Perilous Quotes

121 quotes by 107 authors

Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs. — Ambrose Bierce
Nothing so perilous as procrastination — John Lyly
Raising Black children-female and male-in the mouth of a racist, sexist, suicidal dragon is perilous and chancy. If they cannot love and resist at the… — Audre Lorde
Confidence, of course is an admirable asset to a golfer, but it should be an unspoken confidence. It is perilous to put it into speech.… — P.G. Wodehouse
My story starts at sea, a perilous voyage to an unknown land. A shipwreck. The wild waters roar and heave. The brave vessel is dashed… — William Shakespeare
I have been reading the Old Testament, a most bloodthirsty and perilous book for the young. Jehovah is beyond doubt the worst character in fiction. — Edwin Arlington Robinson
Fortune's wheel never stands still the highest point is therefore the most perilous. — Maria Edgeworth
We are at a crossroads in human history. Never before has there been a moment so simultaneously perilous and promising. We are the first species… — Carl Sagan
It used to be the case that for an Irishman to come to the U.S. involved a perilous journey on a ship. It involved singing… — Joseph O'Neill
In my opinion, advocating, allowing and practicing psychiatric and psychoanalytic dogmas within the church is every bit as pagan and heretical (and therefore perilous) as… — Jay E. Adams
Nothing is more perilous than truth in a world that lies. — Nawal El Saadawi
Study the past if you would define the future. I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who… — Confucius
Music can minister to minds diseased, pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, raze out the written troubles of the brain, and with its sweet… — William Shakespeare
Our lives are led, and our decisions made, within a network of needs and wants, some natural, some arising from the acts of others, some… — Carl Cohen
Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic… — Seneca the Younger
In a high tech world the cure for the tragic shortcomings and perilous fallacies of human intuition is education, but education in economics, evolutionary biology,… — Steven Pinker
Faerie is a perilous land, and in it are pitfalls for the unwary, and dungeons for the overbold. — J.R.R. Tolkien
It's perilous and foolhardy for the average citizen to remain ignorant about global warming, say, or ozone depletion, air pollution, toxic and radioactive wastes, acid… — Carl Sagan
In the present state of the world, it is evident that the control we have gained of physical energies, heat, light, electricity, etc., without having… — John Dewey
The absolute contingency of the encounter takes on the appearance of destiny. The declaration of love marks the transition from chance to destiny and that's… — Alain Badiou

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