Danger Quotes - Page 40

• Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in continual danger, when in company, of being led an ignis fatuus chase by it.

  John Adams

  Vanity, Vices, Cardinals

  John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1850). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations”, p.16

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• Perils commonly ask to be paid in pleasures.

  Francis Bacon

  Pleasure, Peril, Paid

  Francis Bacon, Richard Whately (1858). “Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately”, p.102

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• The meteor flag of England Shall yet terrific burn, Till danger's troubled night depart, And the star of peace return.

  Thomas Campbell

  Peace, Stars, Night

  Thomas Campbell, Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Gray (1872). “The Poetical Works of Campbell, Goldsmith and Gray: With Memoirs of the Authors”, p.151

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• All my Calvaries were rosy crucifixions, pseudo-tragedies to keep the fires of hell burning brightly for the real sinners who are in danger of being forgotten.

  Henry Miller

  Real, Fire, Tragedy

  Henry Miller (1966). “Tropic of Capricorn”

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• Which cheers the sad, revives the old, inspires The young, makes Weariness forget his toil, And Fear her danger; opens a new world When this, the present, palls.

  Lord Byron

  Cheer, Inspire, World

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.1301, Delphi Classics

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• I had to learn to think, feel, and see in a totally new fashion, in an uneducated way, in my own way, which is the hardest thing in the world. I had to throw myself into the current, knowing that I would probably sink.

  Henry Miller

  Fashion, Thinking, Knowing

  Henry Miller (1941). “The Wisdom of the Heart”, p.29, New Directions Publishing

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• One man with an idea in his head is in danger of being considered a madman: two men with the same idea in common may be foolish, but can hardly be mad; ten men sharing an idea begin to act, a hundred draw attention as fanatics, a thousand and society begins to tremble, a hundred thousand and there is war abroad, and the cause has victories tangible and real; and why only a hundred thousand? Why not a hundred million and peace upon the earth? You and I who agree together, it is we who have to answer that question.

  William Morris

  Real, War, Men

  William Morris, Norman Kelvin (1999). “William Morris on Art and Socialism”, p.127, Courier Corporation

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• Though troubles assail And dangers affright, Though friends should all fail And foes all unite; Yet one thing secures us, Whatever betide, The scripture assures us, The Lord will provide.

  John Newton

  Scripture, Failing, Trouble

  John Newton (1839). “The Works of the Rev. John Newton ... to which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life, &c”, p.113

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• Religious freedom is too sacred a right to be restricted or prohibited in any degree without convincing proof that a legitimate interest of the state is in grave danger.

  Frank Murphy

  Religious, Degrees, Sacred

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• Since the great foundation of fear is pain, the way to harden and fortify children against fear and danger is to accustom them to suffer pain.

  John Locke

  Children, Pain, Suffering

  John Locke, George Berkeley (2010). “Locke, Berkely & Hume”, p.106, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Where danger shews it self, apprehension cannot, without stupidity, be wanting; where danger is, sense of danger should be; and so much fear as should keep us awake, and excite our attention, industry, and vigour; but not to disturb the calm use of our reason, nor hinder the execution of what that dictates.

  John Locke

  Self, Stupidity, Attention

  John Locke, George Berkeley (2010). “Locke, Berkely & Hume”, p.103, Cosimo, Inc.

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• A young man before he leaves the shelter of his father's house, and the guard of a tutor, should be fortify'd with resolution, and made acquainted with men, to secure his virtues, lest he should be led into some ruinous course, or fatal precipice, before he is sufficiently acquainted with the dangers of conversation, and his steadiness enough not to yield to every temptation.

  John Locke

  Father, Men, Yield

  John Locke, George Berkeley (2010). “Locke, Berkely and Hume”, p.54, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Assurance grows by repeated conflict, by our repeated experimental proof of the Lord's power and goodness to save; when we have been brought very low and helped, sorely wounded and healed, cast down and raised again, have given up all hope, and been suddenly snatched from danger, and placed in safety; and when these things have been repeated to us and in us a thousand times over, we begin to learn to trust simply to the word and power of God, beyond and against appearances: and this trust, when habitual and strong, bears the name of assurance; for even assurance has degrees.

  John Newton

  Strong, Names, Safety

  John Newton (2001). “The Voice of the Heart”, p.190, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• All virtuous women, like tortoises, carry their house on their heads, and their chappel in their heart, and their danger in their eye, and their souls in their hands, and God in all their actions.

  Jeremy Taylor

  Women, Eye, Heart

  Jeremy Taylor (1849). “The Great Exemplar of Sanctity and Holy Life Described in the History of the Life and Death of the Ever Blessed Jesus Christ: The Saviour of the World”, p.67

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• The argument of danger only applies to those who live in relative safety.

  Graham Greene

  Safety, Argument, Relative

  Graham Greene (1971). “The Collected Edition: The power and the glory”

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• The skeptical relativist attempt to mandate a naked public square is undemocratic. It is also a danger to democracy.

  Henry Hyde

  Christian, Religious, Squares

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• Horror is a reaction; it's not a genre. Somebody's life would have to be in danger for it [story] to be a horror story.

  John Carpenter

  Horror Stories, Reactions, Genre

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Let us hear the dangers of thralldom to our consciences from ignorance, extreme poverty, and dependence; in short, from civil and political slavery. Let us see delineated before us the true map of man. Let us hear the dignity of his nature, and the noble rank he holds among the works of God-that consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust, as offensive in the sight of God as it is derogatory from our own honor or interest or happiness-and that God Almighty has promulgated from heaven liberty, peace, and goodwill to man!

  John Adams

  Peace, Ignorance, Men

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• I'm afraid of being too sure, to just deliver. I think that's the biggest danger for actors - after a certain time, when you're known and recognised, people expect you to do what you're supposed to do, and there's almost no more criticism and that's very dangerous.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Thinking, People, Criticism

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2005.

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• What you do is take the power [popularity] gives you - which is very temporary and minor but significant - and use it. The danger is that you use it on a vanity project that no one wants to watch.

  Danny Boyle

  Vanity, Giving, Watches

  "127 Hours - Danny Boyle interview" by Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• But this is where you get all the market research and things get in danger of becoming formulaic, and where you depend on brands and getting recognised actors. It's the thing that precludes risk very often, otherwise everyone would be avant-garde all over the place.

  Colin Firth

  Risk, Would Be, Avant Garde

  "Then She Found Me - Colin Firth interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• So, I think there's a danger that good stuff can fall by the wayside if it doesn't conform to formula. But I think it comes down to money and they just don't know where it's going if they haven't got any precedent.

  Colin Firth

  Fall, Thinking, Stuff

  "Then She Found Me - Colin Firth interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I think it gets really dangerous, though, to do it on the show. I think that the writers and producers are very much aware of that and the dangers of putting characters together and what that can mean for the show. You know, it's possible it could kill the thing that holds the show together, the chemistry, sexual tension between the two characters.

  Emily Deschanel

  Character, Mean, Thinking

  "Emily Deschanel Talks Bones: Season 2". Interview with Evan Jacobs, movieweb.com. September 26, 2007.

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• The difficulty, then, is when you create a church, an institution, and you create a dogma. When you create an ideology, that's the danger. Communism, too, is a beautiful idea, but millions of people died when communism became an ideology.

  Michael Haneke

  Beautiful, Ideas, People

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. December 30, 2009.

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• I really do think that every time you play a role well, you are in danger of being identified with that role until the next big thing comes along.

  Michael Emerson

  Thinking, Play, Roles

  Source: www.avclub.com

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