Dangerous Places Quotes

• The world is a dangerous place to live

  Albert Einstein

  Dangerous World, Evil, Apathy

  Joseph Eger, Albert Einstein (2005). “Einstein's Violin: A Conductor's Notes on Music, Physics, and Social Change”, Tarcher

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  The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

  Albert Einstein

  Peace, Integrity, Patriotic

  "The Harper Book of Quotations Revised Edition". Book by Robert I. Fitzhenry, p. 356, 1993.

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• Even though it may seem counterintuitive, a comfort zone is a dangerous place to be.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Comfort, May, Dangerous

  Mary Lou Retton (2000). “Mary Lou Retton's Gateways to Happiness: 7 Ways to a More Peaceful, More Prosperous, More Satisfying Life”, Broadway

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• I think war is a dangerous place.

  George W. Bush

  Funny, Peace, War

  "Bush praises Spain for war effort". www.cnn.com. May 8, 2003.

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• And the most dangerous place on earth - Is where you’re safe.

  Don Winslow

  Earth, Safe, Dangerous

  "The Power of the Dog". Book by Don Winslow, 2005.

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• The general must be the first in the toils and fatigues of the army. In the heat of summer he does not spread his parasol nor in the cold of winter don thick clothing. In dangerous places he must dismount and walk. He waits until the army's wells have been dug and only then drinks; until the army's food is cooked before he eats; until the army's fortifications have been completed, to shelter himself.

  Sun Tzu

  Summer, Art, War

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• And then I did laugh, even though the future was a dangerous place, because I loved her, and she loved me, and the world was beautiful.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Love, Beautiful, Laughing

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.139, Scholastic Inc.

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• If people like us, our life is good. If somebody doesn't like us, our whole life is tanked. That happens at your job, especially in church ministry. It seems like everybody's your boss sometimes. You're trying to keep everybody happy and pretty soon you realize you're filling yourself up with other people's opinions of you. That's a dangerous place to live.

  Mark Hall

  Jobs, Life Is Good, People

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• The world is a very dangerous place. But the world is not too dangerous of a place for the United States of America provided we act according to our principles, provided we act intelligently.

  Martin O'Malley

  America, Principles, United States

  Martin O'Malley during Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, www.cbsnews.com. November 14, 2015.

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• you're like a siren, leading me into dangerous places

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Sirens, Dangerous, Leading Me

  Maggie Stiefvater (2010). “Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception”, p.112, North Star Editions, Inc.

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• The world is a more tragic and dangerous place when American isn't leading and, under this president, we have not been leading.

  Carly Fiorina

  President, World, Dangerous

  "Carly Fiorina Answers 12 Christian Post Questions for Every Presidential Candidate". Interview with Napp Nazworth, www.christianpost.com. January 4, 2016.

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• By the time I'm nine I know the world is a dangerous place.  I've heard whispers about razorblades in apples, about Charlie Manson and his family.  But no one is offering any clear information.

  Nick Flynn

  Offering, Apples, World

  Nick Flynn (2016). “Another Bullshit Night in Suck City”, p.51, Faber & Faber

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• I know that I am a small, weak man, but I have amassed a large library; I dream of dangerous places.

  Terry Pratchett

  Dream, Men, Weak Man

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• It's important for me to have hope because that's my job as a parent, to have hope, for my kids, that we're not going to leave them in a world that's in shambles, that's a chaotic place, that's a dangerous place.

  James Cameron

  Jobs, Kids, Parent

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• As with most liberal sexual ideas, what makes the world a better place for men invariably makes it a duller and more dangerous place for women.

  Julie Burchill

  Women, Ideas, World

  Julie Burchill (1992). “Sex & Sensibility”

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• Master, I'm afraid. I am, truly. This place scares me. At home, I know who I am, what to do. I'm the Warden's daughter, I know where I stand. But this is a dangerous place, full of pitfalls. All my life, I've known it was waiting for me, but now I'm not sure I can face it. They'll want to absorb me, make me one of them, and I won't change. I won't! I want to stay me." Jared sighed and she saw his dark gaze was fixed on the veiled window. "Claudia, you're the bravest person I know. And no one will change you. You will rule here, though it won't be easy.

  Catherine Fisher

  Daughter, Home, Dark

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• The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.

  Bear Grylls

  Mountain, Desert, Dangerous

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• Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place.

  Margaret Drabble

  Family, Choices, Female

  "The Limits of Mother Love". The New York Times Book Review, www.nytimes.com. March 31, 1985.

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• A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.

  John le Carre

  Inspirational, Leadership, Reality

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• Sin regardless of how you get there is a vulnerable and a dangerous place to be. Living in unforgiveness is living in an unsafe place.

  Johnny Hunt

  Leadership, Christian, Church

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• The world is a dangerous place. And it's a more dangerous place than it was seven years ago [before Obama].

  Kris Kobach

  Years, World, Seven

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The Christian life is not about finding safety and comfort; it’s about finding yourself in a dangerous place of vulnerable compassion.

  Ed Stetzer

  Christian, Compassion, Safety

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• Most people aren't really happy, but they aren't unhappy enough to do anything about it. That's a dangerous place to be.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, People, Unhappy

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Dec 14, 2010

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• Statistics show that a soldier's chances of survival in the front lines of combat are greater than the chances of an unborn child avoiding abortion. What should be the safest place to live in America - a mother's womb - is now the most dangerous place.

  Randy Alcorn

  Mother, Children, Pregnancy

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• When your persona begins to take over your music and becomes more important, you enter a dangerous place. Once you have people around you who don't question you, you're in a dangerous place.

  Elton John

  People, Important, Dangerous

  "Elton John Thinks Miley Cyrus Is Like A Candle In The Wind". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 16, 2013.

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