Edna Ferber Quotes

I like to scare myself and throw myself off the deep end.

Daring is not safe against daring men.

I think my whole life has been one of sort of daring, and sort of sailing against the wind instead of just going with the wind.

I'm the kind of guy who, if you tell me you can't do something, like, 'Brian, you can't do a backflip off that two-floor building,' and I'm going to give it a shot.

You gonna back down so easy, little sister?. Not much wild about you, is there? I bet that cottage doesn't have a scratch. Did Edward tell you how many houses Rose and I smashed?

Stay hungry, stay foolish.

Life has to be dangerous.

I just love that spirit that makes people do things that they probably shouldn't.

I'm so optimistic, I'd go after Moby Dick in a rowboat and take the tartar sauce with me.

I would say my sense of adventure outweighs my grace.

I'll take any risk there is.

Temerity is not always successful.

We all have that desire to be kind of wild and bad.

I like to get wild.

If the challenge to fight was there, I always took it.

It's about putting the pedal to the metal and not asking any questions at all and just going for it.

I don't have any hidden talents but if you dare me to do something I'll go after it big time.

I spent the majority of time at school trying to break the rules. I would climb to the top of buildings; I even burned a building down once - not intentionally, just because I was interested in fire. I remember going through the rule book, ticking off the ones I had broken and looking for the ones I hadn't.

I give the name violence to a boldness lying idle and enamored of danger.

I run to see who has the most guts.

Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you.

I was a wild kid in high school. I liked to get crazy and be rebellious and go to parties and do all that kind of stuff.

I'm a risk-taker. I like to test myself.

Theodore Roosevelt would go to Halifax for half a chance to show off and to Hell for a whole one.

If someone dares me to do something I'll just do it.