Ted Koppel Quotes

A lot of places I go are dangerous, like Tel Aviv or Rio, but that never stops me from going there and putting on a show. I have good security. I don't worry about that.

I feel absolutely no threat or fear in Mexico City.

Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.

When you walk through a bad neighborhood, you don't want a poodle by your side. You want a Rottweiler.

I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They thought it was just European hysteria. Then the terrorist attacks happened and there was a complete conversion. Suddenly terrorism was the central risk.

People want security in this insecure world.

We must choose between freedom and fear – we cannot have both.

At least from my position, I worry about it more when we're rolling because people get comfortable.

Everything is danger, but we pretend that it's not.

I think people let their guards down when they think that they're not being intimidated or they're not being threatened.

I think Dublin is the best place in the world, all you need is money. I feel safe here, no one is going to shoot me, like in the States.

I like to be with my back against the wall in dangerous situations.

I never think that walls can protect you.

If people don't feel safe, they're not going to have hope.

I've been asked whether I was worried about getting a reputation as a firefighter and it doesn't bother me.

I shouldn't have to worry any time my father walks outside the front door of our home.

I roll with bodyguards when I go back home to South Africa.

Some nights I lie awake at night thinking, 'What's going to stop someone from smashing a chair through my window and coming in the house at two in the morning?' It is very unnerving. It's a realistic scare, which is the worst kind of scare that you could have.

Aw, no one's gonna shoot at me.

One usually thinks people to be more dangerous than they are.

He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.

Don't pick up hitchhikers!"- D. Adams

Persuasion occurs when trust and confidence meet belief, risk tolerance, and safety.

Things change when you're not in danger anymore.