Nathan Myhrvold

Business is war! Its leaders are strategic commanders, who boldly snatch victory from the jaws of defeat - and who perform other acts of derring-do. This kind of talk sounds great in the boardroom, and, for that matter, in the bookstore, where dozens of authors counsel would-be corporate warriors.

American Businessman

Kurt Vonnegut

I think a lot of people, including me, clammed up when a civilian asked about battle, about war. It was fashionable. One of the most impressive ways to tell your war story is to refuse to tell it, you know. Civilians would then have to imagine all kinds of deeds of derring-do.

American Writer

Michael Dirda

Not all of E. Nesbit's children's books are fantasies, but even the most realistic somehow seem magical. In her holiday world, nobody ever goes to school, though all the kids know their English history, Greek myths, and classic tales of derring-do.

American Critic

Jo Becker

There is an emerging subgenre of British nonfiction in which journalists from 'The Guardian' fearlessly recount their own derring-do in David-and-Goliath battles waged against omnipotent state interests in the pursuit of Big Important Truths.

American Journalist

Roger Moore

When I was doing Bond, I was always being sent scripts to play the derring-do hero, with explosions going on all around.

English Actor

Used mainly in stories or to add dramatic effect; less common in everyday conversation.

Literary Flair

Evokes images of heroic deeds and traditional acts of bravery, like those of knights or adventurers.

Heroic Connotation

Carries a medieval vibe, a throwback to times when chivalrous acts were celebrated.

Age of Chivalry

 the juice that we can suck out of our hours and days. And I would add a cautionary note here, however. In my experience, there is something addictive about tasting life at the very edge of what's humanly possible. Now I don't just mean in the field of daft macho Edwardian style derring-do, but also in the fields of pancreatic cancer,

Derring-do

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