... we know that productivity suffers when uncertainty is high. But we've failed to realize the equally destructive effects of too little… — Judith M Bardwick Copy Share Image
Anytime you step out of an embedded reporting situation, you're always making calculations about what's safe and what's not safe, feeling out… — Rick Rowley Copy Share Image
You risk everything if you so much as join a legal protest demonstration in Russia. It raises the stakes. — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Drawing is one of those things which sit on the uneasy bending line between instinct and instruction, where seeming perversity eventually trumps… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
If you are not willing to risk, you cannot become your best, and if you cannot become your best, you cannot be… — Les Brown Copy Share Image
People underestimate the importance of dilligence as a virtue. No doubt it has something to do with how supremely mundane it seems.… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
Combining paid employment with marriage and motherhood creates safeguards for emotional well-being. Nothing is certain in life, but generally the chances of… — Faye J Crosby Copy Share Image
I was never comfortable with the risk of climbing in the Himalayas, or the amount of time in idleness that is involved… — Steve Fossett Copy Share Image
We ask these players to do some very difficult things, for the team, the coaching staff, the school - at risk of… — Les Miles Copy Share Image
It is always a vulgar and often an unhealthy pastime, and it is a vice which does not go alone; the man… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
If you don't risk anything, you gain nothing. When you gain nothing, you risk even more. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Why am I frightened? I've crossed no boundaries, I've given no trust, taken no risk, all is safe. It's the choice that… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
27 percent to 55 percent of casino revenues come from problem or pathological gamblers — John Warren Kindt Copy Share Image
“Living a life of curiosity is not about ignoring risk and anxiety. It’s about being willing to do what one values, even… — Todd Kashdan Copy Share Image
To be sure, the provision of liquidity alone can by no means solve the problems of credit risk and credit losses; but… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
How often do our heroes stand still? It's hard to imagine Spock and Kirk landing on a planet and just relaxing for… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
With a congressional mandate to run the deficit up as high as need be, there is no reason to raise taxes now… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on… — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as a sure thing. That's why they call it gambling. — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
All art is an intensely vulnerable gesture, and it is made with no small amounts of risk, and fear. So, I have… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
For what it’s worth: trust your feelings. I can’t promise that you’ll never get hurt again, but I can promise you the… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
