The essence of risk management lies in maximizing the areas where we have some control over the outcome while minimizing the areas… — Peter L. Bernstein Copy Share Image
If they lose their legal basis for owning a .cn domain, google.cn would cease to exist, or if it continued to exist,… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is in Hollywood, as in all cultures in which gambling is the central activity, a lowered sexual energy, an inability to… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
It's okay that I'm broken and hurting right now. It's okay because I took that chance in loving you and will always… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Leaders may recognize that they are not addressing the real problems, but they rationalize their actions with the argument that they must… — Arthur Demarest Copy Share Image
If we ensure access to health care and 'best practice' asthma treatment for children, especially those at high risk, there is the… — Irwin Redlener Copy Share Image
Dragging out life to the last possible second is not living to the best effect. The nearer the bone, the sweeter the… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Kickstarter eliminates the risk that publishers and booksellers face. They have limited resources and limited shelf space, and Kickstarter is proof to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
It will take time to eradicate a cancer like Isil. And any time we take military action, there are risks involved -… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Creating a classroom environment that encourages students to take the risk of learning. We've known for a long time that when students… — Carol Ann Tomlinson Copy Share Image
From my perspective, as an entrepreneur, one is wired to take risks. You, of course, need to be smart and take calculated… — Ritesh Agarwal Copy Share Image
“escalation of commitment to a losing course of action. Over the past four decades, extensive research led by Staw shows that once… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
As an adventurer...I try to protect against the downside. I make sure I have covered as many eventualities as I can. In… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
As gun owners, my husband and I understand that the Second Amendment is most at risk when a criminal or deranged person… — Gabrielle Giffords Copy Share Image
Those who know they're valued irrespective of their accomplishments often end up accomplishing quite a lot. It's the experience of being accepted… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
There is always the risk in advocating for democracy that the first people to wake up might not be your team, but… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
My view is that an investor is better off knowing a lot about a few investments than knowing a little about each… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
There are always risks in battle. It's a dangerous business. The trick is to take the right ones.' [said Halt]. 'How do… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
Taking one’s chances is like taking a bath, because sometimes you end up feeling comfortable and warm, and sometimes there is something… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can and surely will at times fail. Other vulnerabilities, like… — Joyce Brothers Copy Share Image
As the GAO report recognizes, the long-term health of our forests relies on additional fuel reduction options and funding to reduce the… — Greg Walden Copy Share Image
I think mothers and daughters are meant to give birth to each other, over and over; that is why our challenges to… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The average studies of cellphones and brain cancer have studied people who have used cellphones for five years or less. Sometimes eight… — Devra Davis Copy Share Image
I realize that after decades of positive thinking the notion of realism, of things as they are, may seem a little quaint.… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Munroe stared at the sky. Cursed her weakness, her inability to block out what it would mean to knowingly deliver the innocent… — Taylor Stevens Copy Share Image
It is easy to coast through life rather than find the will to continually reach out into the world. To reach out… — Anne Bogart Copy Share Image
Our research indicates that, for example, the physical risks of climate change - both the direct risks to facilities, but also the… — Brian Deese Copy Share Image
I've had to make really big decisions, knowing the results were not always in my control. Through these moments, I've learned to… — Nastia Liukin Copy Share Image
The day of the march, we were forbidden to go to the march site. The man I worked for, the Presbyterian minister,… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
I would say the biggest risk I always take is going in front of a live audience. There's nothing more risky to… — Shirley MacLaine Copy Share Image
“The sugar coated negligence to the risks that could have changed our lives...the moments we ran away to avoid daring a chance… — Upasana Banerjee Copy Share Image
People in low-lying countries like Bangladesh with almost 140 million people who are managing to feed themselves, whose carbon emissions can't really… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Almost all Iraqis with any previous experience in the intelligence business are Sunni Arab, increasing the risk of penetration of the new… — Wayne White Copy Share Image
Some people said, “we don't want to risk astronauts lives anymore, we need to stop doing this”. The astronauts don't feel that… — Eileen Collins Copy Share Image
There's so many guys skiing so fast right now that you really have to be willing to take a lot of risks… — Bode Miller Copy Share Image
If we die, we want people to accept it. We are in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens… — Gus Grissom Copy Share Image
It can be difficult to be an introvert in church, especially if you happen to be the pastor. Liking to be alone… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
“Life should be a risk. It's more than a straight line that you can see clearly from one point to the other.… — Katie Kacvinsky Copy Share Image
If you are weak, dependent upon others, inclined to allow yourself to be dominated by opinion, to take root wherever you see… — Alfred de Musset Copy Share Image