Robert Harris Quotes

The mountains are dangerous. Only an unintelligent person will say they are not dangerous.

A fool puts her hand into a hollow tree without finding out what's inside first.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.

If we choose to walk into a forest where a tiger lives, we are taking a chance. If we swim in a river where crocodiles live, we are taking a chance. If we visit the desert or climb a mountain or enter a swamp where snakes have managed to survive, we are taking a chance.

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

That damn fool will get himself killed by some other damn fool.

Truth is often attended with danger

I think I have a big fear of things spiraling out of control. Out of control and dangerous and reckless and thoughtless scares me, because people get hurt.

I've been asked a lot lately what message is there in the Lusitania for the modern day. To be honest, not much. Except that maybe hubris and overconfidence are always dangerous things.

It is foolish for anyone to be complacent.

I do not climb really dangerous stuff.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

But God!Who could live like this , anyway, with the kind of guesswork that was enough to make a person crazy, just sailing along, taking bumps here and there, no course navigated whatsoever, with any big wave capable of just tipping and sinking you entirely. IT was madness, stipidity, and- (then I saw him)

Jump in a hole without looking, and there'll be a snake in it every time.

Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.

Playing with fire doesn't necessarily get you burned.

So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make him aggressive. A fool must therefore be treated more cautiously than a scoundrel.

A fool is often as dangerous to deal with as a knave, and always more incorrigible.

Tempt not a desperate man

Timidity can be as dangerous as rashness.

Don't be careful. You could hurt yourself.

It is a real wilderness, and those who go there should not feel too safe.

I feel ruefully sure, also, that one must be at least one sort of fool to rush in over ground so well trodden by the angels.

A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy.