Lord Acton Quotes

There is no such thing as security. There never has been.

Fragility is the quality of things that are vulnerable to volatility.

Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger.

The. World. Is. Not. A. Safe. Place.

Living safely is dangerous.

Nothing is really 'safe'.

Everyone is a threat, and anyone can be beat at any given moment. No one is invincible.

Living is dangerous. The important thing is to know the limits.

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

We live in an unsafe world.

But I'm the sort of person who, if certain structures topple, it could all go horribly wrong.

Truth is often attended with danger

The warnings of the last 4 years have been ignored. As a result, every single alternative before us is accompanied by grave risks.

Power is precarious.

There is no sure solution to some dangers.

That's the nature of this business. Something that took ten years to make can crumble in an instant. It could be snatched away from you at any moment.

Risk is part of our jobs.

Life is dangerous. There are no guarantees.

It's so easy for all the success in the world to suddenly end, and I'm quite aware of that.

People say they want to be in risky environments and do all kinds of exciting stuff. But they don't actually know what risk means: that risk actually does bring failure and mistakes.

I never think I'm safe. I always live in fear I will lose.

When things seem calmest, that is the time you should fear the most, it's when you have the most to lose.

Passionate investment leaves us vulnerable to loss. And sometimes, no matter how clever we are, we must lose.

What a seaOf melting ice I walk on!