“However, the balloon, lightened of heavy articles, such as ammunition, arms, and provisions, had risen into the higher layers of the atmosphere, to a height of 4,500 feet. The voyagers, after having discovered that the sea extended beneath them, and thinking the dangers above less dreadful than those below, did not hesitate to throw overboard even their most useful articles, while they endeavored to lose no more of that fluid, the life of their enterprise, which sustained them above the abyss.” ThinkingLosesSeaFeetDangerArmsHigherHeavyAtmosphereHeightEnterpriseArticlesLayersAbyssProvisionFluidRisenBalloonsAmmunitionOverboard Book:The Collected Works Of Jules Verne Source: The Collected Works Of Jules Verne
“Women never really command until they have given their promise to obey; and they are never in more danger of being made slaves than when the men are at their feet.” MenMadeGivenFeetDangerHe ManPromiseSlaveCommandObedience Author:George Farquhar
“Every act of motherhood contains a dual intent, as the mother holds the child close and prepares it to move way from her, as she supports the child and stands it firmly on its own feet, and as she guards it against danger and sends it out across the yard, down by the stream, and across the traffic-crowded highway. Unless a mother can do both - gather her child close and turn her child out toward the world - she will fail in her purpose.” WorldWayChildrenMovingMotherPurposeTurnsCan DoSupportFailingFeetDangerMotherhoodStreamsTrafficYardsHighwaysCrowded Author:Margaret Mead
“there is a danger, when thinking of the earliest civilized people, of putting too much emphasis on technology. One tends to assume that if you don't have, at least, a lavatory and perhaps something that will take you a lot faster than your own feet, or a certain number of gadgets in the house, then you must be in some way, a bit backward and defective ... the important thing to remember is that technology is not necessarily the same thing as civilization.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayImportantRememberCertainHouseBitsNumbersTechnologyToo MuchFeetDangerCivilizationImportant ThingsAssumingFasterCivilizedEmphasisGadgetsDefective Author:Jacquetta Hawkes
“We must not let ourselves be swept off our feet in horror at the danger of nuclear power. Nuclear power is not infinitely dangerous. It's just dangerous, much as coal mines, petrol repositories, fossil-fuel burning and wind turbines are dangerous.” FeetDangerousDangerMinesWindHorrorNuclearBurningFuelCoalFossilsFossil FuelNuclear PowerPetrolTurbinesWind Turbines Author:David J. C. MacKay
“[Harvey] Weinstein appointed himself as the arbiter of your family safety. When was the last time his life was in danger, probably choking on a veal chop. He doesn't need a gun because he has security. He travels in rarified air. His feet never touch the street - feet, mind you, that he can't see because he's a corpulent cretin.” NeedsMindLastsAirFeetStreetsSecurityDangerGunSafetyOur FamilyLast TimeChokeHarveyArbiter Author:Kimberly Guilfoyle
“I don't like writing straight-up thrillers. I like writing about families hurled into crisis and danger - soccer moms and regular dads and husbands who might have to rescue their daughters or who are, say, hedge fund managers and have one foot on the sidelines watching their kids and the other in nefarious cover-ups and conspiracies.” WritingMightKidsMotherFeetDangerMomDadHusbandDaughterCrisisManagersSoccerFundConspiracyRescueThrillersAbout FamilyCover UpsSidelinesStraight UpHedge FundSoccer Mom Author:Andrew Gross
“As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet. In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart here, and scorn to fly.” HeartCourageFeetRocksDangerBraveryFortuneWaveHillsFirmInstantTowersScornArrowsSeashoreDashing Author:Akhenaton
“There is in the world no rock or tower of such a height that it cannot be scaled by any man (provided he lack not feet) if ladders are placed in the proper position or steps are cut in the rock, made in the right place, and furnished with railings against the danger of falling over. If we examine ourselves, we see that our faculties grow in such a manner that what goes before paves the way for what comes after.” IfsMenWorldWayMadeFallGrowsStepsCuttingFeetRocksDangerPositionHeightFacultyTowersLaddersRight Place Author:John Amos Comenius
“I definitely felt frightened [on Skyfall], but never in danger, because they were always so careful about everything. Some of the driving, particularly on that road around the sheer-drop cliff was actually done by stunt driver Ben Collin, who is otherwise known as The Stig from the TV show Pop Gear. He's a brilliant drive, nonetheless, it was terrifying to be careening along when a wrong turn would mean a thousand-foot drop and you're not in control and you want to slow the car down.” WantMeanDoneShowsTurnsFeltKnownFeetCarDangerTvsThousandCarefulPopsBrilliantDrivingDriversFrightenedSheerTv ShowsCliffsGearsWrong TurnSkyfallStig Author:Naomie Harris
“I love doing it [hosting the Oscars] because I love the danger of it and you have to come through and think on your feet. That's why that show, no matter who hosts it, it really should be a fast-thinking comedian who is really quick on their feet that can handle situations that happen, or somebody with that kind of mentality that can capitalize on something.” ThinkingShouldKindMatterShowsHappensSituationFeetDangerHandleComedianHostMentalityOscars Author:Billy Crystal