Gail Godwin Quotes

You know, at that age you want to show everyone else how wild you are. It's a combination of being bored, looking for a cheap thrill and being really stupid - a dangerous combination.

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

We'd be doing parkour on my high school roof; we'd get in trouble. But I was never a reckless kid.

I like the challenge of doing things you know that you maybe shouldn't do.

The reason why some people love to engage in dangerous activities, such as mountain climbing, car racing, and so on, although they may not be aware of it, is that it forces them into the Now - that intensely alive state that is free of time, free of problems, free of thinking, free of the burden of the personality.

I love adrenaline. I like senseless violence.

You need to be in danger; otherwise, you get old.

I like to fly close to the edge. I like to play with fire.

I was always pushing the limits, going as far as I could. I would do all kinds of crazy things.

For the first time in long time, I can say I love what I do. I can't say that every day is easy or fun, but there are few greater thrills in life than hurling yourself down an iced-over water slide in a carbon fiber bathtub.

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.

The thing that always struck me about 'Jonny Quest' is: What kind of parent brings his kid to the Amazon so that yetis can throw boulders at him?

I can't see myself doing something as astonishing as jumping of a chopper. I find it stupid.

I like the danger, I like the adrenaline and I need it to race.

I do like a bit of danger. Guns, cars, running, bullets. I'm up for it.

I don't think really we need to race in F1 just to risk your life, or to be in danger is nice for the people. I don't think it's really like that.

I don't really know why, but danger has always been an important thing in my life - to see how far I could lean without falling, how fast I could go without cracking up.

I fare the best when I'm in dangerous situations.

If I ever feel that this is dangerous or I'm scared of it, then that probably draws me more towards it.

So many things can get you high, I'm gonna try them all just once before I die.

The young are always in extremes.

People want somebody to be a daredevil, even if they're not going to be a daredevil themselves.

How can I explain purposely setting foot on a path so blatantly treacherous? Was the fun in the fall?

Young people, we have this thing about us, this invincibility, because we're young and we're growing up and we want to have fun, and we want to be crazy, and nothing's wrong with that unless you're not being responsible.

Insolent youth rides, now, in the whirlwind. For those modern iconoclasts who are without culture possess, apparently, all the courage.