Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.

Even though the risks of death are higher driving than flying, many people would rather drive simply because they feel they have more control driving. The facts are that only a few hundred people die a year flying, and 44,000 are killed a year driving.

I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those priorities. In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amidst a real danger.

It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.

I ride my bike almost every day here in New York. It’s getting safer to do so, but I do have to be fairly alert when riding on the streets as opposed to riding on the Hudson River bike path or similar protected lanes.

It’s going to be a season with lots of accidents, and I’ll risk saying that we’ll be lucky if something really serious doesn’t happen.

The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both.

The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.

Superman don’t need no seat belt.

Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much.

I’ve always hated the danger part of climbing, and it’s great to come down again because it’s safe.

I just want my family to be safe. Because I am sometimes polarizing, I fear for their safety.

No one knows who is listening, say nothing you would not wish put in the newspapers.

There are no small accidents on this circuit.

Do I wear a helmet? Ugh. I do when I’m riding through a precarious part of town, meaning Midtown traffic. But when I’m riding on secure protected lanes or on the paths that run along the Hudson or through Central Park – no, I don’t wear the dreaded helmet then.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

Man, wear your seat belts. That’s all I can tell everybody. You never know.

We could definitely make a flying car – but that’s not the hard part. The hard part is, how do you make a flying car that’s super safe and quiet? Because if it’s a howler, you’re going to make people very unhappy.

Beware the tyranny of the weak. They just suck you dry.

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.

What if others suffer shipwreck, yet none that sail with Jesus have ever been stranded yet.

Mission presidents hold keys of responsibility for the welfare, safety, and success of their missionaries.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

A wet spot on the floor kind of put a scare in myself, so you never know inside those lines what might happen.

Gambling can turn into a dangerous two-way street when you least expect it. Weird things happen suddenly, and your life can go all to pieces.

In too much of the West, everyone wants the guarantee of safety, and never having to make any decisions.

I think the really good mountaineer is the man with the technical ability of the professional and with the enthusiasm and freshness of approach of the amateur.

Basically what I’m trying to tell you is that it’s almost impossible to drive a jet ski at night time unless you’re in a city with lights lit up so you can navigate. Besides being pitch black, that water turn black at night. Listen, I don’t recommend it.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

If I can give you one strong piece of advice, when you go away for that romantic weekend, whatever you do, do not accept or take the upgrade to the honeymoon suite.

Some people don’t like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

I really haven’t liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides.

I try to encourage all my teammates, and I sure hope that some day all athletes – my kids, high school kids – get the same level of care I get. Because you can play for a long period of time without having knee replacements, without having all the major head trauma that people are dealing with.

The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.

So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don’t even know that fire is hot.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

I think that a good mountaineer is usually a sensible mountaineer.

Being a stunt coordinator, I have to take care not only of myself but I have to make sure everyone is safe.

We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent us seeing it.

Please think of me like an endangered species and just observe me quietly from far away. If you try to talk to me or touch me casually, I may get intimidated and bite you. So please be careful.

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf.

I have often been asked what I think about at the moment of take-off. Of course, no pilot sits and feels his pulse as he flies. He has to be part of the machine. If he thinks of anything but the task in hand, then trouble is probably just around the corner.

As a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I know that the men and women of our intelligence community put their lives on the line every day, and they do very dangerous work to keep our country safe.

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

In a country with millions of people and cars going everywhere, the enemy is going to get a car bomb out there once in awhile.

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.

Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

Lightning is something which, again, we would rather avoid.

You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to judge me ill, because you would put yourself in great peril.

Let no such man be trusted.

It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.

First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us – especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?

When I was climbing, I built up a close relationship with the Sherpa people.

My family wasn’t rich, so when it comes to money, I tend to think, ‚Err on the side of caution.‘