Dangerous Quotes

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In my country we say that ignorance is the warm bath in which it is comfortable to sit but dangerous to lie down. — Marina Lewycka
The dangerous temptation of wildlife films is that they can lull us into thinking we can get by without the original models -- that we… — Doug Peacock
The most dangerous men on earth are those who are afraid they are wimps — James Gilligan
Stories are wondrous things. And they are dangerous. — Thomas King
Why do I write? I write because I have to, because it is all I know, because it is my truth, because I am compelled,… — Patrick Califia
What I love about the thriller form is that it makes you write a story. You can't get lost in your own genius, which is… — Harlan Coben
It is no use dealing with illusions and make-believes. We must look at the facts. The world ... is too dangerous for anyone to be… — Winston Churchill
The accretion of dangerous power does not come in a day. It does come, however slowly, from the generative force of unchecked disregard of the… — Felix Frankfurter
Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little. . . . We… — Woodrow Wilson
Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little. — Warren G. Harding
A single legislature, on account of the superabundance of its power, and the uncontrolled rabidity of its execution, becomes as dangerous to the principles of… — Thomas Paine
Market forces have no intrinsically moral direction, which is why, before he wrote The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith wrote The Theory of Moral Sentiments.… — Arianna Huffington
It is only by instigation of the wrongs of men that what we call the rights of men become turbulent and dangerous. — James Russell Lowell
For the Humanist, . . . head and heart . . . must function together. . . . The constitution of the Phillips Exeter Academy… — Corliss Lamont
The usual marriage in traditional cultures was arranged for by the families. It wasn't a person-to-person decision at all. . . . In the Middle… — Joseph Campbell
I speak in reality. I don't try to hide anything from anybody, and that's the most dangerous thing about our music that parents are so… — Marilyn Manson
Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as… — Friedrich Durrenmatt
That "ol' black magic" is a fickle force. The chemistry of romantic love can trigger the chemistry of sexual desire and the fuel of sexual… — Helen Fisher
The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won't happen if you compromise… — Yvon Chouinard
As virtue is necessary in a republic, and honor in a monarchy, fear is what is required in a despotism. As for virtue, it is… — Baron de Montesquieu
Nothing is more dangerous that the politician who uses politics as a surrogate for an unsatisfactory personal life. — Denis Healey
In modern Britain the most dangerous place to be is in your mother's womb. It should be a place of sanctity. — Edward Leigh
They who talk much of destiny, their birth-star, etc., are in a lower dangerous plane, and invite the evils they fear. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Revolutions are celebrated when they are no longer dangerous. — Pierre Boulez
The communism of combined wealth and capital, the outgrown of overweening cupidity and selfishness which assiduously undermines the justice and integrity of free institutions, is… — Grover Cleveland

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