Daring Act Quotes

So the first thing we're gonna do," I told him, "is push you off the roof.

There is always a chance of failure, of producing something totally unnecessary. But I guess that chance of failure is what makes tightrope walking, race-car driving.

You are never freer than in that moment when you decide to expose yourself to sniper fire.

Prove to me that you're no fool Walk across my swimming pool.

I liked this girl in my sixth grade class. I dared her to kiss me -- but she didn't!

Do I dare disturb the universe?

Dare to do something worthy of transportation and a prison, if you mean to be anybody.

For some, it was easier to take the leap from the leafless tree and dance on nothing until dancing was done.

I was in Australia in 1983 and did a stunt in a lion's cage.

He's nuts" Bianca said "We need to jump off this cliff" i said "Oh nice idea!! Your nuts too

Does it make you brave to stick your hand in a bear's mouth? Would you do it again just because you didn't die?

The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring.

I want to do something crazy for a part - something I'd never even consider in real life.

To pick out the wildest and most fantastical odd man alive, and to place your kindness there, is an act so brave and daring as will show the greatness of your spirit and distinguish you in love, as you are in all things else, from womankind.

When the moment comes, will you take your chance to be a hero?

What I'm doing is a natural wonder. If not, there'd be 150 people behind me on the wire.

Streaking. That's a very stupid young man thing to do. There is something ruder I can't mention. Celebs On Sunday, you're kinda clean, aren't you? Hmm. Maybe we should stick to streaking.

She leaped into space, high, higher than she'd ever been in her life. She came down with a clean snap, and the crowd scattered like birds from the swing of her feet.

You must put your head into the lion's mouth if the performance is to be a success.

I always feel at home doing a little bit of action.

Dude, I just watched you climb up a f*cking building!-Lace

I knew, as everyone knows, that the easiest way to attract a crowd is to let it be known that at a given time and a given place some one is going to attempt something that in the event of failure will mean sudden death. That's what attracts us to the man who paints the flagstaff on the tall building, or to the 'human fly' who scales the walls of the same building.

... the most bold and daring act of the age.