Imperiled Quotes
17 quotes by 15 authors
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This is, in theory, still a free country, but our politically correct, censorious times are such that many of us tremble to give vent to…
— Simon Heffer
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Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better. As the great Sun Tzu said: “When you know…
— Bruce Lee
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One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.
— Boethius
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Some suffering is given in order to chastise and correct a person for wrongful patterns of life (as in the case of Jonah imperiled by…
— Timothy Keller
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However we may pity the mother whose health and even life is imperiled by the performance of her natural duty, there yet remains no sufficient…
— Pope Pius XI
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Bad facts make bad law, and people who write bad laws are in my opinion more dangerous than songwriters who celebrate sexuality. Freedom of speech,…
— Frank Zappa
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The Republicans find their faith imperiled by Barney Frank's marriage. There is always a shadow on the wall, a monster in the closet, a mysterious…
— Charlie Pierce
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The Jaguar's Children is a beautifully rendered lament for an imperiled culture and the brave lives that would preserve it. You should read it.
— John Burnham Schwartz
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I have long admired the visceral storytelling and moral complexity of John Vaillant’s brilliant non-fiction about humankind’s tragically ambivalent relationship with the natural world. Now…
— John Burnham Schwartz
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The paradox of race in America is that our common destiny is more pronounced and imperiled precisely when our divisions are deeper.
— Cornel West
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We had generals who were admirals and admirals who wanted to be generals. Generals acting as admirals are bad enough, but it was the admirals…
— Holland Smith
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I've often wanted to play the victim, or somebody who makes terrible choices. I would love to play the alcoholic mother who horribly lets down…
— Lucy Lawless
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Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve one without harming or furthering all.
— Jose Marti
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understanding the true nature of instinctive decision making requires us to be forgiving of those people trapped in circumstances where good judgment is imperiled.
— Malcolm Gladwell
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I do get scared about the physical danger from drug dealers. But it's not in the same league as the danger I feel eating an…
— Jonathan Kozol
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It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not…
— Sun Tzu
Who Wrote These Imperiled Quotes
15 authors contributed a total of 17 Imperiled Quotes as follows: