Precarious Quotes
108 quotes by 104 authors
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The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand and protect nature's…
— Diane Ackerman
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The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.
— Jane Addams
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Do I wear a helmet? Ugh. I do when I'm riding through a precarious part of town, meaning Midtown traffic. But when I'm riding on…
— David Byrne
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Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we have, will not in my…
— Benjamin Franklin
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The life of a professional golfer is precarious at best. Win, and they carry you to the clubhouse on their shoulders. Lose, and you pay…
— Gene Sarazen
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Liberalism regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situation, in which there is no guarantee that the new will…
— Morris Raphael Cohen
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Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his…
— Norman Borlaug
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The more experiences and experiments accumulate in the exploration of nature, the more precarious the theories become. But it is not always good to discard…
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
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In man's life, time is but a moment; being, a flux; sense is dim; the material frame corruptible; soul, an eddy of breath; fortune a…
— Marcus Aurelius
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I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride…
— Edward Gibbon
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Until we consider animal life to be worthy of the consideration and reverence we bestow upon old books and pictures and historic monuments, there will…
— Gerald Durrell
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Perhaps bacteria may tentatively be regarded as biochemical experiments; owing to their relatively small size and rapid growth, variations must arise much more frequently than…
— Marjory Stephenson
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Wine is a precarious aphrodisiac, and its fumes have blighted many a mating.
— Norman Douglas
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Cricket is a most precarious profession; it is called a team game but, in fact, no one is so lonely as a batsman facing a…
— John Arlott
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We are in an extremely precarious and urgent situation that compels immediate action
— David Karoly
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Ownership is not a general feature of our society, determining its character. On the contrary, dependence on a precarious wage at the will of others…
— Hilaire Belloc
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Let us consider, brethren, we are struggling for our best birthrights and inheritance, which being infringed, renders all our blessings precarious in their enjoyments, and,…
— Samuel Adams
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The increasing remoteness of consanguinity is everyday diminishing the force of the family compact between France and Spain. And politicians have ever with great reason…
— Alexander Hamilton
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In this world we are in precarious position, balanced midway between material and spiritual hungers. We find heaven to be a delicate state of consciousness…
— Harold Klemp
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The international monetary order is more precarious by far today than it was in 1929. Then, gold was international money, incorruptible, unmanageable, and unchangeable. Today,…
— Hans F. Sennholz
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