#outright

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. ↗

— Helen Keller

#bold #caught #danger #exposure #fearful

Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if not outright fear. ↗

— Alvin Adams

#especially #fear #government #government workers #included

I have pushed virtue to outright brutality. ↗

— Jean Racine

#i #outright #pushed #virtue

Whether people care enough about local news to pay for it is, sadly, an entirely different question than whether our democracy requires a strong watchdog function at the local level to ensure safeguards against abuse, chicanery, and outright dishonesty. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#abuse #against #care #chicanery #democracy

My dad remembers being in school with my uncle, and the teacher would say outright to the class that the Japanese were second-class citizens and shouldn't be trusted. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#citizens #class #class citizens #dad #japanese

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. ↗

— Helen Keller

#avoiding #children #danger #daring #does

The irony of the Supreme Court hearing on these cases last week and of the outright hostility that the Court has displayed against religion in recent years is that above the head of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is a concrete display of the Ten Commandments. ↗

— Cliff Stearns

#against #cases #chief #chief justice #commandments

Outright bans on plastic bags may not be the best solution, but education and incentives to get people to stop using them are necessary. ↗

— David Suzuki

#best #education #get #incentives #may

We try some really interesting things besides being outright commercial. ↗

— Bruce Johnston

#besides #commercial #interesting #interesting things #outright