- 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
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard to find someone who did as many drugs for as long and in such dangerous combinations as Nic - spending years going to Oakland and finding abandoned warehouses, getting beaten up, getting threatened by a guy with a crossbow. By all accounts, he shouldn't have made it, but he did.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Advertising people who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore decodes of enemy signals.
- Fruit
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- Nov 07, 2020
Carbohydrates, whether derived from gluten-containing foods or other sources, including fruit, sweetened beverages, and starchy vegetables, are dangerous as they relate to brain health in and of themselves.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course, we should all be aware of what we're packing in our carry-on luggage - anything that might be considered dangerous could be confiscated at a security checkpoint.
- Disaster
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- Nov 07, 2020
The two biggest threats to international security in 2013 are Iran getting a nuclear weapon, and Iran being bombed to stop it getting a nuclear weapon. Both would precipitate a long and dangerous conflict in an already unstable Middle East. Both would be a disaster.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a danger for Britain as we perceive ourselves, or as we are - less wealthy, facing economic austerity - that we essentially draw back. I think there is a recoil in parts of the country, and in parts of the government actually, from the multilateral system, and I think that's dangerous and wrong.
- Dangerous Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hindsight is the most dangerous thing imaginable for me. I imagine that's the case for most filmmakers. And I would love to be a filmmaker who was an exception to that rule, but I'm certainly not.
- Liberty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obama's personality traits, coupled with his extreme-leftist agenda, make him particularly dangerous to the American ideal and to the preservation of our founding principles, as well as to the liberty and prosperity they guarantee.
- Nov 07, 2020
A world in which there are no secrets that can be protected at all is going to be a pretty dangerous world.
- Comedy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Hayemaker is a dangerous fellow who, when the bell rings, is on a seek and destroy mission, by any means necessary. No playing around. No comedy. It's just straight-up business.
- Nov 07, 2020
Entertainment is very close to religion in this country. If you buy the hype, it can be very dangerous.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020