“It is a dangerous experiment to call in gratitude as an ally to love. Love is a debt which inclination always pays, obligation never.” Love IsPayDangerousGratitudeDebtExperimentsObligationAlliesInclination Author:Blaise Pascal
“By preventing dangerous asteroid strikes, we can save millions of people, or even our entire species. And, as human beings, we can take responsibility for preserving this amazing evolutionary experiment of which we and all life on Earth are a part.” PeopleHumansEarthHuman BeingsResponsibilityMillionsDangerousSpeciesStrikesExperimentsTaking ResponsibilityPreventingAsteroids Author:Rusty Schweickart
“[Retirement] is a dangerous experiment, and generally ends in either drunkenness or hypochrondriacism.” EndsDangerousExperimentsRetirementDrunkenness Author:Erasmus Darwin
“Some ... have imagined that by arousing a baseless suspicion in the mind of the beloved we can revive a waning devotion. But this experiment is very dangerous. Those who recommend it are confident that so long as resentment is groundless one need only suffer it in silence and all will soon be well. I have observed however that this is by no means the case.” NeedsMindWellsMeanLongSufferingSilenceCasesDangerousExperimentsDevotionJealousyBelovedResentmentSuspicionRevive Book:Tale of Genji Source: Tale of Genji
“There is not a more dangerous experiment than to place property in the hands of one class, and political power in those of another... If property cannot retain the political power, the political power will draw after it the property.” IfsWisdomHandsPoliticalPoliticsClassEconomyDangerousDrawsPropertyExperimentsLiberalismPolitical Power Book:Speeches and Forensic Arguments Source: Speeches and Forensic Arguments
“If my life were not a dangerous, painful experiment, if I did not constantly skirt the abyss and feel the void under my feet, my life would have no meaning and I would not have been able to write anything.” IfsFeelsWritingHas BeensAbleFeetDangerousPainfulExperimentsVoidAbyssSkirts Author:Hermann Hesse
“The player may experiment about with his swing, his grip, his stance. It is only when he begins asking his caddie's advice that he is getting on dangerous ground.” MayPlayerAdviceDangerousAskingGolfExperimentsSwingsStanceCaddies Author:Charles Walter Simpson