“I believe it is wrong to undermine public safety, and indeed public confidence in the concept of human rights, by allowing highly dangerous criminals and terrorists to trump the rights of the people of Britain to live in security and peace.” PeopleBelieveHumansI BelieveRightsSecurityDangerousTrumpConceptsSafetyHuman RightsCriminalsTerroristBritainAllowingPublic Safety Author:David Cameron
“Killing for ideas is the most dangerous form of killing at all. Being willing to die for your ideas rather than your country is another concept, but dying for an idea, like in religion, is absurd.” IdeasCountryFormDiesDyingDangerousWillingConceptsKillingAbsurdWilling To Die Author:Mick Jagger
“We have been trying to point out that this concept of an indefinitely favorable future is dangerous, even if it is true; because even if it is true you can easily overvalue the security, since you make it worth anything you want it to be worth. Beyond this, it is particularly dangerous too, because sometimes your ideas of the future turn out to be wrong. Then you have paid an awful lot for a future that isn't there. Your position then is pretty bad.” IfsWantTryingHas BeensIdeasSometimesTurnsSecurityDangerousPositionConceptsPaidAwfulTrue You Book:Current problems in security analysis Source: Current problems in security analysis
“I'm totally against women in combat, because we live in a culture and a society that imposes on every man the concept of women and children first...If you had a man and a woman trying to go through some dangerous woods, the man's instinct would be to protect the woman. Therefore you weaken the man.” IfsMenTryingFirstsChildrenWould BeCultureSexDangerousHe ManProtectConceptsInstinctWoodsEvery ManCombatWomen In Combat Author:Grace Hopper
“Then there was the whole concept of coal mining, which is a culture unto itself, the most dangerous occupation in the world, and which draws and develops a certain kind of man.” MenWorldKindWholeCertainCultureDangerousDrawsConceptsOccupationCoalMiningCoal Mining Author:Martin Cruz Smith
“The concept of emotional or spiritual survival has an honorable history, but it does invite self-indulgence. In my own case, the worst I ever survived was severe personal and political confusion, the temptation to various sorts of craziness and a couple of bad acid trips. It felt pretty horrendous at the time, and some of it was even dangerous, but Auschwitz it wasn't.” DoeSelfSpiritualPoliticalFeltMy OwnCasesWorstDangerousEmotionalCoupleSurvivalConceptsVariousConfusionTemptationInvitesSurvivedHonorableSevereIndulgenceAcidCrazinessAuschwitzSelf IndulgenceAcid Trip Book:Beginning to See the Light: Sex, Hope, and Rock-And-Roll Source: Beginning to See the Light: Sex, Hope, and Rock-And-Roll
“The notion that black folks have nothing to learn from scholarship that may reflect racial or racist biases is dangerous. It promotes closed-mindedness and a narrow understanding of knowledge to hold that "race" is such an overwhelming concept that it negates the validity of any insights contained in a work that may have some racist or sexist aspects.” MayUnderstandingBlackRaceDangerousRacismConceptsAspectNotionFolksInsightAfrican AmericanRacistOverwhelmingScholarshipValiditySexist Author:Bell Hooks
“It seems like a dangerous concept to have someone who's just your drinking buddy. Someone you have nothing in common with, if you're sober, is probably not a good, healthy friendship.” IfsSeemsCommonDangerousHealthyConceptsDrinkingSoberBuddyGood HealthDrinking Buddy Author:Olivia Wilde
“'Fair' is one of the most dangerous concepts in politics. Since no two people are likely to agree on what is 'fair,' this means that there must be some third party with power - the government - to impose its will. The road to despotism is paved with 'fairness'.” PeopleMeanTwoGovernmentPoliticalPartyDangerousConceptsFairsThirdsAgreeFairnessPolitical CorrectnessDespotismThird Parties Author:Thomas Sowell
“There are those moments where you realize that your parents or your heroes are human and are fallible. That concept, in and of itself, is something that is dangerous to me, in a good way. It's exciting and scary to meet those people.” PeopleWayHumansMomentsParentRealizingDangerousHeroConceptsExcitingScaryGood Way Author:Simon Helberg
“I'm basically a libertarian. I don't want to restrict anyone from doing anything unless it's going to harm me. I don't want [to] pass a law stopping someone from smoking. It's just too dangerous. You lose the concept of a free society. Since we are genetically so diverse and our brains are so different, we're going to have different aspirations.” WantDifferentLawLosesBrainDangerousConceptsHarmLibertarianAspirationSmokingDiverseStoppingFree Society Author:James D. Watson
“The latest trade of a security creates a dangerous illusion that its market price approximates its true value. This mirage is especially dangerous during periods of market exuberance. The concept of "private market value" as an anchor to the proper valuation of a business can also be greatly skewed during ebullient times and should always be considered with a healthy degree of skepticism.” ShouldValuesSecurityDangerousPeriodsHealthyDegreesIllusionConceptsTradeSkepticismAnchorsMiragesExuberanceValuationTrue Value Author:Seth Klarman
“But the 20th century suffered "two" ideologies that led to genocides. The other one, Marxism, had no use for race, didn't believe in genes and denied that human nature was a meaningful concept. Clearly, it's not an emphasis on genes or evolution that is dangerous. It's the desire to remake humanity by coercive means (eugenics or social engineering) and the belief that humanity advances through a struggle in which superior groups (race or classes) triumph over inferior ones.” BelieveHumansMeanTwoUseDesireHumanityBeliefSocialRaceClassStruggleGroupsCenturyDangerousHuman NatureEvolutionConceptsMeaningfulSuperiorsIdeologyTriumphGenocideDeniedGenesEngineeringInferiors20th CenturyEmphasisMarxismEugenicsRemakesSocial Engineering Author:Steven Pinker
“What is truth? I think stating a truth could be dangerous, because we are locking something in and therefore making it harder for ourselves to change beyond that certain thought or concept.” ThinkingCertainDangerousConceptsHarder Author:Richard Brancatisano
“It's time to question laws that senselessly expand the concept of self-defense and sow dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods. These laws try to fix something that was never broken. There has always been a legal defense for using deadly force if - and the 'if' is important - if no safe retreat is available. But we must examine laws that take this further by eliminating the common sense and age-old requirement that people who feel threatened have a duty to retreat, outside their home, if they can do so safely.” PeopleIfsFeelsTryingImportantSelfHomeAgeLawForceCan DoDangerousDutyBrokenSafeConflictConceptsAvailableDefenseNeighborhoodRequirementsThreatenedRetreatSelf DefenseEliminatingIfs AndDeadly Force Author:Eric Holder