- Nov 07, 2020
Dangerous Quotes
On the risks people choose to name out loud.
This page collects quotes that call out different kinds of danger - deferring too readily to experts, the real-world push to price carbon pollution as climate policy, and the everyday risks of oversharing on social platforms. See also Dangerous Thing.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Choice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hey, if I had my choice for social engineering, I'd declare an automatic R-rating for any movie that depicts television commercials. There's a truly dangerous influence on our children.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
One is never so dangerous when one has no shame, than when one has grown too old to blush.
- Emerged
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most dangerous infections of humans have always been those which have emerged from other species.
- Dangerous Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think at a certain level compared - as was pointed out earlier, compared to what is happening in Europe, the United States still gets the safe-haven money. But underlying that, the United States is not the safe haven but perhaps the most dangerous place of all.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Terrorism is in good part an effective government propaganda; it serves to deflect attention from governmental abuse toward a mostly imagined, highly dangerous outside enemy.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
All the guys at this top level, they're pretty much dangerous all over the place. If you're not good all over the place, you'll be in a little bit of trouble. It's hard to swim at the top end if you're only good at one thing.
- Disease
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm terribly nostalgic, but I'm with the Elizabethans who thought nostalgia was a disease. It's a dangerous place to be because you can get caught up in it.
- Nov 07, 2020
Success can be destructive to the creative process. I say it all the time: success is as dangerous as total failure.
- Desire
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- Nov 07, 2020
Heterosexuality is dangerous. It tempts you to aim at a perfect duality of desire.
- Celebrate
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- Nov 07, 2020
We wanted to celebrate the 'Dangerous Deception' release by letting everyone experience the thrill of sharing a book with a reader who wouldn't otherwise have one.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.
- Nov 07, 2020
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
- Choices
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- Nov 07, 2020
Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place.
- Moral
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- Nov 07, 2020