I've taken a lot of risks through the years, but I always followed my instincts and always explored new opportunities. The biggest… — Cynthia Rowley Copy Share Image
But failure has to be an option in art and in exploration - because it's a leap of faith. And no important… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
The success of an archery shot may bring food to the hunter's starving family, or may constitute a horrible murder. But these… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
That's exactly what I'm driving at. 'Basterds' was interesting because it was, in a way, unfamiliar. I thought well, OK. Let's leave… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
But if we admit God, must we admit Miracle? Indeed, indeed, you have no security against it. That is the bargain. Theology… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
A one-size-fits-all approach to risk, and top-down encouragement to take as few risks as possible, may have been reasonable in 2020, before… — Mary Katharine Ham Copy Share Image
“ Who are your favorite heroines in real life? The women of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran who risk their lives and their… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
It is important to learn from other women. We have a lot to offer and to learn from each other out of… — Hazel Hawke Copy Share Image
Suppose that a person writes what she must. That is only the first step of becoming a writer. The work must survive… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
Those were the places where many people mixed if they wanted to mix, which was against the law [Immorality Act of 1927].… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
Love can be a painful risk. To love means that risk must be taken, no matter how scary or painful, for only… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
New Zealand needs to balance its environmental responsibilities with its economic opportunities, because the risk is that if you don't do that… — John Key Copy Share Image
You are wrong, sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I think Barack Obama is a socialist. I think he cares for his country - don't get me wrong about that -… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
I look around, pretty much 100% of the people driving are texting. And they're killing, everybody's murdering each other with their cars.… — Louis C. K 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
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
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
“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
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
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
“We experience [procrastination] as fear. But fear of what? Fear of the consequences of following our heart. Fear of bankruptcy, fear of… — Steven Pressfield 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
“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
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
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
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
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
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 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
“You know what my father said about innocent clients? ... He said the scariest client a lawyer will ever have is an… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
We [Americans] are a nation of immigrants. We all understand what this country has become because talent from all around the world… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Whenever you're going to play a real person, you run the risk of well, everybody in the world kind of has an… — Joe Mantegna Copy Share Image
“Nero believes that risk-conscious hard work and discipline can lead someone to achieve a comfortable life with a very high probability. Beyond… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
When does money run out of time? The countdown begins when investable assets pose too much risk for too little return; when… — Bill Gross Copy Share Image
The White Mansion isn't boring, lass. Never boring. It's the grand demesne the Unseelie King built for his concubine. It's a living,… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
What's life without risks? When I made 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam,' everybody said in India you can never have a husband… — Sanjay Leela Bhansali Copy Share Image
I’m not only a lawyer, I have a post-doctorate degree in federal tax law from William and Mary. I’ve worked in serious… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
“You shouldn’t be afraid to take risks. It might not always work out, you might fail miserably and get hurt, but you’ll… — J.M. Darhower Copy Share Image