The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.
I started out in graduate school to be a fiction writer. I thought I wanted to write short stories. I started writing poems at that point only because a friend of mine dared me to write a poem. And I took the dare because I was convinced that I couldn’t write a good poem… And then it actually wasn’t so bad.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
I am a woman. I think I have the spirit, the intelligence, and – dare I say – the soul of a woman.
You have to know your value, demand to be respected, speak your mind, and dare to ask for what you want. I struggle with every single one of these.
I’ve been alienating my public since I was 20 years old. When ‘American Buffalo’ came out on Broadway, people would storm out and say, ‘How dare he use that kind of language!’ Of course I’m alienating the public! That’s what they pay me for.
James O’Keefe is a journalist, doing the work ‘real’ journalists don’t dare, and has been conducting undercover investigations for years with dozens of scalps collected along the way. The more the ‘true’ journalists who back the Democrat machine attack him, the more emboldened he becomes to pursue his next project.
He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.
We must speak up for those who do not dare to speak, those who are not allowed to, and those who cannot.
My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn’t dare do themselves.
Clothes are only completed when somebody actually wears them. If they were art, they could be more abstract. As long as something is new and has never been seen before, I don’t mind if people call it art. Wear them if you dare.
What Must-See T.V. was all about was one network, one night, for one decade. And a third of the country would come and watch Must-See T.V. And you didn’t dare go to work the next day, because if you hadn’t watched, you would be left out of the conversation, that water-cooler conversation.
Clearly independent journalists – domestic journalists – run a high risk if they dare to take on serious investigative work.
One person, one vote sounds so reasonable and – dare I say it – democratic. But the voting process in America is anything but fair and balanced.
In order to conquer, what we need is to dare, still to dare, and always to dare.
My fans are incredible. Don’t you dare talk bad about me on my Instagram, because my fans will come out, and they will eat you alive.
I remember the first horror movie I saw – I was five years old; it was a direct-to-video movie called ‘Truth or Dare: a Critical Madness,’ which is sort of badly fantastic or fantastically bad. And then ‘Gremlins’ was an early movie that I saw, and ‘Nightmare on Elm Street 3.’
The next few years are going to be horrendous in the UK. The last thing we need is a Somali pirate-style raid on the few wealth creators who still dare to navigate Britain’s gale-force waters.
What is a friend? I will tell you… it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.
New York is still the most glamorous city I’ve ever been to, but it’s starting to feel older. The sirens still wail; the paths in Central Park still pulsate with joggers. The Manhattan schist still trembles beneath your feet. But weirdly, it’s starting to feel, dare I say it, a bit quaint.
‘The Twilight Zone’ was sometimes shockingly cruel, far crueller than most TV drama today would dare to be.
The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.
For sure, the ‘Obamania’ that’s fast taking hold reflects an incredible thirst for change in global politics and, dare I say, a wave of optimism that things can be different.
One of the whole reasons for starting my initiative, Dare to be Different, is about getting more girls interested in motorsport and that’s everywhere, not just driving on track but creating a network where they have the support around them.
If Oak Flat were a Christian holy site or, for that matter, Jewish or Muslim, no senator who wished to remain in office would dare to sneak a backdoor deal for its destruction into a spending bill – no matter what mining-company profits or jobs might result. But this is Indian religion.
I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.
Who’s not played spin the bottle? But I never done the kiss version. I always wanted to, but I never did. We did the truth or dare one instead.
No one can dare cast an evil eye on India.
The score is not a bible, and I am never afraid to dare. The music is behind those dots.
To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.
A time would come when nobody in the State would dare antagonise the BJP if they were to conduct politics in Tamil Nadu.
We have to dare to modernize to get room to maneuver for the priorities in the future.
I ask myself questions that journalists don’t dare to ask or don’t know how to ask.
Steven, my friend who came out to me my senior year, was a huge Madonna fan. So I may know all the words to ‘Bedtime Stories,’ ‘Erotica,’ and a few more of her albums – and we may have watched ‘Truth or Dare’ a thousand times.
Stuart Blumberg is suddenly an authority on the modern – or, dare we say, post-modern – family, thanks to the critically-acclaimed debut of his new film, ‘The Kids Are All Right.’
Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.
I dare you all to write one more thing that you won’t say to my face.
Never think that Jesus commanded a trifle, nor dare to trifle with anything He has commanded.
I’ve just begun to dare to think I perhaps am a bit of an artist.
A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to cooperate without fearing an automatic execution from their core supporters. Who knew that the real rogues in American politics would be the ones who dare to get along?
People with a lot of money aren’t in the business of throwing it away, and those paying footballers’ wages, organising parking spaces for dead sharks, and even, dare I say it, buying iPads, are doing it because, for them, it’s worth the money.
The way Ederson plays is so brave. To dare to play like that is bravery and it also enables City to play with a much higher press. They are able to really press because they know any ball in behind he will sweep up.
Talking about weight at all – even your own – has become increasingly tricky, especially if you dare to say that you would quite like to lose a few pounds.
There be those who say that things and places have souls, and there be those who say they have not; I dare not say, myself, but I will tell of The Street.
I’m doing modeling to stay alive. I don’t enjoy my work. I don’t find it creative. You don’t need brains, and there are no heavy qualifications. All it takes is not to be shy and to dare to make a fool of yourself. But I shouldn’t complain, because I am privileged enough to be overpaid.
The secret is to write just anything, to dare to write just anything, because when you write just anything, you begin to say what is important.
When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
When you dare me to do something, I will say, ‘Watch me’. That is what I say to critics. ‘Watch me’.
Theater isn’t there to provide answers. Only possibilities. I just ask the questions. But I believe hope comes from the fact that there is a potential for redemption. At the core, that’s what matters in the theater I’m attracted to. Do we dare to hope? Do we allow ourselves to hope?
Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability then go beyond to a higher level.
I was so involved in the regular joy of school that I didn’t do any plays. On a dare, I auditioned for ‘South Pacific’ my junior year. I showed up at the last minute to the audition and ended up getting cast as the lead. I haven’t turned back since then.
I had a father who was active, present. There are people out there that never knew their fathers, didn’t have their father’s support. If I were to complain, that would be real sad. How dare I?
Nobody can dare me to do anything that I don’t come up with on my own.
Trolling can be a great way to engage with the world, a way to regain self-esteem and happiness, or, dare I say it, a way of life.
Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.
I dare not exercise personal liberty if it infringes on the liberty of others.
There are not many companies in China that dare to say in public, ‘We don’t offer bribes’, or companies that operate only by market rules.
Who would set a limit to the mind of man? Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
