Larry Wall Quotes

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

Truth is often attended with danger

Danger is a side effect of what I do, not the reason behind it.

To assess the damage is a dangerous act.

As a writer, I am constantly aware that I take my life in my hands with everything I do and say. It's just a fact of life. For me it always has been.

We are gifted with freedom, but with that freedom comes the reality of the unknown and the responsibility to be aware of our surroundings and on guard against those who would do us harm.

We know there is no such thing as freedom without the risk of failure.

I'm just a simple guy swimming in a sea of sharks.

There's action only if there is danger.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

I did so many things that made me a threat.

You who choose to lead must follow. But if you fall, you fall alone.

It's hard to care deeply for something that might turn on you and eat you.

The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has been overcome.

Show yourself if only for a week ... If harm comes of it I promise never to advise you again.

Power invariably means both responsibility and danger.

Risk is part of our jobs.

I think if you're not scared, you're not doing your job right.

All fighters put their lives on the line.

It is dangerous, at any time, to multiply sources of weakness.

But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten . . .

The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

Opposition work is not without its dangers. But if you've chosen a job like that for yourself, you then subsequently shouldn't spend your time every second thinking, oh my God, what might happen to me? Oh my God, what might happen to me? Your colleagues include quite a large number of war correspondents. Their job is not the least dangerous in the world, either.

Stupid people are dangerous.