“All confidence placed in another is dangerous if it is not perfect, for on almost all occasions we ought to tell everything or to conceal everything. We have already told too much of our secret, if one single circumstance is to be kept back.” IfsPerfectSecretToo MuchDangerousOughtCircumstancesOccasionsNot PerfectAll Occasions Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“The more perfect our means of direct experience, the more easily we are caught by the dangerous illusion that perceiving is tantamount to knowing and understanding.” MeanUnderstandingPerfectKnowingDangerousIllusionDirectCaughtKnowing And Understanding Book:Film as Art Source: Film as Art
“Learning is not to be tacked to the mind, but we must fuse and blend them together, not merely giving the mind a slight tincture, but a thorough and perfect dye. And if we perceive no evident change and improvement, it would be better to leave it alone; learning is a dangerous weapon, and apt to wound its master if it be wielded by a feeble hand, and by one not well acquainted with its use.” IfsGivingMindWellsUseHandsWould BeTogetherPerfectLearningDangerousMastersWeaponsWoundsImprovementPerceiveEvidentThoroughFuse Author:Michel de Montaigne
“The distempers of the soul have their relapses, as many and as dangerous as those of the body; and what we take for a perfect cureis generally either an abatement of the same disease or the changing of that for another.” SoulBodyPerfectDangerousHealthDiseaseSicknessRelapse Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“When America does not lead, the world is a dangerous and a tragic place. This is a bad deal. [Barack] Obama broke every rule of negotiation.Yes, our allies are not perfect, but Iran is at the heart of most of the evil that is going on in the Middle East through their proxy.” WorldHeartDoeAmericaEvilPerfectDealsMiddleDangerousEastBarackBrokeTragicIranAlliesMiddle EastNegotiationNot PerfectProxy Author:Carly Fiorina
“The point is that religion puts a value on irrationality, which makes it the perfect tool for promoting irrational beliefs like misogyny. Other ideologies can be challenged with evidence and reason, but religion is allowed a pass by most people. And that's why it's especially dangerous.” PeopleReasonValuesBeliefPerfectDangerousEvidenceToolsIdeologyIrrationalMisogynyPromotingIrrationalityIrrational Beliefs Author:Amanda Marcotte
“It is highly dangerous to receive the truths of the Bible with human wisdom, for this is a hidden and subtle method which invariably causes a believer to perfect with his flesh the work of the Holy Spirit.” HumansSpiritCausesPerfectDangerousHolyMethodBelieverFleshHoly SpiritSubtleHuman Wisdom Book:The Spiritual Man Source: The Spiritual Man
“In a perfect world, we wouldn't have any nuclear weapons. But it's not a perfect world. In fact, it's a very dangerous world.” WorldPerfectDangerousNuclear WeaponsA Perfect World Author:Kellyanne Conway
“We live in a world where art is always looked upon as the perfect medium. We live in a society where we can alter our body parts, we can act in the most perfect or right way. A lot of that is dangerous because, especially in the world of art, the chief enemy of creativity is being safe. If you're safe, you can't fall and hurt yourself. The older you are, the further down the crash is going to be. But if it works out, the higher the high.” WorldArtFallHurtPerfectEnemyCreativityDangerousArt IsWork OutCrash Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“Here in the US, we've built this insane infrastructure of oppression. When it's not run by a Barack Obama - who, by the way, I don't think is a perfect president - but by someone who is off-kilter, like a Carly Fiorina, that could be dangerous.” ThinkingRunningPresidentPerfectDangerousInsaneOppressionBarack Author:Ted Rall