53 Peril Quotes for You to Enjoy

As a kid, I didn't need to be convinced the future promised peril and oppression, so when I started thinking up the middle-grade science fiction novel that became 'The Boy at the End of the World,' it seemed only natural to build the story around a dark vision of the future. In my book, civilization has nearly destroyed itself. Greg van Eekhout

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Congress has turned its back on America's working families. There are Teamster families in every congressional district in America, and those families vote. Those who would oppose these families have done so at their own political peril. James P. Hoffa

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I'm proud of my wrinkles. They give my face character. As an actress, you mess with that at your peril. Jane Seymour

Character You Face Wrinkles Give Peril Mess Proud Your Actress

Electricity, the peril the wind sings to in the wires on a gray day. Janet Frame

Day Wind Wires Peril Sings Electricity Gray

And I think detente had manifestly failed, and that the pursuit of it was encouraging Soviet expansion and rendering the world more dangerous, and especially rendering the Western world in greater peril. Jeane Kirkpatrick

World Dangerous Think Detente More Pursuit Had Failed Peril Rendering Greater Encouraging Western Western World Expansion Soviet

I would never manipulate somebody and put somebody in peril so that I could get rich off of it. Jessica Parker Kennedy

Somebody Rich Would Could Never Put Peril Off Get Manipulate

An audience who watches my shows knows who I am, knows that right when they think I'm going to make a joke, I'm going to blow something up, or during the worst peril, I'm going to have someone give someone a kiss - it's just going to happen. Joss Whedon

Every time I put on high heels, I think: 'Well, I'll fall over today.' Almost always, I don't. Almost. But all high-heel-wearing women live in constant peril. Kate Reardon

Today Time Women Fall Live Every Think Every Time High Constant High Heels Put Almost Over Peril Well Always Heels

The trends that are shaping the twenty-first-century world embody both promise and peril. Globalization, for example, has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty while contributing to social fragmentation and a massive increase in inequality, not to mention serious environmental damage. Klaus Schwab

Environmental People World Example Poverty Increase Fragmentation Trends Hundreds Out Promise Embody Both Mention Lifted Shaping For Example Peril Massive Globalization Inequality Contributing While Social Serious Millions Damage Millions Of People

Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril. Lucretius

Great Pleasant Part Over Peril Encounters Behold Warfare Plains Yours

I've slipped enough times over the years to know the peril of a too-smooth sole, so every time I buy a new pair, I take a pair of scissors or a piece of sandpaper to the bottoms to roughen them up. In my catwalk days, I even used to spit on the soles of shoes before I ventured down the runway. Marie Helvin

Buy Time Before Shoes Down Every Enough Every Time Sole Runway Spit Take Over New Days Know Peril Piece Scissors Years Up Times Them Used Even Pair

Global security can be formed or threatened by heads of state whose wisdom, folly and obsessions shape global events. But often it is the security practitioners, those rarely in the headlines but whose craft and energy quietly break new ground, who keep us safe or put us in peril. Michael Hayden

Wisdom Events Energy State Those Security Threatened Rarely Folly Shape Put Obsessions Headlines New Heads Global Peril Safe Quietly Craft Often Break Formed Us Ground Who Keep Whose

I think to the extent Republicans depart from the historic commitment, we do so at our peril. Mike Pence

Commitment Think Our Peril Historic Depart Republicans Extent

We demonize our enemies at our own peril. Peter Maurer

Enemies Own Our Peril Demonize

I'd love to do a movie where I actually get to be kind of quirky and odd and dorky and all that stuff. My parents would like to see some movies where I'm not in peril. They'd appreciate it. Rachel Nichols

Love Be Kind Parents Kind Would See Some Stuff Like Peril Odd Get Quirky Where Movie Dorky Movies Actually Appreciate

I get to do the most amazing things. We call it Host in Peril quite often, because people love to see me risk my life or be in danger. Rick Mercer

Love is a dangerous commodity - fraught with peril. Robert Indiana

Love Love Is Dangerous Fraught Peril Commodity

The best way to use the gold of the Redeemer is for the redemption of those in peril. Saint Ambrose

Best Way Those Best Way Peril Redeemer Redemption Gold Use

The only people with power today are the audience. And that is increasing with Twitter, Facebook, and everything else. We cater to their likes and dislikes, and you ignore that at your peril. Simon Cowell

Today You Facebook People Power Twitter Increasing Else Everything Everything Else Only Cater Peril Likes Audience Dislikes Your Ignore

Mr. C. Klackner has for sale four etchings etched by myself, at the expense of two years' time & hard work - 'The Life Line,' 'Peril on the Sea,' 'Eight Bells,' 'Mending Tears,' - all of which are very good and should have been put forward long ago, but C. Klackner is waiting for me to die, is my idea of the matter. Winslow Homer

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I think if you socialize, dine with, spend time with known terrorists that are on the list of those who want to do harm to America, you put yourself in peril. I don't dine, socialize or spend time with people who are on the terrorist lists. Harold Ford, Jr.

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