Reckless Quotations

As president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, I have seen private equity firms plunder company after company, taking rich fees for themselves and cutting costs until there's nothing left to cut. Time and again I've seen their reckless behavior drive companies to declare bankruptcy.

I think I've lived a pretty hard life. What I mean by hard is that... I've been kind of reckless with things. I'm a passionate person. I'm a super passionate person. I think there's definitely been sorrow in my life, good and bad. I think it comes through. I hope it comes through in my writing because to me that's what artistry is.

I've been reckless, but I'm not a rebel without a cause.

The thought for a long time was that banks needed to be too controlled, too regulated to be turned over to the Wild West of the Net. Then the credit meltdown hit, and we saw just how reckless these so-called safe and regulated institutions were.

We have revenue coming in. We can pay our interest payments. And then we can prioritize what government programs that have been given to the American people that are unsustainable promises that have been made by reckless politicians that can't possibly be sustained. We can determine which one of those if any we need to keep.

Fusion power is speculative and experimental. I think it is reckless to assume that the fusion problem will be cracked, but I'm happy to estimate how much power fusion could deliver, if the problems are cracked.

When you're young, you're very reckless. Then you get conservative. Then you get reckless again.

Gaiety is often the reckless ripple over depths of despair.

I think few wives would have encouraged this kind of drastic and reckless career shift!

It is past time for Republican leadership to answer for record deficits and reckless spending, both in Iraq and in the U.S. It's time for a plan to bring our troops home.

Congressmember Weiner has shown just a pattern of reckless behavior, an inability to tell the truth, and what New Yorkers deserve is a mayor with a record of delivering for them, of vision, and a level of maturity and responsibility.

I'm a playmaker. I'm always attacking the rim and have somewhat of a reckless style. I try to be everywhere at once.

It is reckless to make broad generalizations about any group of people.

There's been this strange irony to my whole life. All my original bandmates have died, when I was the most wild and most reckless of us all. But I'm still here.

Wall Street is greedy, reckless and they operate illegally. That's fine. But what do you do?

I used to be pretty reckless. When I was a runner for a production company, I drove a massive 16 seater van. I was only 18. I mean I look young now, but then I looked about 12.

The banks are not lending, at least from what I see. They were so wild and reckless back in the good times that they got burned terribly.

I'm not a reckless person, in the sense that I wouldn't do something that's reckless or dangerous, because I'm a pretty careful person. For example, I don't snow ski. I did it once, and I promised God I'd never do it again if I lived through it.

Do not always say no. If satisfied with the seat in place and not reckless, the next 20 years you will still sit there alone

It's so nice to share a day as beautiful as this one with hundreds of thousands of reckless drivers.

There is a lot in American politics (and in American life) that is angry, greedy, reckless and violent.

Nothing inspires people more than reckless acts of courage.

If she was broken, she would slash him with her jagged edges, reckless as a drunkard with a shattered bottle.

You will find inner ecstasy when you can be reckless in love.

Only reckless confidence in a Source greater than ourselves can empower us to forgive the woulds inflicted by others.

Nothing could be more reckless than to base one's moral philosophy on the latest pronouncements of science.

The prime minister, the foreign minister and the trade minister were the three wise monkeys: they saw no evil, they spoke no evil, they heard no evil but they knew all about it. It's a sorry story of a government in a mode of reckless negligence.

We were chasing a rather big total (3rd ODI) and we thought the best way to get the runs was to be positive, not reckless but to play a few shots, set the bowlers off and hopefully things would be better for us.

Senator Santorum's remarks are divisive, hurtful and reckless and are completely out of bounds for someone who is supposed to be a leader in the United States Senate,

She's endangering the safety of the child. The standard would be that she engages in reckless conduct on a regular basis, and therefore she is an unfit parent.

She felt as though he was being reckless with the inheritance and she was talking about doing something about it.

One fumble slipped out of my hands. The other fumbles was my ball security and me being reckless out there.

No. You had one team playing reckless and one team trying to get away with playing careful. We didn't get away with it. We had to dig in.

Because they are older, more mature players, they're playing with a little more reckless abandon. It's all about getting 11 people swarming to the ball, gang tackling. We're doing a lot better job of that this year, a lot more like were accustomed to.

