When people in organizations feel too secure, it's because there aren't any significant outcomes as a result of what they do. Whatever… — Judith M Bardwick Copy Share Image
The securitisation of mortgages added a new dimension of systemic risk. Financial engineers claimed they were reducing risks through geographic diversification: in… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea… — Victor Kiam Copy Share Image
“If you are ready to give up everything else and study the whole history and background of the market and all principal… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
Before Alar, there was EDB, a potent human carcinogen allowed in the grain supply and other food for more than a decade… — Al Meyerhoff Copy Share Image
There needs to be some regime that is overseeing access to broadband to make sure we have openess; otherwise, there is a… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
Public education is the key civil rights issue of the 21st century. Our nation's knowledge-based economy demands that we provide young people… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
There is simply too much unnecessary suffering in our world. And we should see that as a national security risk, by the… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The central question of the Chicago conference was whether the mechanisms underlying microevolution can be extrapolated to explain the phenomena of macroevolution.… — Roger Lewin Copy Share Image
Most corporate mission statements are worthless. They consist largely of pious platitudes such as: "We will hold ourselves to the highest standards… — Russell L. Ackoff Copy Share Image
The risk of failure is a very personal thing. One of the quotes I like, I think this came from the famous… — Les Wexner Copy Share Image
You play, you win, you play, you lose. You play. It’s the playing that’s irresistible. Dicing from one year to the next… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I'm a very smart guy. I haven't a feeling or a scruple in the world. All I have the itch for is… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
People who reach certain levels of frailty, more important than getting their mammogram, more important than getting their blood pressure tweaked, they're… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
You obviously don't know what an Old Man of the Sea great wealth is. It is not a fat purse and time… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
At XL, we tackle risk like no one else, analyzing deeper and listening closely to our clients to create solutions that unleash… — Mike McGavick Copy Share Image
I love celebrities who aren't afraid to take risks. And in the end, it pays off. Some celebs just have the freshest… — Lizzy Greene Copy Share Image
If you defy the system long enough you'll be rewarded. At first life takes revenge and reduces you to a sniveling mess.… — Jo Coudert Copy Share Image
Investors are trying to work out some risk premiere that have some correspondence with actual risks. But they don't, they're not, they… — Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky Copy Share Image
There is nothing wrong with corporations. Corporations are a good thing. But corporations should not be running our government. Corporations are good… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
It is so easy to close down to risk, to protect ourselves against change and growth. But no baby bird emerges without… — Patricia Monaghan Copy Share Image
“Life wasn’t too short: it was too long to waste unduly on non-love, non-laughter and non-decisions. And it began when you first… — Nina George Copy Share Image
Obamacare itself did not become popular until the middle of 2017, when the risk of repeal was the greatest; for the bulk… — Kristen Soltis Anderson Copy Share Image
Glass really rewards risk. A lot of times with glass, you're just waiting for the piece to cool down or for some… — Jim McKelvey Copy Share Image
We are always in awe of what the donors have done in terms of providing of themselves to the recipients. It really… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
“The tools of the Internet and social media have made it possible to track, test, iterate, and improve marketing to the point… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Sport is not about being wrapped up in cotton wool. Sport as about adapting to the unexpected and being able to modify… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
People with the best intentions will often give you advice on why you shouldn’t take a risk because of what could happen.… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
It's the moment when you know that you can have what you want if you're only brave enough to say so. It's… — Penelope Douglas Copy Share Image
How do we explain for example the Ebola epidemic in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea Conakry? Those very powers that swindled and… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
The real risks for any artist are taken in pushing the work to the limits of what is possible, in the attempt… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
We think of cannabis as a drug, in accordance with international opinions. This means that even consuming small amounts can lead to… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
It's way easier to stay in the comfort zone, especially when things are going good than to go out on a limb… — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
A soft, easy life is not worth living, if it impairs the fibre of brain and heart and muscle. We must dare… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
People aren't against you; they are for themselves. The most dangerous risk of all - the risk of spending your life not… — Laozi Copy Share Image
People were intrinsically selfish, and many hated the idea of a woman in charge of the Institute. They would not put themselves… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
People often assume I assume I am a thrill seeker, but I am not. I do not enjoy roller coasters, and you… — Steve Fossett Copy Share Image
Heroic people take risks to themselves to help others. There's nothing heroic about accepting $5 million to go out and run around… — Gregg Easterbrook Copy Share Image
If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going anywhere. The key is to make mistakes… — John W Holt Jr Copy Share Image
“Adventure comes with no guarantees or promises. Risk and reward are conjoined twins—and that’s why my favorite piece of advice needs translation… — Mary South Copy Share Image
