Richard Dooling

We are still fearful, superstitious and all-too-human creatures. At times, we forget the magnitude of the havoc we can wreak by off-loading our minds onto super-intelligent machines, that is, until they run away from us, like mad sorcerers' apprentices, and drag us up to the precipice for a look down into the abyss.

American Novelist

Timothy Spall

You're immortal, aren't you, until you get a little peek over the precipice. The thought of death...You're not supposed to start pondering it until you're old. And there's nothing like being told you've got a life-threatening disease to concentrate your mind on that.

English Actor

Hannah Fry

On average, the higher the novelty score a film had, the better it did at the box office. But only up to a point. Push past that novelty threshold, and there's a precipice; the revenue earned by a film fell off a cliff.

English Mathematician

Sean Lennon

We live in a pretty bleak time. I feel that in the air. Everything is uncertain. Everything feels like its on the precipice of some major transformation, whether we like it or not.

American Musician

Zachary Quinto

We are witnessing an enormous shift of collective consciousness throughout the world. We are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government.

American Actor

Giacomo Casanova

My errors will point to thinking men the various roads, and will teach them the great art of treading on the brink of the precipice without falling into it.

Italian Celebrity

Jessica Lange

I like playing characters who are out there on the edge, where they can explode at any moment or fall off the precipice.

American Actress

Ryan Phillippe

Home life's great, man. The kids are great, happy and healthy. I've reached this sort of wonderful precipice.

Blaise Pascal

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

French Philosopher

J. F. Powers

He suddenly found himself on the precipice of utility.

Picture a high, sheer cliff face to understand the physical landscape described.

Visual Imagery

Use 'precipice' to stress the severity of a landscape's drop or steepness.

Intensity Emphasis

'Precipice' is more literal and descriptive than 'edge' or 'brink' for landscapes.

Literal Use

In risk contexts, 'precipice' signifies the critical point before a potential fall or failure.

Metaphorical Risk

Use 'precipice' to add drama, indicating that a situation is at a tipping point.

Dramatic Tension

Convey the need for urgent action to avoid a disaster or negative outcome.

Urgency of Action

 We need to think about this in today's world. Could it be that getting animals close to us so that we value them, maybe they won't go extinct? And this is such a critical issue for us because if we don't do that, we're going to watch more of these animals plunge off the precipice. As far as I'm concerned,

Michael Archer: How...

 We all do this in life. We all do it in life, and in fact, there's nothing wrong with this. It makes us comfortable to be around people who are similar. The problem is when we're on a precipice, right? When we're in trouble, when we need new ideas, when we need new jobs, when we need new resources --

The secret to great...

 is he's actually reshaped, digitally, all of the contours of the mountains to follow the vicissitudes of the Dow Jones index. So what you see, that precipice, that high precipice with the valley, is the 2008 financial crisis. The photo was made when we were deep in the valley over there.

How algorithms shape our...

 There's a psychological principle called the priming effect that says our brains are wired to see what we've been set up to expect. In essence, we find what we choose to look for. So when we live our lives on the precipice of a smile, we shift how we interact with the world,

Jennifer Aaker and Naomi...

 I was sitting in the back of my used minivan in a campus parking lot, when I decided I was going to commit suicide. I went from deciding to full-blown planning very quickly. And I came this close to the edge of the precipice. It's the closest I've ever come.

Why you should define...

 because that's why I was doing this. For them, to leave the country better than I had found it. I got to court, and I was calm. The bracelet, the tie, the children's names had all centered me. Like a rock climber extending beyond the precipice,

How to win an argument...

 what you see that precipice that high precipice with the valley is the 2008 financial crisis the photo was made when we were deep in the valley over there I don't know where we are now this is the

 it's like if this man was saying -- and I heard a former head of state, I won't mention who, saying -- "Five years ago, we were at the edge of the precipice. Today we made a big step forward."

Matthieu Ricard: How to...

 and will continue as we of course embark on this journey here on this tiny planet, on the ledge, on the precipice, as we are seeing, yes, death is inevitable.

"Stumbling towards...

 mustachioed male defends his territory a stubble faced male is stunned a relentless barrage is unleashed heat eaters on the precipice if he should