Nikki Glaser Quotes

See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.

I'm putting my life at risk, literally! And if I slipped... You never know. And I think about it. I think about my family and I'm like, wow, this is like being a police officer or something, in war or something.

I don't want to risk my personal sanity or happiness, or my family, or the love of my life. That's a mistake. And I think a lot of people make that mistake, they're always kind of, like, seeking out the next thing that's gonna happen.

I've got to watch my back, so I can't put on too much weight.

I prefer to be alive, so I'm cautious about taking risks.

I think I have a big fear of things spiraling out of control. Out of control and dangerous and reckless and thoughtless scares me, because people get hurt.

I always try to be safe; even when something looks dangerous, it actually isn't to me.

My name is all I have, so I don't want that to be messed up from a game of football.

I can't take nothing for granted. I have to really protect myself - either get out of bounds or continue to finish the play.

I'm really sorry, but I'm not prepared to jeopardize my life for the entertainment industry.

I don't like to get involved in controversial things.

We don't dip our toe into religion or politics, because you can't win.

Aw, no one's gonna shoot at me.

I can certainly sympathize with writers who don't want to put themselves or their loved ones at risk.

Why are you hanging around, then? Aren't you worried about getting hit?" "Aw, you'd never hurt me. My face is too pretty.

I'm not a thrill seeker. I'm not looking to get kidnapped. I'm not looking to get a shot at. I've been shot at. I didn't like it.

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.

The step between prudence and paranoia is short and steep. Prudence wears a seat belt. Paranoia avoids cars. Prudence washes with soap. Paranoia avoids human contact. Prudence saves for old age. Paranoia hoards even trash. Prudence prepares and plans, paranoia panics. Prudence calculates the risk and takes the plunge. Paranoia never enters the water.

Everything is removed. You're actually doing something dangerous when you get in your car, when you're getting on an airplane, or having sex.

We're always on a tightrope. We're trying to put together people who don't make sense to be together, talking about issues that are sensitive and controversial. We're mixing dangerous chemicals on a nightly basis.

I wouldn't want to roll the dice on Kabul by myself, because I really think getting killed is definitely a possibility there. A very good possibility.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

My point is not that everything is bad, but that everything is dangerous, which is not exactly the same as bad. If everything is dangerous, then we always have something to do. So my position leads not to apathy but to hyper - and pessimistic - activism.

My parents tried to keep me safe, but to me the world was not a safe place.

I'm always standing on the edge of something bad.