Dangerous Quotes

I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. It's for others; it's for others to use.

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

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.

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

He uses his good powers for evil, and that's when it gets to the dangerous side of it.

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.

We live in very, very, very dangerous times.

The armored cars of dreams, contrived to let us do so many a dangerous thing.

This is going right to the police. So, it's a very dangerous precedent.

I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure up some unexpected combination to extricate me from my difficulties.

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.

I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.

We can guess that the unacceptable conduct of the soldiers at Abu Ghraib resulted in part from the dangerous state of affairs on the ground in a theater of war.

A couple days before the stunts, if I'm doing something particularly dangerous, I will go over every worst-case scenario in my head, like this could happen, this could happen, this could happen, this could happen. I try to think about that to where it's ingrained in me.

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

Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.

The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his emotions.

But there is some way in which poets believe that and this is dangerous, too believe that their calling gives them a certain freedom. A certain freedom to live in a free way.

A squirrel attacked me. I got attacked by a squirrel in Battersea Park. They're dangerous. It's rare. I've torn most of the ligaments in my knee. So no football for me. It's early retirement now. I've got a floating knee-cap!

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.

God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerous prayer you can pray is this: 'Use me.'

It is a dangerous thing to have instant access to your emotions.

I think with vampires, you can't really go wrong. For generations, vampires have been a hit because they're unobtainable, mysterious, sensual, dangerous, kind of sexy.

Software patents are dangerous to software developers because they impose monopolies on software ideas.

I come from a family that has been here for almost 200 years. My ancestors started a very dangerous gunpowder business in 1802, and my great- grandfather and his father were both killed in gunpowder explosions.

But really, I can only be dangerous for the team in one place, and that is in the box.

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it's more dangerous to lose than to win.