Dangerous Quotes

It is all right for the lion and the lamb to lie down together if they are both asleep, but if one of them begins to get active, it is dangerous.

Lawyers have a dangerous job in Iran.

You're entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy.

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.

I never sing in the shower. It's very dangerous.

The idea of allowing corporations to have unlimited influence on our democracy is very dangerous, obviously.

It was known in the mid 90s already that Saddam Hussein was a dangerous tyrant that he had already launched aggressions against Iran, he had invaded Kuwait.

The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

People who make no noise are dangerous.

I bought a little hideaway up north, so I'll ship my motorcycle up there. It's much less dangerous than West Hollywood.

In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was considered extremely dangerous and hazardous, pushing pilots to the limits of mechanical skills and human endurance. Aviation was young.

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions.

Bogging down large armies in historically complex, dangerous areas ends in disaster.

We live in a world where there are dangerous people, there are bad people.

It's hard for people to get their hands around fame, because it's heady stuff, and you have to look at it as being dangerous explosives, and you have to handle it with care.

During National Playground Safety Week, I'll celebrate common-sense safety. I'll also celebrate skinned knees and bruised elbows. I'll celebrate so-called 'dangerous' playgrounds - playgrounds with see-saws, zip lines and towering slides.

It's very dangerous to wave to people you don't know because what if they don't have hands? They'll think you're cocky.

Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep.

Money without brains is always dangerous.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy to be called an idea at all.

The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.

If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

Viv had this kind of stage presence where you couldn't ignore it. He walked onstage, he looked dangerous. You just didn't know what he was going to do.

You know they say the most dangerous person of the world is a member of the United States Congress just home from a three-day fact-finding trip.

He was living in an age much more dangerous, more painful, much more on the edge than our own particular age.

I believe President Bush is one of the most dangerous leaders in the world. He is not in search of peaceful and diplomatic solutions.

Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs.

It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

New developments in weapon systems during the 1950s and early 1960s created a situation that was most dangerous, and even conducive to accidental war.

It's very dangerous to put astronauts on a moon base where there's radiation, solar flares and micro meteorites. It'd be much better to put robots on the moon and have them mentally connected to astronauts on the Earth.

I was ordered not to go out to Abu Ghraib after dark early on, because Abu Ghraib was extremely dangerous.

I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.

What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists, is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.

There is no such thing as a dangerous woman; there are only susceptible men.

There are less than 1 per cent of anorexic girls, but there more than 30 per cent of girls in France - I don't know about England - that are much, much overweight. And it is much more dangerous and very bad for the health.

If there's something dangerous, sauces are dangerous for the body.

Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.

If a foreign country doesn't look like a middle-class suburb of Dallas or Detroit, then obviously the natives must be dangerous as well as badly dressed.

Methamphetamine is a highly dangerous drug that is wreaking havoc on families and communities throughout this country. The drug's use is spreading across the United States.

There is no more dangerous country in the world today than Pakistan.

Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.

Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81.

I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.

Ski racing, especially downhill, is a dangerous activity and there are many accidents. It would be really too bad to lose everything because of a crash.

Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.

Sometimes the ATP puts a lot of pressure on the players and sometimes you get injured because you play on a dangerous surface. Nothing happens, no one pays for that.

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.

Populism is dangerous.

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

What you say in advertising is more important than how you say it.

I think the attempt to draw a comparison between Iran and Syria is false, misleading and dangerous.

Learn how to prioritize all your debt. And did you know student loan debt is the most dangerous debt any of us can have?

You gotta be really careful what you bite off. Don't bite off more than you can chew. It's a dangerous world.

I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope.

Well you know it's dangerous in politics, because especially in the Philippines there's a lot of killing in politics.

I don't usually comment on columnists' ideas of what I'm thinking. That's a dangerous game to get into.

Fettuccine Alfredo is dangerous for your health.

Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.

Is there anything more dangerous than sympathetic understanding?

If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.

Twitter is one of those dangerous toys that if it gets in the hands of the wrong person you'll have the mind of a 12-year-old masquerading as an adult.

If I start planning then that's dangerous because then I have a target that I'm blinkered towards and I won't listen to the warning signs quite so much. I'd rather be in shape and then look around and say there's a race next week and jump into that than have it planned.

If religious people deny paradise to their opponents or to 'non-believers,' atheists would likewise seek to eliminate 'dangerous' believers with their 'childish' ways and their heads in the clouds.

The press is a watchdog. Not an attack dog. Not a lapdog. A watchdog. Now, a watchdog can't be right all the time. He doesn't bark only when he sees or smells something that's dangerous. A good watchdog barks at things that are suspicious.

Particularly in the final stages I always find that I'm rushed. It's dangerous when you're rushed in the editing stage, most of my early films are flawed in the cutting.

Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.

We think it would be safer if the Bank of England had responsibility for solvency regulation of UK-based banks, as well as having an overall duty to keep the system solvent. Otherwise, there could be dangerous delays if a banking crisis did hit.

There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.

Are not laws dangerous which inhibit the passions? Compare the centuries of anarchy with those of the strongest legalism in any country you like and you will see that it is only when the laws are silent that the greatest actions appear.

One is never so dangerous when one has no shame, than when one has grown too old to blush.

I know it's dangerous to take on bloggers. They can go after you every day, all day long, and anonymous people can chime in, too.