Josh Billings Quotes

A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.

You know, I'm no different from a fireman. You got to run into a fire no matter how big the blaze is.

I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Many people use the words 'death defying' or 'death wishing' when they talk about wire-walking. Many people have asked me: 'So do you have a death wish?' After doing a beautiful walk, I feel like punching them in the nose. It's indecent. I have a life wish.

Danger is part of my job. It's always there, but you can't think about it too much otherwise you start to be too slow.

The war correspondent has his stake - his life - in his own hands, and he can put it on this horse or that horse, or he can put it back in his pocket at the very last minute.

Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard.

I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand.

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood and the knowledge that it's more dangerous to lose than to win.

Great things are won by great dangers.

I don't think I ever take huge risks, though I'm not scared of doing so.

Only very brave mouse makes nest in cat's ear.

The danger sensation is exciting. The challenge is to find new dangers.

I take a lot of risks in the ring.

I have been in the most dangerous of places just in order to survive. An intelligent man would stay in a safe place to survive.

I've never run with the bulls. I prefer to watch from the safety of a balcony.

I think there's a danger in politics of being too risk-averse.

Filming 'It's Not Rocket Science' has made me realise I'm missing the part of my brain that warns me about danger because - even though the tasks are terrifying - I find it really exciting.

I'm always supportive of my brothers who have the guts to step in the cage. Pro wrestling is dangerous but it takes a special kind of courage to lock yourself in a cage that wants to do you harm.

I remember the first time I climbed the cage - it was almost like a challenge from Snuka. I said, 'This is crazy. This is absolutely crazy!' I went ahead and did it but I only did it a couple of times. It scared me half to death.

With everything I do, there always seems to be a massive risk involved.

I don't like to risk - I'm actually not a tough guy at all, make no mistake about it, so I'm not going to do something that I'm scared of. So, if something looks dangerous, at the time I didn't think it was, because I'm the first person to cower away from a risk of injury if there seems to be one.

Never be a pioneer. It's the early Christian that gets the fattest lion.