“The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.”

“Don't play for safety. It's the most dangerous thing in the world.”

Hugh Walpole (1884–1941) New Zealand writer

“The nature of a coward is to avoid death. If such a man courts peril there can be only two reasons. Either he is not a coward at all — or there is no danger.”

David Gemmell book Stormrider

“I'm probably one of the most dangerous men in the world if I want to be. But I never wanted to be anything but me.”

Charles Manson (1934–2017) American criminal and musician

“Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions, when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.”

Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) English writer

“The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers.
The true dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.”

Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005) American business consultant

“The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.”

Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister

“I want to think again of dangerous and noble things.
I want to be light and frolicsome.
I want to be improbable beautiful and afraid of nothing,
as though I had wings.”

Mary Oliver (1935–2019) American writer

“.. the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

“Man is opposed to fair play: he wants it all, and he wants it his way.”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist