Danger quotes
593 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Browse quotes that often appear alongside danger — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"Avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, we should remember also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it"
"But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day, If your Snark be a Boojum! for then You will softly and suddenly vanish away, And never be met with again!"
"Still people are dangerous."
"The new and terrible dangers which man has created can only be controlled by man."
"Nature has always something rare to show us... and the danger to life and limb is hardly greater than one would experience crouching deprecatingly beneath a roof."
"There is far more danger of harm than there is hope of good in any radical changes."
"The danger lies in forgetting."
"The 'well-informed citizenry is in danger of becoming the 'well-amused audience'."
"There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman."
"If you become aware of a public self, you're in danger of becoming a very artificial person."
"The whole point is, I feel the machine should be eliminated. Now that it has served its purpose of alerting us to the dangers of machine control."
"danger is a biologic necessity, like dreams. if you face death, for that time, for the period of direct confrontation, you are immortal."
"Danger and anger are everywhere. Love is the rarity, the gem buried in the core of the mine, the outpost of God."
"You will not understand your part within the framework of nature until you actually see yourselves in danger of tearing it apart."
"A world is in danger, this planet is in great danger!"
"The danger, when not too dangerous, fascinate."
"Of all the creatures on this planet none is more dangerous than a human being."
"There is no danger of developing eyestrain from looking at the bright side of things."
"I am disgusted with innovation, in whatever guise, and with reason, for I have seen very harmful effects of it."
"The greatest danger of all is to allow new walls to divide us from one another"
