Brink Quotes

163 quotes by 143 authors

With how many things are we on the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Here's the truth: the Soviet Union had thousands of nuclear weapons, and Iran doesn't have a single one. But when the world was on the… — Barack Obama
Everyone is right up there at the very brink of their pain limit. — Martin Amis
We're forever teetering on the brink of the unknowable, and trying to understand what can't be understood. — Isaac Asimov
Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the brink of mysteries and harmonies into which they never enter,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
All I ask is this: Do something. Try something. Speaking out, showing up, writing a letter, a check, a strongly worded e-mail. Pick a cause… — Joss Whedon
Even this nation (the US) will be on the very verge of crumbling to pieces and tumbling to the ground, and when the Constitution is… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Here lies a gentleman bold Who was so very brave He went to lengths untold, And on the brink of the grave Death had on… — Miguel de Cervantes
It was growing late, and though one might stand on the brink of a deep chasm of disaster, one was still obliged to dress for… — Georgette Heyer
Nothing fires the warriorâ€™s heart more with courage than to find himself and his comrades at the point of annihilation, at the brink of being… — Steven Pressfield
Do they see the lethal insanity of a race to the brink of oblivion, and then over the edge? Apparently not. If they did, surely… — Stephen King
It is easy to see things in retrospect. But I was ignorant then of everything but my own happiness, and I donâ€™t know what else… — Donna Tartt
I feel like there's something terrible and wonderful and amazing that's just beyond my grasp. I have dreams about it. I do dream, by the… — Michael Cunningham
As we live our precarious lives on the brink of the void, constantly coming closer to a state of nonbeing, we are all too often… — Iris Murdoch
â€¨â€¦Abe didnâ€™t say a word. He made straight for his journal and wrote down a single sentence. One that would radically alter the course of… — Seth Grahame-Smith
I seemed to be upon the verge of comprehension, without the power to comprehend as men, at time, find themselves upon the brink of rememberance,… — Edgar Allan Poe
Sometimes IVs and pills werenâ€™t always the best course of treatment for the injured. Sometimes all you needed was the touch of the one you… — J R Ward
Yes, as Rhett had prophesied, marriage could be a lot of fun. Not only was it fun but she was learning many things. That was… — Margaret Mitchell
This is crazy," I told Patch in an undertone. "I'm crazy." He was on the brink of smiling again. "About you. — Becca Fitzpatrick
We live on the brink of disaster because we do not know how to let life alone. We do not respect the living and fruitful… — Thomas Merton

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