James Comey Quotes

If you've ever talked to a special agent that you know well, and you ask he or she about a dangerous encounter they were involved in, they'll almost always give you the same answer: 'Yeah, I did it, but I was scared to heck the whole time.'

A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman.

The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.

I'm just a simple guy swimming in a sea of sharks.

There's action only if there is danger.

Unquestionably, it was going to be highly dangerous. Yet I felt it was quite natural to jump at the task. After all, if you don't like action and excitement, you don't go into police work. And, what the hell, I figured, nobody lives forever!

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

I live to feel myself in danger.

A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

I have tested my nerve by reaching a little too closely toward a lengthy alligator on the Gulf Coast and a saucer-sized tarantula in a Houston car park.

I like the edge of danger.

The danger sensation is exciting. The challenge is to find new dangers.

I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.

I remember the first time I climbed the cage - it was almost like a challenge from Snuka. I said, 'This is crazy. This is absolutely crazy!' I went ahead and did it but I only did it a couple of times. It scared me half to death.

I write crime novels and thrillers - I'm a big fan of cops. You can never forget that they run towards what everyone else runs away from.

One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.

Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? - Of course it does - I'm not an idiot.

The nature of a coward is to avoid death. If such a man courts peril there can be only two reasons. Either he is not a coward at all or there is no danger.

Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.

Before putting yourself in peril, it is necessary to foresee and fear it; but when one is there, nothing remains but to despise it.

It sometimes requires courage to fly from danger.

An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.

Danger is very real but fear is a choice.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.