Daniel Handler Quotes

People say they want to be in risky environments and do all kinds of exciting stuff. But they don't actually know what risk means: that risk actually does bring failure and mistakes.

If you're not accurate, you'll cause untold trouble.

But you've got to make choices, and you're not going to be right all the time.

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

Theories then are dangerous things.

Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.

The fool knows after he's suffered.

One should proceed with caution. We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing.

Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?

You have to test your hypothesis against other theories. Certainty in the face of complex situations is very dangerous.

If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong.

Judgment comes from experience - and experience comes from bad judgment.

I don't want to make the wrong mistake.

Those who mill around at the crossroads of history do so at their own peril.

But what if our intelligence is wrong?

One cannot always be right in our complex world; no dishonor attends an incorrect choice among plausible outcomes drawn from a properly constructed argument.

Truth is often attended with danger

The warnings of the last 4 years have been ignored. As a result, every single alternative before us is accompanied by grave risks.

If you make enough decisions in life, you’re bound to make some of them wrong.

There are going to be screw-ups, mistakes, confusion, and missteps. One hopes they won’t be fatal.

Any pick you make, or any player you sign, something can go wrong.

As a science-fiction writer, I feel my responsibility is to look ahead and see the dangers of what might happen and try to warn people of the potential pitfalls.

If you make mistakes, it can cost you.

The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The true dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.

Assumptions are dangerous things.