The smartest people I know have that extra edge. The risk is always there that you'll look terribly undignified and slobbering, and… — Embeth Davidtz Copy Share Image
Every intervention of man in the environment around him incurs some risk as to both favorable and unfavorable consequences. Every intervention is… — Gilbert F. White Copy Share Image
The risk of policy contagion could be magnified if a new funding arrangement were agreed between Argentina and the IMF before a… — Charles Dallara Copy Share Image
A venturesome minority will always be eager to set off on their own, and no obstacles should be placed in their path;… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Great and good men and women stirred sugar into their coffee knowing that it had been picked by slaves. Kind, good ancestors… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
I think people in general don't take enough risks. Some people feel that before they can take on that next challenge they… — Shellye Archambeau Copy Share Image
That the zeal for God's honor is also a dangerous passion, that the Christian must bring with him the courage to swim… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
That cotton trade was almost the deal breaker for me. It was at that point that I said, “Mr. Stupid, why risk… — Paul Tudor Jones Copy Share Image
Social change really cannot happen unless people are willing to take a risk, and they were. And I was so moved by… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
By being a racing driver you are under risk all the time. By being a racing driver means you are racing with… — Ayrton Senna Copy Share Image
“To try is to risk failure. But risks need to be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.… — John O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
You don't need a marriage license to live with someone, to have the security of a home, to rear any number of… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
“A natural response when people feel overwhelmed is to retreat into various forms of passivity. If we don’t try too much in… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A… — Lisa Bonet Copy Share Image
She gazed toward the marsh that grew thicker, deeper, greener with approaching summer. Mosquitoes whined in there, breeding in the dark water.… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
A revolution in humanity's use of fossil fuel-based energy would be necessary sooner or later to sustain and to extend modern standards… — Ross Garnaut Copy Share Image
You want a valve that doesn't leak and you try everything possible to develop one. But the real world provides you with… — Arthur Rudolph Copy Share Image
“Risks? I have lived with the prospect of assassination for years. What risks? All men die, rich and poor alike. But if… — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
I believe that the general growth in large [financial] institutions have occurred in the context of an underlying structure of markets in… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
An entrepreneur is born with the mentality to take risks, though there are several important characteristics: courage, faith in yourself, and above… — Sheldon Adelson Copy Share Image
No virtue ever was founded on a lie. The truth, then, at all risks and costs - the truth from the beginning.… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik Copy Share Image
Ah, the mysterious croak. Here today, gone tomorrow. It's the best reason I can think of to throw open the blinds and… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
There is a risk of death associated with donating a piece of liver. It's about one in 500 for the risk of… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
All right, I'll take a chance. I will fall in love with you. If i'm a fool you can have the night,… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Archives of Internal Medicine revealed that postmenopausal women who were put on statin drugs to lower their cholesterol had a nearly 48… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
At Berkshire, I both initiate and monitor every derivatives contract on our books ... If Berkshire ever gets in trouble, it will… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We need to regularly stop and take stock; to sit down and determine within ourselves which things are worth valuing and which… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
He wanted that again, that feeling of standing with her against all odds and succeeding. He wanted it so bad, he was… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
The President has once again failed us. Millions of Americans are at risk of going without the flu vaccine this year because… — Jon Corzine Copy Share Image
The only way to store information is by agreement. The belief system is like a Book of Law that rules our mind.… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
As the U.S. trade deficit, and the portion of that deficit attributed to China, continue to grow, our own economy is at… — Jo Ann Emerson Copy Share Image
The average American thinks billionaire investors are going to be right based on some talking head. They invest and they have no… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
God is not a magic eight ball we shake up and peer into whenever we have a decision to make. He is… — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image