Best 961 quotes in «dangerous quotes» category

That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.

That strategy of buy and hold, which is the sound and sensible one for the individual, can have very dangerous and perverse effects for the market as a whole.

That's what Judith Herman is saying, and she's absolutely right. Power then breeds an intensification of all because the power can never be absolute power - to some extent it's stymied - but the isolation while in power becomes even more dangerous. Think of it as a vicious circle. The power intensifies these tendencies and the tendencies become more dangerous because of the power.

The American Founding Fathers gave us courts, independent jurists. They left room for civil society, which meant that citizens could directly associate in order to bring pressure on their governments. And they gave us a free press. They understood that you might have in the presidency someone who wanted to arrogate power into themselves. And they believed that was dangerous, having just experienced King George. And so they built a balanced system.

the announcement that you are going to tell a good story (and the chuckle that precedes it) is always a dangerous opening.

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

Theater in Israel is not more dangerous than walking in the street.

The attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. There is always the hope that something dangerous may happen.

The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life.

The constant pressure to bring about conformity is a dangerous thing.

The brain can be a dangerous thing. Even more so if you haven't got one.

The buffalo isn't as dangerous as everyone makes him out to be. Statistics prove that in the United States more Americans are killed in automobile accidents than are killed by buffalo.

The consensus is a very dangerous thing to get complacent about.

The female of all species are most dangerous when they appear to retreat.

The dangerous thing about hate is that it seems so reasonable.

The errors of the intellect are fatal, still more dangerous than those of the heart.

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

The fanatic is dangerous.

The gods' most savage curses come upon us as answers to our own prayers. Prayer is a dangerous business.

The freer the society gets, the more dangerous the great beast becomes and the more you have to be careful to cage it somehow.

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

The idea of "race" represents one of the most dangerous myths of our time.

The idea that cinema can be dangerous is a great idea.

The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped by and you are still waiting there.

[The judiciary is] the least dangerous branch of our government.

The integrative tendencies of the individual are incomparably more dangerous than his self-assertive tendencies.

The internet, our greatest tool of emancipation, has been transformed into the most dangerous facilitator of totalitarianism we have ever seen. The internet is a threat to human civilization.

The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art.

The main problem with American power is not that it is American... No, the main problem with American power is the power itself. It would be dangerous even for an archangel to wield so much power.

The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.

The lure of quantity is the most dangerous of all.

The manager who comes up with the right solution to the wrong problem is more dangerous than the manager who comes up with the wrong solution to the right problem.

The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already.

The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.

The mobile phone is very dangerous. If you're walking and looking at your phone, you're not walking - you're surfing the internet.

The more dangerous the situation I put myself into, the more I rise, the better I become.

The more hidden the venom, the more dangerous it is.

The money matters. And secret money is corrupting, secret money is dangerous, secret money leads to scandal.

The most dangerous error is failure to recognize our own tendency to error.

The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.

The most dangerous of all flattery is the inferiority of those about us.

The most dangerous of our calculations are those we call illusions.

...the most dangerous shortsightedness consists in underestimating the mediocre.

The most dangerous word in any human tongue is the word for brother. It's inflammatory.

The most dangerous creature here would have to be me. So maybe I'm just scared of my own shadow.

The most dangerous people are always clever, compelling, and charismatic.

The most dangerous person is the fearful; he is the most to be feared.

The most dangerous place for an African-American in this country is in the womb.

The most dangerous sicknesses are those that make us believe we are well

The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.