“My lord, lawyers are a dangerous species of animals till ha'e any dependence upon--they are always starting punctilios and deeficulties among friends. Why, my dear lord, it is their interest that aw mankind should be at variance; for disagreement is the vary manure wi' which they enrich and fatten the land of leetigation; and as they find that constantly produces the best crop, depend upon it they will always be sure till lay it on ass thick ass they can.” ShouldInterestAnimalLordLandMankindDangerousProduceDependsLaysSpeciesStartingDearLawyerAssThickDependenceCropsVaryDisagreementManureVarianceDear Lord Author:Charles Macklin
“One of the most dangerous errors is that civilization is automatically bound to increase and spread. The lesson of history is the opposite; civilization is a rarity, attained with difficulty and easily lost. The normal state of humanity is barbarism, just as the normal surface of the planet is salt water. Land looms large in our imagination and civilization in history books, only because sea and savagery are to us less interesting.” BookStatesHumanityLostWaterImaginationInterestingSeaLandDangerousPlanetsCivilizationLessonsNormalOppositesDifficultyIncreaseErrorsBoundsSpreadSurfaceSaltBarbarismHistory BooksSavageryRaritySalt Water Book:Image and Imagination Source: Image and Imagination
“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
“We have an arsenal of ideas about land use possibly as dangerous to human life on the planet as the use of nuclear arms.” HumansIdeasUseLandDangerousPlanetsArmsNuclearHuman LifeArsenalNuclear ArmsLand Use Author:Janet Kauffman
“The canyon country does not always inspire love. To many it appears barren, hostile, repellent - a fearsome mostly waterless land of rock and heat, sand dunes and quicksand, cactus, thornbrush, scorpion, rattlesnake, and agaraphobic distances. To those who see our land in that manner, the best reply is, yes, you are right, it is a dangerous and terrible place. Enter at your own risk. Carry water. Avoid the noonday sun. Try to ignore the vultures. Pray frequently.” TryingDoeCountryWaterSunRiskLandRocksDangerousInspirePrayingTerribleDistanceHeatSandHostileBarrenCanyonsVultureCactusQuicksandScorpionsRattlesnakesInspire LoveSand Dunes Author:Edward Abbey
“I grew up in northern Minnesota on 40 acres of wooded land 20 miles from the nearest town, and so the wilderness was home. It was not an unsafe place. I had that advantage. But there are so many representations of the wilderness being dangerous. You know, depictions of wild animals attacking people. It's like, "No, we kill those animals in far greater numbers than they kill us."” PeopleKnowsHomeAnimalNumbersGreaterLandDangerousGrewGrew UpAdvantageTownsMilesWildernessRepresentationAttackingAcresWild AnimalMinnesotaUnsafeDepiction Author:Cheryl Strayed
“Just like a mountain goat climbing very steep and dangerous land to lick salt from the rocks, man also should take high risks to get what he wants!” MenWantShouldRiskLandRocksDangerousMountainClimbingSaltGoatsSteepHigh Risk Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Patriotism which has the quality of intoxication is a danger not only to its native land but to the world, and "My country never wrong" is an even more dangerous maxim than "My country, right or wrong."” WorldCountryQualityLandDangerousDangerNativeMaximsIntoxicationNative Land Author:Bertrand Russell
“There is not land beneath the sun where there is an open Bible and a preached gospel, where a tyrant long can hold his place... Let the Bible be opened to be read by all men, and no tyrant can long rule in peace... The religion of Jesus makes men think, and to make men think is always dangerous to a despot's power.” ThinkingMenLongJesusSunLandDangerousTyrantsDespots Author:Charles Spurgeon
“When I was growing up, I fetishised New York City. It was the land of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, it was where Leonard Cohen wrote 'Chelsea Hotel', it was CBGBs and all the punk rock clubs. Artists and musicians lived there, and it was cheap and dangerous.” ArtistCitiesGrowing UpGrowingLandRocksDangerousNew YorkMusicianClubsHotelNew York CityPunkPunk RockVelvetReedsChelseaVelvet UndergroundCbgb Author:Moby
“The road to conservation is paved with good intentions that often prove futile, or even dangerous, due to a lack of understanding of either land or economic land use.” UseUnderstandingEconomicLandDangerousProveIntentionDuesConservationGood IntentionsLack Of UnderstandingLand Use Author:Aldo Leopold
“One thing that I have been trying to do is bring together in places like Bosnia technologists who create ever-more destructive land mines [and convince them not to build more dangerous mines]. And that has actually worked.” TryingHas BeensTogetherOne ThingLandDangerousMinesDestructiveConvinceBosnia Author:Jaron Lanier