Howard Rheingold Quotes

I always check my harness before I do a stunt; I test-drive the cars I have to race or explode; I'm present at all pyrotechnical rehearsals; and I walk through everything step-by-step. No man should put their life in someone else's hands unless they have covered their own safety from all angles.

The bottom line is what we do might not be the safest so there is always some risk but we are ready to take that into account because we love racing and we love motor sports and it is dangerous.

The world is a dangerous place to live

Hitchhiking, intrinsically, is sexual and dangerous. At the same time I never really felt scared. I was scared that nobody would pick me up and that I'd be waiting by the side of the road for a week.

Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.

The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more work on safety. That shouldn't happen.

Is there some risk every day we walk out our front door? Every time we get in our car? Yeah. Are we materially less safe now than we were 10 years ago? Whatever delta there is, it's very small.

The expert is out to point out all the difficulties and dangers.

If it were up to me, I wouldn't have security. But Hef thinks I'm naive. He feels I'm vulnerable to kidnapping.

Safety is always a paramount concern for us. We are always engaged with the studios and with what better structures can be done.

We try to reduce the danger to a minimum, of course. And then we prepare for accidents with alternate plans. For instance, if I'm turning over a stagecoach, I try to take into consideration what moves I have to make if it flips in the wrong direction. Without those emergency plans you get hurt.

'Big Brother' reminded me that housemates should be aware of health and safety.

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.

If I can avoid doing stunts, I will. I don't want to die just for a movie. It's not worth it.

You can get hurt at any time.

We do always have to make sure we keep people safe. There are the right ways of doing it, and then there are ways that are ineffective.

Safety's just danger, out of place.

Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.

There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world.

A young woman hiking alone in the mountains sounds dangerous. In the pre-cell phone era maybe it was, but I'll stop short of calling it foolish.

I am a common man. Why do I need security?

Death frames the high wire. But I don't see myself as taking risks. I do all of the preparations that a non-death seeker would do.

Children are not in a position to assess risk and safety; it must be done for them, and it must be done carefully.

It's very real, the narrow line between a night danced away and the potential of death around the corner.