Perilous Quotes

You've got a situation where Airbus is coming perilously close to being Boeing's equal. This was never seen before. - Richard Aboulafia

You know, the clock continues to tick. The negotiators, I think, have left things perilously late in light of the date of the summit, which was announced well in advance. - Stephane Dujarric

Wright was notoriously ingenious about changing his designs in the process, and these drawings cannot be said to represent anything but one stage in the concept of a design by Wright. So while it's an interesting exercise, it also comes perilously close to kitsch, and even to misrepresenting Wright's genius. - Michael Kimmelman

When I came to A.C.T. 15 years ago, the Geary lay in ruins and the company was in a perilous financial state. Since then, I have witnessed a tremendous period of growth. This anniversary season is a chance to celebrate some of the wonderful artists we have had the good fortune to work with at A.C.T., to bring great new works to a region that continues to support and cherish this company, and to look ahead toward an even brighter future. - Carey Perloff

We wouldn't be proposing to list these guys if their situation wasn't perilous. - Brian Gorman

We have not given science too big a place in our education, but we have made a perilous mistake in giving it too great a preponderance in method in every other branch of study. - Woodrow Wilson

Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way. - William Wordsworth

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. - Bible