Dean Koontz Quotes

I used to be such a daredevil but now I'm much more cautious.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.

I'm not a betting man.

Have I gone too far?

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.

When in doubt, don't.

The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home.

I rarely ever do anything crazy, I really like to be careful to stay in a safe spot, I don't want to do anything, like, insane. I have a lot of people around me to make sure I don't do anything crazy.

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

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

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.

I do not climb really dangerous stuff.

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.

Danger comes in many forms, I suppose. For some people, it might be jumping off a bridge or climbing impossible moutains. For others, it could be a tawdry love affair or telling off a mean-looking bus driver because he doesn't like to stop for noisy teenagers. It could be cheating at cards or eating a peanut even though you're allergic. For me, danger might be getting out from the protective cloak of my family and venturing into the world more of my own, even though I don't know what- or who- awaits me.

Timidity can be as dangerous as rashness.

Live dangerously. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.

Trust not one night's ice.

The most dangerous thing you can do in life is play it safe.

I don’t want to throw everything away for something uncertain.

Even those who venture to dip a toe in the pond of risk never allow themselves to get used to the water.

If you have any question in your mind, don't do it. If you go in thinking it's going to fix something that's wrong, don't do it.

Life is dangerous. That's what makes it interesting.

The world is wider in all directions, more dangerous and bitter, more extravagant and bright. We are making hay when we should be making whoopee; we are raising tomatoes when we should be raising Cain and Lazarus.