Jeannette Walls Quotes

Whether I fall on my feet or fall on my arse, I dunno. You've got to take those risks.

Life is a risk.

The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.

Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.

Withough danger you cannot go beyond danger.

Life is always full of dangers and I don't think one should avoid dangers.

Lots of the things we do are dangerous, but life itself is dangerous; nothing is really worth bothering with that isn't full of danger

Live dangerously. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.

The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance.

Life has to be dangerous.

Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced.

Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.

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.

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

Explorers have to be ready to die lost.

I'm a risk-taker. Most of my career has not been a joyful experience, but it has been challenging. I like the dangers.

Risk it; go for it. Life always gives you another chance, another go at it. It's very important to take enormous risks.

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

Freedom is dangerous. Possibly crawling on all fours might be safer than standing upright, but we like the view better up there.

If you take risks, you may fail; but if you don't take risks, you will surely fail

But we survived, didn’t we? That makes it an adventure. If you get killed it’s a tragedy.

You've got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.

We must always take risks. That is our destiny.

A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain, but teaches us at every step the precarious tenure on which we hold our present being.