“I don't think people are reacting primarily to the danger of the sport. There are many other activities that are truly dangerous that we have no inclination to ban.” PeopleThinkingSportsDangerousDangerActivityInclinationBansReacting Author:Jonathan Gottschall
“For realists, war is like surgery-a painful and dangerous activity that is sometimes necessary ... A pacifist is like a Christian Scientist who is against surgery even when the alternative is the crippling or death of the patient.” WarSometimesChristianDangerousActivityScientistPatientPainfulAlternativesSurgeryRealistPacifist Book:Vietnam: The Necessary War Source: Vietnam: The Necessary War
“If within the last century art conceived as an autonomous activity has come to be invested with an unprecedented stature - the nearest thing to a sacramental human activity acknowledged by secular society - it is because one of the tasks art has assumed is making forays into and taking up positions on the frontiers of consciousness (often very dangerous to the artist as a person) and reporting back what's there.” IfsHumansPersonsArtLastsArtistConsciousnessCenturyDangerousPositionActivityTasksSecularFrontiersUnprecedentedStatureHuman ActivityAutonomousSecular Society Author:Susan Sontag
“I'm very proud that some people think that I'm a danger for the intellectual health of students. When people start thinking of health in intellectual activities, I think there is something wrong. In their opinion I am a dangerous man, since I am a crypto-Marxist, an irrationalist, a nihilist.” PeopleThinkingMenOpinionDangerousDangerStudentsProudActivityIntellectualMarxistNihilistDangerous Man Book:Technologies of the Self: A Seminar with Michel Foucault Source: Technologies of the Self: A Seminar with Michel Foucault
“I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs. There is in every living creature an obscure but powerful impulse to active functioning. Life demands to be lived. Inaction, save as a measure of recuperation between bursts of activity, is painful and dangerous to the healthy organism- in fact, it is almost impossible. Only the dying can be really idle.” LifeReasonFactsSuccessPowerfulImpossibleDyingDangerousGoes OnHealthyActivityDemandCreaturesPainfulActiveImpulseEggsIdleOrganismsSuccess In LifeObscureInactionLiving CreaturesHensRecuperation Author:H. L. Mencken
“Heaven forbid we've got a problem where we could have prevented a terrorist attack or apprehended someone who is engaged in dangerous activity, but we didn't do so simply because of inaction in the Senate.” ProblemHeavenDangerousActivityTerroristEngagedSenateInactionTerrorist Attacks Author:Barack Obama
“Why write if this too easy activity of pushing a pen across paper is not given a certain bullfighting risk and we do not approach dangerous, agile and two-horned topics?” IfsWritingTwoCertainGivenEasyRiskDangerousActivityPaperApproachPushingPensTopicsBullfighting Author:Jose Ortega y Gasset
“If the fact that people make poor decisions is reason enough for the government to second-guess their decisions about dangerous activities such as smoking cigarettes and riding motorcycles, why on earth should the government let people make their own choices when it comes to such consequential matters as where to live, how much education to get, whom to marry, whether to have children, which job to take, or what religion to practice?” PeopleIfsShouldChildrenMatterReasonEnoughFactsGovernmentEarthJobsChoicesDecisionPoorPracticeDangerousActivitySmokingRidingCigaretteMotorcycleSmoking CigarettesMotorcycle RidingPoor Decisions Author:Jacob Sullum
“The population becomes the internal enemy. Any sign of life, of protest, or even mere doubt, is a dangerous challenge from the standpoint of military doctrine and national security. So complicated mechanisms of prevention adn punishment have been developed ... To operate effectively, the repression must appear arbitrary. Apart from breathing, any human activity can constitute a crime ... State terrorism aims to paralyze the population with fear.” HumansHas BeensStatesChallengesEnemyDoubtSecurityMilitaryDangerousCrimeActivityAimMerePopulationComplicatedTerrorismPunishmentDoctrineBreathingInternalsProtestMechanismNational SecurityArbitraryRepressionStandpointPreventionHuman ActivitySigns Of Life Author:Eduardo Galeano
“After one has been in a lowly position, one knows how dangerous it is to climb to a high place, Once one has been in the dark, one knows how revealing it is to go into the light. Having maintained quietude, one knows how tiring compulsive activity is. Having nurtured silence, one knows how disturbing much talk is.” KnowsHas BeensLightDarkSilenceKnow HowDangerousPositionActivityClimbsTaoismTireRevealingDisturbingHigh Places Author:Zicheng Hong