#danger

Xander: I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away. ↗

— Dana Reston

#danger #fear #human-nature #humour #nature

One of the maxims of the new field of conservation biological control is that to control insect herbivores, you must maintain populations of insect herbivores. ↗

— Douglas Tallamy

#conservation #diversity #endangered #extinction #gardening

It may be underfunded and at times mismanaged, but the [Endangered Species] Act is an unprecedented attempt to delegate human-caused extinction to the chapters of history we would rather not revisit: the Slave Trade, the Indian Removal Policy, the subjection of women, child labor, segregation. The Endangered Species Act is a zero-tolerance law: no new extinctions. It keeps eyes on the ground with legal backing-the gun may be in the holster most of the time, but its available if necessary to keep species from disappearing. I discovered in my travels that a law protecting all animals and plants, all of nature, might be as revolutionary-and as American-as the Declaration of Independence. ↗

— Joe Roman

#endangered-species-act #patriotism #protection #wildlife #nature

Surgery is a complicated thing to talk about, but I guess it could also be a dangerous thing to play with if you're not very secure about what you're doing. ↗

— Elena Anaya

#also #complicated #complicated thing #could #dangerous

Glenn Close is a living icon. You look at the work, and I think it's wild, because she thinks some of her best work was in Dangerous Liaisons and that's what I believe as well. ↗

— Anthony Anderson

#believe #best #best work #close #dangerous

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

— Piers Anthony

#comprehend #dangerous #his #most #opponents

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live. ↗

— Aristotle

#certain #conditions #crises #danger #does

I'd heard it was dangerous to walk around Miami. ↗

— Victoria Abril

#dangerous #heard #i #miami #walk

I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, 'Give, give.' ↗

— Abigail Adams

#convinced #creature #cries #dangerous #ever

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. ↗

— John Adams

#endanger #free #free government #government #liberty