Peril Quotes

286 quotes by 225 authors

Having served as the majority spokesman for the House Ways and Means Committee after Republicans took the House in 1994, I've seen the promise and… — Ari Fleischer
The High Divide, a novel about a family in peril, is haunting and tense but leavened by considerable warmth and humanity. Lin Enger writes with… — Benjamin Percy
Animals are not just other species. They are other nations. And we murder them at our peril. The peace map is drawn on a menu.… — Philip Wollen
Instead of bracing yourself for the perils of the unknown, embrace the joy that is here, in your present moment. — Michelle Cruz
The church is ever in peril-and never more so than now-of the disaster which must follow when she allows men of distinction in the sphere… — Lewis Sperry Chafer
The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity. — Thomas A. Edison
Freedom is never more in peril than when politicians feel the pressure to 'do something.' — Sheldon Richman
Congress has turned its back on America's working families. There are Teamster families in every congressional district in America, and those families vote. Those who… — James P. Hoffa
Blackened skeleton arms of wood by the wayside pointed upward to the convent, as if the ghosts of former travellers, overwhelmed by the snow, haunted… — Charles Dickens
For I am full of spirit and resolve to meet all perils very constantly. — William Shakespeare
And I think detente had manifestly failed, and that the pursuit of it was encouraging Soviet expansion and rendering the world more dangerous, and especially… — Jeane Kirkpatrick
Place your army in deadly peril, and it will survive; plunge it into desperate straits, and it will come off in safety. — Sun Tzu
Electricity, the peril the wind sings to in the wires on a gray day. — Janet Frame
An inventor's endeavor is essentially lifesaving. Whether he harnesses forces, improves devices, or provides new comforts and conveniences, he is adding to the safety of… — Nikola Tesla
Self-recognition is necessary to know one's road, but, knowing the road, the price of the mistakes and perils is worth paying. The following of that… — Randolph Bourne
General knowledge may have to be slight or even amateurish knowledge, but it is none the less useful, and we discourage it at our peril. — C. V. Wedgwood
It is amidst great perils we see brave hearts. — Jean-Francois Regnard
Our masks, always in peril of smearing or cracking, in need of continuous check in the mirror or silverware, keep us in thrall to ourselves,… — Carolyn Kizer
When I have occasionally set myself to consider the different distractions of men, the pains and perils to which they expose themselves I have discovered… — Blaise Pascal
Generally, social networking sites can be hugely promising and beneficial in opening new friendships and vistas and knowledge of the world, but they are also… — Richard Blumenthal

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