Risk Quotes · Page 74

“It is a dangerous trap to believe that our search is over because we have gained all the riches we are going…

— Eric Samuel Timm

People say I take too many risks. But the fact is, there is risk involved in every shot. You can get out…

— Virender Sehwag

“What we did, what every president since Washington has done, was provide a measured, appropriate response, in direct relation to a realistic…

— Max Brooks

Life is defined more by its contrasts than its samenesses; Life is defined more by its risks than the many securities.

— Mary Anne Radmacher

I want someone who puts the whole ball of wax at risk. I want the kind of marriage where we would follow…

— Polly Horvath

“a logical man must behave in a crisis as if his calculated risk were indeed a certainty …”

— William H. Patterson Jr

Fear stops a lot of people. Fear of failure, of the unknown, of risk. And it masks itself as procrastination.

— Lisa Anderson

“If you are trying to look clean, neat and avoid casting your nets in trouble waters, you will catch no fish.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure,…

— José N. Harris

Kids whose puberty begins too soon face not just psychological risks, but physical ones too, with an increased likelihood of cancer, as…

— Jeffrey Kluger

...they come to us, these restless dead, Shrouds woven from the words of men, With trumpets sounding overhead (The walls of hope…

— Mira Grant

Most critics don't realize that a novel like One Hundred Years of Solitude is a bit of a joke, full of signals…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

A lot of electronic-based musicians give very low-risk performances, and it's fun to hear your favorite band play live on a big…

— How to Dress Well

... 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

I have a problem with censorship by the lawyer - by legal people by the publishing firm, and I may be changing…

— Kenneth Anger

Investors frequently benefit from making decisions with less than perfect knowledge and are well rewarded for bearing the risk of uncertainty. The…

— Seth Klarman

If it doesn't make you sweat, it's not worth it. If it's not hard to get, why go for it?

— Nancy A. Collins

Never again work in the same conditions in whichyou made your first film. It's good to take risks, but not thatmuch risk.

— Pedro Almodovar

Members of trusting teams admit weaknesses and mistakes, take risks in offering feedback and assistance, and focus time and energy on important…

— Patrick Lencioni

I have said and I repeat, at the risk of being sacrilegious, that the gas chambers are a detail of the history…

— Jean-Marie Le Pen

I'm fascinated by how Hollywood has changed since I started. Today it's about immediate delivery. There's less risk and less art.

— Diane Lane

I'm defining [presidential courage] pretty narrowly. It's not only taking a big political risk but it's also the risk that in the…

— Michael Beschloss

Ben was a great believer in buying a diversified group of securities, so that he limited his risk.

— Walter Schloss

Managers must have the discipline not to keep pulling up the flowers to see if their roots are healthy.

— Robert Townsend

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and…

— Audre Lorde

Life will always remain a gamble, with prizes sometimes for the imprudent, and blanks so often to the wise.

— Jerome K. Jerome

You have chosen the wrong path if it's not fun. And you are probably not taking enough risk if it's not hard…

— Marc Benioff

Life is going to let you down sometimes; its up to you to determine which risks are worth the possible disappointment.

— Bernajoy Vaal

People far too often associate derivatives markets with mere speculation, but there are very legitimate businesses that need derivatives to protect themselves…

— Fred Ehrsam

I enjoy the risk of bungee-jumping. I used to pay money to do it. Now, it's the opposite. I get paid to…

— Akshay Kumar

If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk.

— Gary Ackerman

Oh girl, girl, girl, girl, girl, girl. You take all the happiness out of my live. You go to 7-11 on me.…

— Buddy Guy

We take more risks at United than the majority of teams but the manager wants us to play.

— Chris Smalling

Pneumococcus is a fairly common cause of pneumonia and [raises the] risk of death in older adults.

— Paul A. Offit

All economic activity is by definition "high risk." And defending yesterday--that is, not innovating--is far more risky than making tomorrow.

— Peter Drucker

If you persist in ignoring your intuition, you may find yourself stuck in a permanent holding pattern instead of taking the risks…

— Nita Leland

Every project for me is a risk that I bet on. I believe my senses, and hopefully it will be successful. But…

— Stephen Chow

There is an excellent way to make predictions without the slightest risk of error: predict the past.

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

I will never be in the stock market. It's just gambling. I'm a gambler, but I'll gamble on the practicality of things.

— Jeremy Renner

“The greatest risk in life is to risk nothing. The Person who risks nothing, has nothing and becomes nothing.”

— Leo Buscaglia