Peter De Vries Quotes

Death frames the high wire. But I don't see myself as taking risks. I do all of the preparations that a non-death seeker would do.

Life can be a bore if you're constantly walking sidewalks instead of a tightrope once in a while.

monotony is not to be worshipped as a virtue; nor the marriage bed treated as a coffin for security rather than a couch from which to rise refreshed.

The definition of adventure depends upon how boring your life is.

The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.

If I do nothing else, I'm going to make this a safe state.

People will spend vastly more to get what they regard as 100 percent safety than they will for 95 percent or 90 percent safety. It’s irrational of course.

I take risks because I get bored. And I get bored very easily.

I want to go out and do things... not just stick around having room service for two days.

I'm not a daredevil. I don't fly without a safety net.

When I was super young, we were hiking to the top of the 14,000-foot peaks in Colorado. You know, when I was in my early teens, we went to Bolivia and climbed to the tops of the highest mountains in the Alps. You know, those experiences were so exciting that when I came back to school, I was actually quite bored.

Honestly, you could beat me, torture me - just don't bore me.

Well, what every place needs is a security plan that protects it.

Boredom and sexual desire are a potent and explosive combination, and people will certainly risk their lives to exit a grey and boring life.

You need to be in danger; otherwise, you get old.

Doing the same old thing every day, week in and week out, it gets boring. I'm all about new challenges, new opponents.

If you crave a bit of adventure and the unknown, Singapore is not for you.

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've guarded a lot of people.

It is a boring life if you stick to all the rules.

We do always have to make sure we keep people safe.

No other protection is wanting, provided you are under the guidance of prudence.

The most total opposite of pleasure is not pain but boredom, for we are willing to risk pain to make a boring life interesting.

To be perfectly honest, I like pressure. It's something I find exciting. And I am the kind of personality that gets very bored very easily. The work I try and involve myself with is ordinarily determined by how much it sort of frightens me.

I didn't say no because between safety and adventure I choose adventure.