Peril Quotes

286 quotes by 225 authors

The pro-Israel lobby has been remarkably successful in suppressing criticism. Politicians challenge it at their peril because of the lobby's ability to influence political contributions. — George Soros
The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril. There may still be disputes about exactly how much we're contributing… — Barack Obama
If any of us hopes to survive, she must meet the extremity of the American female condition with immediate and political response. The thoroughly destructive… — June Jordan
Boredom is your window on the properties of time that one tends to ignore to the likely peril of one's mental equilibrium. It is your… — Joseph Brodsky
The peril of the hour moved the British to tremendous exertions, just as always in a moment of extreme danger things can be done which… — Erwin Rommel
There are no rules, but you break them at your peril. — Peter Guber
Our way of getting an army able to fight the German army is to declare war on Germany just as if we had such an… — George Bernard Shaw
The Animals of the planet are in desperate peril and they are fully aware of this. No less than human beings are doing in all… — Alice Walker
I feel that our planet is in peril and that creating a sustainable planet for my children and my children's children is the most important… — Kyra Sedgwick
Economies are supposed to serve human ends.. not the other way round. We forget at our peril that markets make a good servant, a bad… — Amory Lovins
The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril — Barack Obama
He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather incur peril than preservation; for who… — Walter Raleigh
It is not our affluence, or our plumbing, or our clogged freeways that grip the imagination of others. Rather, it is the values upon which… — J. William Fulbright
It is only through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; Through Art and art only that we can shield ourselves… — Oscar Wilde
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do… — Oscar Wilde
I had no fear of the stream's perils, and I listened with the greatest contentment to the quiet slap of water on rocks, the running… — Clare B. Dunkle
Language is the soulâ€™s ozone layer and we thin it at our peril. — Sven Birkerts
My fellow citizens, the dangers to our country and the world will be overcome. We will pass through this time of peril and carry on… — George W. Bush
The writer cannot be a mere storyteller; he cannot be a mere teacher; he cannot merely X-ray societyâ€™s weaknesses, its ills, its perils. He or… — Ken Saro-Wiwa
The space between the young readerâ€™s eyeballs and the printed page is a holy place and officialdom should trample all over it at their peril.â€™ — Terry Pratchett

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