“That my plans have lately gone somewhat awry is the sort of risk one must take if life is to be superb.” — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
The big lie perpetrated on Western society is the idea of women’s inferiority, a lie so deeply ingrained in our social behaviour… — Molly Haskell Copy Share Image
It’s all risk. And if it isn’t, it needs to be. The real trick is to find the risk that is right… — Jim Krusoe Copy Share Image
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“Not having a contingency plan or never performing risk analysis and mitigation activities is like not having an insurance plan for yourself.” — Pooja Agnihotri Copy Share Image
A person who has not made peace with his losses is likely to accept gambles that would be unacceptable to him otherwise. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I abhor running real risks, but it’s not because I’m afraid of feeling too intensely. It’s because they break my perfect focus… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They thought it was just European hysteria. Then… — Ulrich Beck Copy Share Image
My job is to have new ideas and take risks every day, so I'm always looking forward to the next thing being… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
Our soldiers did not go to some foreign country and risk their lives in vain and defend our Constitution so that decades… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
When the script for 'Once' came my way, I had the thought that maybe it will last only a season. But I… — Lana Parrilla Copy Share Image
Have a deputy and develop a successor. Don't be consumed by the job or you'll risk losing your balance. Keep your mooring… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Some things in life are worth risking it all for. It only boils down into one question... IS IT REALLY WORTH THE… — Unkown Copy Share Image
In life, it's between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity — Keith Ferrazzi Copy Share Image
Our approach on lending has always been that we will lend to India-linked assets, because that's the risk that we understand, and… — Chanda Kochhar Copy Share Image
I touched the combination lock. I concentrated so hard I felt like I was dead-lifting five hundred pounds. My pulse quickening. A… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Drama, it would be as if you wrote some poetry. You'd run the risk of being embarrassed if people read it, because… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I believe Donald Trump is the best guy for president; and I'm not going to shy away and I take the risk.… — Joe Arpaio Copy Share Image
If you are determined not to risk pain, then you must do without many things: having children, getting married, the ecstasy of… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
Ben was a great believer in buying a diversified group of securities, so that he limited his risk. — Walter Schloss Copy Share Image
We have the ultimate decission in our mood, it may be influenced to go another path other than happiness but don't forger… — Ivan Avendano Copy Share Image
I feel Icelandic people are really good at gathering together information and brain power. We're better at that than some kind of… — Bjork Copy Share Image
There is no guarantee in life. Sometimes you just have to take that risk, or sit on the sidelines an watch your… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
I'm not a risk taker. I don't do plunging necklines or really short skirts. I try to stay as classy as possible… — Kristen Bell Copy Share Image
So one way to create an attractive risk/reward situation is to limit downside risk severely by investing in situations that have a… — Joel Greenblatt Copy Share Image
Everything you do in a patient's room, after he is 'put up' for the night, increases tenfold the risk of his having… — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
Solve it. Solve it quickly, solve it right or wrong. If you solve it wrong, it will come back and slap you… — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
Successful people are usually more lively than those who are unsuccessful. The quickening of the spirit they feel comes out of their… — Stuart Wilde Copy Share Image
If we had enough cadaver organs to go around we wouldn't do living donor liver transplants because one is we don't want… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
My shows have room for a bit of improvisation. In a film, you can't have that risk; you can't have someone taking… — Anoushka Shankar Copy Share Image
Essentially, not only do we believe in this myth of 'de-risking', but it has become the one overriding goal; de-risking above growth,… — Andreas Antonopoulos Copy Share Image
In a world where technology and capital are highly transferable, there is a real risk that comparative advantage comes to be defined… — Robert Kuttner Copy Share Image
If you're playing within your capability, what's the point? If you're not pushing your own technique to its own limits with the… — Nigel Kennedy Copy Share Image
