“Because we are in a war situation, this can sometimes be dangerous work. But guys like A.D. Flowers and his technicians just take it in stride and get on with the job. In four years, we've never had a serious accident or injury working with all the explosions.” YearsWarSometimesJobsGuySituationFourDangerousSeriousFlowerAccidentsInjuryFour YearsExplosionsStrideTechnicians Author:Vic Morrow
“A so-called 'blackout' is yet another gimmick, albeit a dangerous one, designed to punish elected and administration officials who are working diligently to protect American jobs from foreign criminals.” JobsDangerousProtectCriminalsAdministrationOfficialsGimmicksBlackoutsAmerican Jobs Author:Christopher Dodd
“Reading Gypsy Boy, I felt invited into a secret society. I've always found Gypsies mysterious and even slightly dangerous, and Mikey Walsh does an excellent job describing the cloistered lifestyle and fascinating traditions of the Romani people. Moreover, Mikey's personal story of being a misfit among misfits is both compelling and universal. I cheered for him every step of the way.” PeopleWayDoeStoriesJobsReadingFoundFeltSecretStepsBoysDangerousTraditionUniversalLifestyleMysteriousExcellentFascinatingCompellingInvitedDescribingEvery StepGypsyMisfitsSecret SocietyPersonal StoriesMikey Author:Julia Scheeres
“I don't think we can say that all working women will get divorced - it's so dangerous to make these things emblematic of anything - but having said that, every person who has a big, important job and tries to have a family, has to make decisions every single minute.” ThinkingTryingPersonsSaidImportantBigsJobsDecisionMinutesDangerousDivorcedImportant JobsWorking Women Author:Meryl Streep
“Friendship is a difficult, dangerous job. It is also (though we rarely admit it) extremely exhausting.” JobsDifficultFriendshipDangerousExhaustingDangerous Jobs Book:Haven: Short Stories, Poems, and Aphorisms Source: Haven: Short Stories, Poems, and Aphorisms
“politics ... is the hottest, most dangerous subject in the land. It's not only a conversation-wrecker, it's a friendship-wrecker, a family-wrecker, a job-wrecker, a future-wrecker.” JobsLandSubjectsDangerousConversationHottest Author:Barbara Walters
“Once I became a cop. I dived into that career. I never wanted to be an LAPD officer because I thought 'LA is super dangerous, not the place I'd want to be a cop'. But as a boy of course I was into guns, cops and robbers, so that's why it was cool to me and thought 'Yeah I could do this job'.” WantWantedJobsCoursesBoysCareersDangerousGunYeahOfficersCopRobbersCops And RobbersLapd Author:Eric Hernandez
“Our border patrol does a great job under these very dangerous conditions. They use very sophisticated equipment, including gamma rays, to detect drugs and illegal immigrants as they enter the U.S.” DoeUseJobsConditionsDangerousDrugIncludingBordersImmigrantsIllegalRaysSophisticatedEquipmentGreat JobIllegal ImmigrantsBorder PatrolBorder ControlGamma Rays Author:Timothy Murphy
“So many computer languages try to force you into one way of thinking and Perl is very much the opposite of that approach. It's kind of like a, well, sometimes Perl has been called the Swiss army chainsaw of the internet, but it's more like a Swiss army machine shop. It really gives you a lot of tools, some of which are dangerous, but it lets you get your job done very quickly.” ThinkingWayGivingTryingWellsKindHas BeensSometimesDoneJobsLanguageForceDangerousInternetComputerApproachToolsMachinesOppositesArmyOne WayShopsWay Of ThinkingComputer LanguageSwissPerlChainsawMachine Shop Author:Larry Wall
“What's the job of the candidate in this world? The job of the candidate is to raise the money to hire the consultants to do the focus groups to figure out the 30-second answers to be memorized by the candidate. This is stunningly dangerous.” WorldJobsAnswersFocusGroupsDangerousFiguresThis WorldRaisesCandidatesConsultantsFocus Groups Author:Newt Gingrich
“If people like us, our life is good. If somebody doesn't like us, our whole life is tanked. That happens at your job, especially in church ministry. It seems like everybody's your boss sometimes. You're trying to keep everybody happy and pretty soon you realize you're filling yourself up with other people's opinions of you. That's a dangerous place to live.” PeopleIfsTryingSometimesWholeSeemsHappensJobsLife IsRealizingChurchOpinionOur LivesDangerousWhole LifeBossMinistryFillingPlaces To LiveLife Is GoodDangerous PlacesChurch Ministry Author:Mark Hall
“Many people in this world do jobs that are dangerous and where their life is at risk and they feel that there is some kind of value to their job I guess that's how I feel about what I do. There is a social function to documentary photography that is very important and it requires people to take risks.” PeopleWorldFeelsKindImportantJobsLife IsValuesSocialRiskDangerousThis WorldPhotographyFunctionDocumentariesDocumentary Photography Author:James Nachtwey
“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
“Cameras are dangerous. With no waiting period or background check, any whack-job could just stroll into a Wal-Mart and walk out with a semi-automatic. Now, for years I've been pressing for stricter regulations on cameras, especially around our elected officials. Too many political lives have been cut short by some crazed shooter.” YearsHas BeensJobsPoliticalWaitingWalksCuttingDangerousPeriodsCamerasBackgroundsChecksOfficialsRegulationPolitical LifeElected OfficialsShooterBackground Checks Author:Stephen Colbert
“Say my husband had a dangerous job and I wasn't with him, I don't know how you go, 'Oh honey, how was it with the police department today? You got all your fingers and toes today?' It would scare me. I'd have to become a police officer and work with him; I couldn't do it.” KnowsTodayJobsKnow HowDangerousHusbandPoliceFingersDepartmentMy HusbandScareOfficersHoneyToesPolice OfficerPolice DepartmentFingers And ToesDangerous Jobs Author:Terri Irwin
“I would never say they look exactly the same, but what I would say is that the differences are not enough to save your job, to save your life, or to save the planet. And what we have right now is a race to the bottom, between the greater and lesser evil. [Donald] Trump is a very dangerous and despicable demagogue. However, you know, policy for policy, Hillary's [Clinton] are also extremely dangerous.” KnowsLooksEnoughJobsEvilDifferencesRaceGreaterDangerousPolicyPlanetsTrumpRight NowClintonBottomDespicableLesser EvilSave The Planet Author:Jill Stein
“How do we create jobs for so many Americans who are feeling pushed out, not just left out, pushed out of the modern economy. Obviously it's skills and education. But it's also jobs. So if I could do anything it would be to take this moment in time that we've got when, yes, our recovery is better, we've had steadier growth, I don't think President [Barack] Obama frankly gets the credit he deserves for the kind of steady hand that he and his advisers apply to moving through that really dangerous period.” IfsThinkingKindMomentsFeelingsHandsWould BeJobsMovingLeftGrowthPresidentEconomyModernDangerousPeriodsSkillsDeserveCreditRecoveryBarackIf I CouldSteadyPresident Barack ObamaMoments In TimeLeft OutAdviserSteady Hands Author:Hillary Clinton
“If you have got high-ranking officials reaching down five levels in the bureaucracy to drag an analyst up to their office to berate them and threaten their jobs because they don't like the conclusions about an intelligence matter, that, in my view, is dangerous.” IfsMatterJobsLevelsViewsFiveDangerousOfficeConclusionOfficialsReachingDragBureaucracyAnalystsRanking Author:Christopher Dodd