Precarious Quotes

108 Precarious quotes by 103 unique authors

For Aristotle, goodness is a kind of prospering in the precarious affair of being human. — Terry Eagleton
A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office. — Hubert H. Humphrey
All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse. — Doris Lessing
Existence is no more than the precarious attainment of relevance in an intensely mobile flux of past, present, and future. — Susan Sontag
You can never really know someone completely. Thatâ€™s why itâ€™s the most terrifying thing in the world, reallyâ€”taking someone on faith, hoping theyâ€™ll take you… — Libba Bray
This is what he knew that Paul didn't: the world was precarious and sometimes cruel. He'd had to fight hard to achieve what Paul simply… — Kim Edwards
The stronger a culture, the less it fears the radical fringe. The more paranoid and precarious a culture, the less tolerance it offers. — Joel Salatin
Anybody who has had a great treasure has always led a precarious existence. — John Wyndham
I only regret that everybody wants to deprive me of the journal, which is the only steadfast friend I have, the only one which makes… — Anais Nin
The word I think of is precarious. I am struck by how precarious it all is. How the things that hold us are only as… — David Levithan
Every fall into love involves the triumph of hope over self-knowledge. We fall in love hoping we won't find in another what we know is… — Alain de Botton
My dear, I'm seldom sure of anything. Life at best is a precarious business, and we aren't told that difficult or painful things won't happen,… — Madeleine L'Engle
Since September it's just gotten colder and colder. There's less daylight now, I've noticed too. This can only mean one thing - the sun is… — Bill Watterson
As we live our precarious lives on the brink of the void, constantly coming closer to a state of nonbeing, we are all too often… — Iris Murdoch
I stepped from plank to plank So slow and cautiously; The stars about my head I felt, About my feet the sea. I knew not… — Emily Dickinson
Isn't it sad how some people's grip on their lives is so precarious that they'll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak… — Bill Watterson
Everything had felt so precarious since her mother's death, like she was walking on a bridge made of paper. — Sarah Addison Allen
Sorry Johnny." "Sorry for what " "For shouting at you. It's just that when I think about the future I keep panicking. It's like falling… — Julia Golding
There is no doubt that solitude is a challenge and to maintain balance within it a precarious business. But I must not forget that, for… — May Sarton

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