He may have been careless, but it doesn't rise to the level of reckless and wanton disregard for human life.

The pursuit of natural knowledge, the investigation of the world - mental and material - in which we live, is not a dull and spiritless affair: rather is it a voyage of adventure of the human mind, a holiday for reckless and imaginative souls.

Guys are out there flying around and having fun. It's showing. It's showing up big, and once you're out there and you can be reckless and go out and play ball, big plays are going to happen.

Guns don't fall from the sky into the hands of criminals. The crime gun market is fed by a small, identifiable group of reckless gun dealers. Yes, we must severely punish criminals who use guns. But we must also stop the flood of illegal guns at its source -- the gun dealers who put profit ahead of public safety.

He's been charged with first-degree arson, 20 counts of reckless endangerment and one count of malicious burning.

I thought we started the game slowly. We showed a little trepidation in the first five minutes. Right now we are just trying to get better and play at the level of our ability. I thought we were unselfish on offense and aggressive without being reckless on defense.

I thought Chad Jones played like we envisioned him playing all year. He played in spurts. He had offensive rebounds and played with reckless abandon. He played hard, which was good.

I think the country needed to know the arrogance - the reckless arrogance - that was going on in the Oval Office.

It had been my feeling that AIDS was a disease largely spread by reckless and voluntary sexual and drug-abusing behavior, and that it would probably be confined to those in high-risk populations, ... I was wrong.

I was able to cop out for reckless driving and it's part of my record. I'm not proud of it, but I think its helped me understand myself better,

It is an extremely dangerous drug, and it's just reckless for any company to be selling it, and it's reckless in the extreme for the FDA to allow this to stay on the market.

I remember thinking at that moment that he was not long for this world. Anybody who could do that had such a reckless personality that sooner or later it was going to catch up with him,

Our role players came through. You had one team (Washington) playing reckless and the other trying to get away with playing careful.

Our roads and streets are getting less safe. A lot of it's due to reckless driving, and we should be reversing that trend by having stricter enforcement.

Reckless with our government;reckless with his own future, position and place in history.

Reckless driving is operating a vehicle in a speed or manner likely to endanger other drivers.

Such reckless and partisan intervention in domestic policy debates outside the fund's areas of core expertise can only damage the IMF,

That was nice. You know, playing special teams is all about heart and desire. You just have to be reckless and throw your body around out there.

I was pulled over in Massachusetts for reckless driving. When brought before the judge, I was asked if I knew what the punishment for drunk driving in that state was. I said, "I don't know... reelection to the Senate?

My books are the books that I am, the confused man, the negligent man, the reckless man, the lusty, obscene, boisterous, scrupulous, lying, diabolically truthful man that I am.

We must not sacrifice one of our remaining untamed places in reckless pursuit of oil. We know we have to leave oil in the ground, or destructive climate change will become unstoppable. If not in the pristine and vulnerable Arctic Ocean, then where?

Today's reckless allegation by Senator Kerry that the president is overemphasizing the threat of terror demonstrates a profound misunderstanding of the global war on terror and the threat facing America and the world,

We played a little reckless at times. We had opportunities to control the game, but then we got a little out of control.

We're not enforcing our laws as strictly as we could. When you have a high percentage that is caused by speeding and reckless driving, that speaks to enforcement.

The question is who spends the surplus, and the president has taken on almost a reckless approach to the facts,

The proposed new council is a major improvement over the old Commission on Human Rights. It would be reckless for the United States to force a vote because that will invite amendments from spoiler states to weaken the council. The time has come to accept the overwhelming consensus behind the council and to work to make it function effectively.

We won't miss out on good opportunities to acquire and expand our international business, but we won't be reckless and hasty in our moves to buy assets.

The most reckless and treacherous of all theorists is he who professes to let facts and figures speak for themselves.

And in the fearless, reckless pursuit of intimate love, it is not the destination it's the journey.

I love. The most reckless thing of all.

Reckless action is worse than wise restraint.

when I was driving through their property trying to get to the back ranch. I was speeding. I'm kind of a reckless driver.

The reckless style is who he is, but he doesn't consider it reckless.

We also learned he was really smart, careful, and that he did not hold any irresponsible or reckless positions. He was not a flame-thrower?. It is clear he is not a bombastic person. He hews closely to legal materials.

