be-dangerous_2922039.jpg) > [I believe that the combination of pencil and memory creates a kind of practical magic, and magic is dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/i-believe-that-the-combination-of-pencil-and-memory-creates-a-kind-of/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/411/stephen-king-13_believe_i-believe-that-the-combination-of-pencil_197516.jpg) > [How many have to die before we will give up these dangerous toys?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/how-many-have-to-die-before-we-will-give-up-these-dangerous-toys/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/stephen-king-13_dangerous_how-many-have-to-die-before-we-will-give_2568221.jpg) > [Directing teenage actors is like juggling jars of nitro-glycerine: exhilarating and dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/directing-teenage-actors-is-like-juggling-jars-of-nitro-glycerine/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3e/stephen-king-13_actors_directing-teenage-actors-is-like-jugglin_2430053.jpg) > [My view is that organized religion is a very dangerous tool that's been misused by a lot of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/my-view-is-that-organized-religion-is-a-very-dangerous-tool-that-s/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27f/stephen-king-13_dangerous_my-view-is-that-organized-religion-is-a_1677234.jpg) > [“To the champ, everything is serious business. I'm hoping that he'll live long enough to learn that in this world that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/to-the-champ-everything-is-serious-business-i-m-hoping-that-he-ll/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/stephen-king-13_business_to-the-champ-everything-is-serious-busin_2032620.jpg) > [And that almost killed you?" "It wasn't deep but it got infected. Infection means that the bad germs got into it. Infection's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/and-that-almost-killed-you-it-wasn-t-deep-but-it-got-infected/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/stephen-king-13_dangerous_and-that-almost-killed-you-it-wasn-t-dee_2230335.jpg) > [there are lots of would-be censors out there, and although they may have different agendas, they all want basically the same thing:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/there-are-lots-of-would-be-censors-out-there-and-although-they-may/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/319/stephen-king-13_agendas_there-are-lots-of-would-be-censors-out-t_613095.jpg) ## Other authors on Dangerous ## More by Stephen King > [Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as enemies and equals?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/shall-there-be-truth-between-us-as-two-men-not-as-friends-but-as/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [The worst advice? 'Don't listen to the critics.' I think that you really ought to listen to the critics, because sometimes they're telling you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-worst-advice-don-t-listen-to-the-critics-i-think-that-you-really/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“October 3, 2017 The clown, Hagarty said, looked like a cross between Ronald McDonald and that old TV clown, Bozo—or so he thought at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/october-3-2017-the-clown-hagarty-said-looked-like-a-cross-between/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“Eddie saw great things and near misses. Albert Einstein as a child, not quite struck by a run-away milk-wagon as he crossed a street.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/eddie-saw-great-things-and-near-misses-albert-einstein-as-a-child-not/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [It hurt, of course, but more often than not the best things do, I've found.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/it-hurt-of-course-but-more-often-than-not-the-best-things-do-i-ve/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“The idea that creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time... Creative people probably do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-idea-that-creative-endeavor-and-mind-altering-substances-are/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“The sun had burned through and the day had gone from dull to dazzling, yet in the west blask-satin thunderheads continued to stack up.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-sun-had-burned-through-and-the-day-had-gone-from-dull-to-dazzling/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“God, you had enough time to have been through it three times. You've been through my stuff. I bet you over and let one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/god-you-had-enough-time-to-have-been-through-it-three-times-you-ve/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“Flakes of snow swirled and danced across the porch. The Overlook faced it as it had for nearly three-quarters of a century, its darkened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/flakes-of-snow-swirled-and-danced-across-the-porch-the-overlook-faced/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“In that instant it all seemed to come clear to him- it came in a grisly flash of light, and he realized that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/in-that-instant-it-all-seemed-to-come-clear-to-him-it-came-in-a/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [Who gets to be best-liked in any community? Who is the most trusted? Why, the man who does the dirty job, of course, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/who-gets-to-be-best-liked-in-any-community-who-is-the-most-trusted/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“¿Lo ves, tonto? Volvió a regañarse. Tú lo inventaste todo, gato asustado. No fue más que tu imaginación, gato asustado, gato asustado... No te…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/lo-ves-tonto-volvi-a-rega-arse-t-lo-inventaste-todo-gato-asustado-no/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“Death . . . but not for you. That was what Walter, clever as Satan even at the end, had said. A lawyer’s answer . . . so close to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/death-but-not-for-you-that-was-what-walter-clever-as-satan-even-at/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [The ghost story movie that scared me the most was The Changeling with George C. Scott. I think that's sometimes overlooked, but it's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-ghost-story-movie-that-scared-me-the-most-was-the-changeling-with/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“Climb aboard, Jonesy. I'm going to send you up where the air is rare and the view is much more than fair.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/climb-aboard-jonesy-i-m-going-to-send-you-up-where-the-air-is-rare/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dangerous/stephen-king/#itemlist", "name": "11 Dangerous Quotes By Stephen King", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Deduce is absurd and dangerous”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/deduce-is-absurd-and-dangerous/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cf/stephen-king-13_dangerous_deduce-is-absurd-and-dangerous-865842_865842.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cf/stephen-king-13_dangerous_deduce-is-absurd-and-dangerous-865842_865842.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cf/stephen-king-13_dangerous_deduce-is-absurd-and-dangerous-865842_865842.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Deduce is absurd and dangerous” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Although love is a dangerous word when it comes from men.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/although-love-is-a-dangerous-word-when-it-comes-from-men/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/stephen-king-13_dangerous_although-love-is-a-dangerous-word-when-i_2817477.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/stephen-king-13_dangerous_although-love-is-a-dangerous-word-when-i_2817477.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50d/stephen-king-13_dangerous_although-love-is-a-dangerous-word-when-i_2817477.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Although love is a dangerous word when it comes from men.” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/a-cowardly-leader-is-the-most-dangerous-of-men/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e45/stephen-king-13_cowardly_a-cowardly-leader-is-the-most-dangerous_454217.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e45/stephen-king-13_cowardly_a-cowardly-leader-is-the-most-dangerous_454217.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e45/stephen-king-13_cowardly_a-cowardly-leader-is-the-most-dangerous_454217.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“...she knew that shadows could be dangerous. 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