Steven Moffat Quotes

There is less danger in fearing too much than too little.

I've always been the kind of person who, if there's anything that can kill me, I want to know something about it.

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check.

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.

Remember, it is a deep principle of our nature not to regard the safety of those who do not regard their own. If you are indifferent to your own safety, you must not be surprised if those less interested should become more so.

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

I'm not a reckless person, in the sense that I wouldn't do something that's reckless or dangerous, because I'm a pretty careful person. For example, I don't snow ski. I did it once, and I promised God I'd never do it again if I lived through it.

Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.

I'm smart enough to know, 'Don't try and make any headlines.'

It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself to be on his guard.

it is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.

I think that I, Jack McBrayer, am somewhat of a people pleaser, and I do enjoy being good at my job. But I would never endanger my life with gullibility or naivete.

As I grow older and I don't run so fast, I'm not so eager to get myself in situations where I'm going to have to run.

I don't think I'm fearless at all. I think anybody who says they're fearless doesn't last very long. I think I'm pretty cautious, actually.

I have to be smart. You cannot be going in there, trying to go forward and pressure guys, and be taking damage and getting hurt on the way to doing it.

Stepping out of the spotlight when it's prudent to do so is a good thing.

Fear is good and useful when it's deployed on the side of common sense.

Self-Preservation is a full-time occupation.

No one blames a pilot who takes refuge in port when the storm begins to blow. It is not cowardice to duck under a bullet; what is wrong is to defy it only to fall and never rise again.

You got to know your limits. Once is enough, but you got to learn. A little caution never hurt anyone. A good woodsman has only one scar on him. No more, no less.

How much 'ego' do you need? Just enough so that you don't step in front of a bus.

My good friends, while I do most earnestly recommend you to take care of your health and safety, as things most precious to us, I would not have that care degenerate into an effeminate and over-curious attention, which is always disgraceful to a man's self, and often troublesome to others.

The hardest part is when you're in danger yourself. You have to face what could happen and might be likely to happen to you. It's not just that you're there standing next to somebody that something bad is likely to happen to. That is a true moment of reckoning with who you really are.