To retreat before victory has been won would be a reckless act, and this president and our party will not allow it.

The governor's action is reckless in its disregard for the health care needs of all New Yorkers.

Underage and pathological drinkers are the alcohol industry's most valuable customers. It is reckless for our society to rely on an industry with such an enormous interest in alcohol consumption by children, teens, alcoholics and alcohol abusers to curb such drinking.

To indicate that Proof pulled the trigger is reckless and quite frankly it will be proved to be untrue.

We just love his competitiveness. He's a reckless player, and that type of player seems to have a lot of success in the NHL right now.

We will not permit a brutal dictator with ties to terrorists and a record of reckless aggression to dominate the Middle East and to threaten the United States of America.

When I started modeling, I was young and sort of a bit reckless - I wanted to make money and didn't really care about anything else.

Cuts that Congress is considering to HUD's budget would deprive 97,000 people of jobs, 156,000 families of affordable housing and 16,000 families and individuals who are homeless or who have AIDS of vital housing assistance, ... At a time of unprecedented national prosperity, Congress shouldn't rob the poorest Americans to provide reckless tax cuts and create a new deficit.

Criminally, I don't know if you can hold the campaign liable. But civilly, if you can show the campaign had reckless disregard for the law, you could go after them for that.

Criminally, I don't know if you can hold the campaign liable, ... But civilly, if you can show the campaign had reckless disregard for the law, you could go after them for that.

and we have serious concerns about any reckless and foolhardy effort that may irreparably damage the ability of the state of Ohio to successfully prosecute the person or persons involved in the death of Craig Roberts.

There's no conduct that can be described as reckless in this record.

They are a hardened group, operating with reckless abandon.

These countries have been not very well behaved and rather reckless of the danger of aligning themselves too rapidly with the American position.

Of course, we are thinking of them and their families but there are accidents at home in front of schools. There are reckless drivers at home.

North Korea continues to engage in provocations and now reckless acts.

Coach Dave Hess made a blocking adjustment on the offensive line that allowed us to run the ball. We put Nate Gingrich in at linebacker and he played with reckless abandon.

Any day you can get released. It's the best years of your life, and everybody's playing with this reckless abandon and terror.

An environmentalist can oppose factory farming because it's reckless stewardship. A conservative can oppose factory farming because it is destructive to small farmers and to the decent ethic of husbandry those farmers live by. A religious person can oppose factory farming because it is degrading to both man and animal - an offense to God.

Any suggestion by the Office of Independent Counsel or its public relations advisor that the president should do otherwise is reckless and irresponsible.

The British government fully supports the unequivocal message to Saddam Hussein that repression of innocent civilians and reckless acts of brutality are unacceptable,

Alcohol will dull your awareness. Alcohol can contribute to reckless abandon.

This billboard conveys to the students a disturbing message actively promoting gun violence, criminal behavior and gang affiliation, ... Placement of the billboard in this location at this time is an insensitive and reckless affront to the parents, school administrators and students seeking to improve their community.

Almost every year, health-care providers have looked to the Legislature to correct the governor's reckless course, and we are back again asking for their help.

This is the most reckless policy I have seen pursued by any President in my adult life,

This is the most reckless and vicious prosecution that I have ever witnessed. There has been no confession whatsoever.

Assad is playing with fire (with these burnings and riots). It can turn into massive violence around the Middle East. This is beyond irresponsible. These are reckless acts by a terrorist regime.

the most arrogant, inept, reckless and ideological foreign policy in the modern history of our nation.

It seems to me to be a reckless and foolish act that is going to be very costly.

It's not only reckless but it's frightening, if you think about somebody giving your address and somebody entering your home. In this particular case we had two teens, 11 and 15 years old, at home and it frightened those two kids to the point where they went to a back room.

For decades the industry has been marketing and slaughtering downed animals for food with a reckless disregard for animal welfare and human health, ... In the absence of legislation, we're concerned that this problem will continue.

It's one of those things I can hope will get better and he can get back to playing because it's very obvious watching him play that he's not as reckless and daring and playing like he's capable of. I don't know if there's a level of uncertainty if he plants or runs or jumps or if the pain is so severe he just can't do what he's supposed to do.