#danger

I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but it's not part of a sensible way of living. It's a heroic path and it generally ends dangerously. I treasure it in the sense that I believe it's a path of great courage. It can also be the path of the foolhardy and the compulsive. ↗

— Jane Campion

#believe #compulsive #courage #dangerously #ends

While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger is too great of thus learning to look at solemn things in a spirit of mockery, and to seek in them opportunities for exercising wit. ↗

— Lewis Carroll

#apart #danger #deeper #exercising #full

By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

#danger #doing #door #increasing #keyhole

I suppose everyone tells little white lies. Quite often they're necessary to make someone feel better or prevent feelings from being hurt. Whoppers? No, that's dangerous and they'll boomerang. ↗

— Richard Chamberlain

#better #boomerang #dangerous #everyone #feel

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#both sides #dangerous #down #get #knocked

Any man today who returns from work, sinks into a chair, and calls for his pipe is a man with an appetite for danger. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#appetite #calls #chair #danger #his

When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe. And I think that's a really dangerous, limiting mindset. ↗

— Ed Helms

#business #center #city #dangerous #dealing

The best defense against these people is to educate parents and children of the dangers that come along with the Internet and by limiting access to certain sites during the school day. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#against #along #best #certain #children

It is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete. ↗

— Jim Courier

#dangerous #results #riding #self-worth #very

Unless the great majority of Americans not only have, but believe they have, a fair chance, the better American future will be dangerously compromised. ↗

— Herbert Croly

#believe #better #chance #compromised #dangerously