. . . freedom to creat and construct, to wonder and to venture. Such freedom requires that the individual be active and responsible, not a slave or a well-fed cog in the machine. . . It is not enough that men are not slaves; if social conditions further the existence of automatons, the result will not be love of life, but love of death.
Who would not, finding way, break loose from hell,. . . . And boldly venture to whatever place Farthest from pain?
It is certain, indeed, that the sacred writers were apt to make great allowances for people with empty stomachs, and though I am well aware that the present profane ones think this very reprehensible, I venture to agree with the sacred writers.
We must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.
To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy.
Readers of novels are a strange folk, upon whose probable or even possible tastes no wise book-maker would ever venture to bet.
I'm not an historian but I'll venture an opinion: Modern cosmology really began with Darwin and Wallace. Unlike anyone before them, they provided explanations of our existence that completely rejected supernatural agents. . . Darwin and Wallace set a standard not only for the life sciences but for cosmology as well.
Now the music industry is sort of like a Craigslist venture, right? Where you're making your own records and selling them online.
My motto in life is 'Take risks;' you don't have a voice if you don't. You have to venture outside your boundaries. That's what life's all about.
I love acting so much more than singing, and hopefully I'd be able to venture into that properly.
I never suffered for lack of confidence. I knew I would succeed; you have to. I think I couldn't go into any venture any other way.
A fact rarely suspected, let alone understood, is that businessmen are by no means the chief beneficiaries of the free market, private ownership, limited government way of life. Many business ventures fail entirely. Who then are the beneficiaries? The masses!
When individuals join in a cooperative venture, the power generated far exceeds what they could have accomplished acting individually.
I believe that the war on drugs is a tragically misplaced use of resources - an immoral venture that produces far more suffering than it alleviates.
There is no way to peace along the way to safety. For peace must be dared. It is the great venture.
I sung of Chaos and Eternal Night, Taught by the heav'nly Muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to reascend.
Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.
There's never been a better time than now to start or accelerate a greentech venture.
I should venture to assert that the most pervasive fallacy of philosophic thinking goes back to neglect of context.
I resolve to venture into the city on my own. I look at maps in the library—subway maps, bus maps, and regular maps—and try to memorize them. I’m afraid of getting lost; no, I’m afraid of sinking into the city as in a quicksand, afraid of getting sucked into something I can never escape.