Bob McNair Quotes

I thought they'd get one of us, but Jack, after all he's been through, never worried about it I thought it would be me.

In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.

In war, everything changes. You are very selective of what you do because everything you do can be the last thing you do in your life.

Failure? Scared to death of it.

The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.

Better be killed than frightened to death.

Death is a sniper. It strikes people you love, people you like, people you know - it's everywhere. You could be next. But then you turn out not to be. But then again, you could be.

We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.

Pray that we can come out alive.

Hope--danger's comforter

I think I'll stay alive here a bit longer, and see with my own eyes what's going to happen. I can still die after that - it won't be too late. Probably.

Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous.

I think to be courageous, you have to be afraid. For me, it feels very courageous when I go skiing because I'm very, very afraid to ski. It's dangerous! I feel very scared. But when I'm acting, I don't feel very scared.

When people tell you you're on the brink of death, you've got to dig pretty deep to get it together.

There are only two kinds of men; the dead and the deadly.

While there's life, there's fear.

There's just no real job security when you're shooting a show about an apocalypse, and anybody could die at any time.

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

To be alive at all involves some risk.

You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave.

When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.

I should have died in ambushes a hundred times.

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's nothing like the vast, dark Atlantic to remind you of your mortality. But terror can also be exhilarating.

It's tough to play the right chord on the instrument when there's someone out there who wants to kill you.