Precarious Quotes

108 Precarious quotes by 103 unique authors

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
With no chance to take off, I had to play my role, searching for the rendezvous spot, which gave me the excuse to look for… — Kelley Armstrong
Teachers wondered why I didn't speak up more in class. Why would I when I knew how precarious words could be, how betraying they were,… — Justina Chen
In modern times, if the sole measure of what’s out there flows from your five senses then a precarious life awaits you. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Overcome your guilt. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don't blame yourself. Protect, save, help- but know when to give up. They're precarious… — Brandon Sanderson
Sometimes you have to live in precarious and temporary places. Unsuitable places. Wrong places. Sometimes the safe place won't help you. — Jeanette Winterson
The motto I have penned on my knuckles is that this is the best world we have--because it's the only world we have. It's the… — Caitlin Moran
Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure are, by their very nature, highly uncertain, precarious,… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Courage, of all national qualities, is the most precarious; because it is exerted only at intervals, and by a few in every nation; whereas industry,… — David Hume
If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure… — Winston Churchill
To wage war on misery and to struggle against injustice is to promote, along with improved conditions, the human and spiritual progress of all men,… — Pope Paul VI
I'm not the kind of writer who's able to block out the world around me. I'm mindful of our own haves and have-nots, how our… — Walter Bagehot
They [scientists of centuries past] call on God only from the lonely and precarious edge of incomprehension. Where they feel certain about their explanations, however,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Many do not understand how precarious Western civilization is and what a joy it is. From it, we get real democracy. From it, we get… — John Rhys-Davies
Life has to be protected. It is precarious. I would even go so far as to say that precarious life is, in a way, a… — Judith Butler
Some people are weak in their faith and testimonies but are not even aware of how precarious their situation is. Many of them likely would… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
I had long ago become a creation, a public image made to be consumed, piled on top of a precarious shell of a little boy… — Rob Lowe
What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. And then I figure how… — Sidney Sheldon
The simplicity and uniformity of rural occupations, and their incessant practice, preclude any anxieties and agitations of hope and fear, to which employments of a… — William Falconer
The situation in Iraq is dangerous but the regional situation is also very complicated and precarious. — Joschka Fischer
But, on the other hand, the occasional and precarious dripping of coppers has by no means a genial effect. — James Payn

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