Alastair Wood Quotes

Living is risking.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

Goodness has never been a guarantee of safety.

I think to be courageous, you have to be afraid. For me, it feels very courageous when I go skiing because I'm very, very afraid to ski. It's dangerous! I feel very scared. But when I'm acting, I don't feel very scared.

Even without wars, life is dangerous.

However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks.

Well, I always run the risk of falling on my face, which has in fact happened.

To be alive at all involves some risk.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

He that's secure is not safe.

The truth is this is a very dangerous world.

I wish we could be 100% shielded from danger, but nothing is in life.

Life is a risk.

It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.

Truth is often attended with danger

The way to feel safe is never to feel secure.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

Life is a dangerous thing. Insecurity is the price of living.

All life is inherently dangerous. But beyond that, Los Angeles is just a wonderful place to be.

Life is dangerous. There are no guarantees.

There is no safer. There’s not even safe, never has been.

To be alive is to take risks; to be always safe and secure is death.