“It’s a calculated risk, you see. You’re either laughing all over your face or you’re in deep, deep shit. Whether to take… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
The basic question that the 'new science' raises for our balance sheet is the issue of what scientific questions have not been… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
It will take time to eradicate a cancer like Isil. And any time we take military action, there are risks involved -… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“escalation of commitment to a losing course of action. Over the past four decades, extensive research led by Staw shows that once… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
Creating a classroom environment that encourages students to take the risk of learning. We've known for a long time that when students… — Carol Ann Tomlinson Copy Share Image
From my perspective, as an entrepreneur, one is wired to take risks. You, of course, need to be smart and take calculated… — Ritesh Agarwal Copy Share Image
Leaders may recognize that they are not addressing the real problems, but they rationalize their actions with the argument that they must… — Arthur Demarest Copy Share Image
If we ensure access to health care and 'best practice' asthma treatment for children, especially those at high risk, there is the… — Irwin Redlener Copy Share Image
It's okay that I'm broken and hurting right now. It's okay because I took that chance in loving you and will always… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Dragging out life to the last possible second is not living to the best effect. The nearer the bone, the sweeter the… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Kickstarter eliminates the risk that publishers and booksellers face. They have limited resources and limited shelf space, and Kickstarter is proof to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
There are always risks in battle. It's a dangerous business. The trick is to take the right ones.' [said Halt]. 'How do… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
Taking one’s chances is like taking a bath, because sometimes you end up feeling comfortable and warm, and sometimes there is something… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The average studies of cellphones and brain cancer have studied people who have used cellphones for five years or less. Sometimes eight… — Devra Davis Copy Share Image
I realize that after decades of positive thinking the notion of realism, of things as they are, may seem a little quaint.… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
As the GAO report recognizes, the long-term health of our forests relies on additional fuel reduction options and funding to reduce the… — Greg Walden Copy Share Image
Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can and surely will at times fail. Other vulnerabilities, like… — Joyce Brothers Copy Share Image
I think mothers and daughters are meant to give birth to each other, over and over; that is why our challenges to… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
As an adventurer...I try to protect against the downside. I make sure I have covered as many eventualities as I can. In… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
My view is that an investor is better off knowing a lot about a few investments than knowing a little about each… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
As gun owners, my husband and I understand that the Second Amendment is most at risk when a criminal or deranged person… — Gabrielle Giffords Copy Share Image
There is always the risk in advocating for democracy that the first people to wake up might not be your team, but… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
Those who know they're valued irrespective of their accomplishments often end up accomplishing quite a lot. It's the experience of being accepted… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
He thought about the story his daughter was living and the role she was playing inside that story. He realized he hadn't… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Before it's too late, we need to make courageous choices that will recreate a strong alliance between man and Earth. We need… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
We have arrived at a moment of decision. Our home - Earth - is in grave danger. What is at risk of… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Iraq is a long way from the U.S., but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
When you read that UBS did not even view parts of its mortgage portfolio as having market risk, it becomes very obvious… — Kenneth C. Griffin Copy Share Image
Successful or not, acts of physical courage always bring honor. It is the smaller forms of valor - standing up for principle… — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
“Refusing to vaccinate puts at risk not just your children but the people in our communities who most require our protection. This… — Jennifer Wright Copy Share Image
The most threatened group in human societies as in animal societies is the unmated male: the unmated male is more likely to… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
Blame is a neat little device that you can use whenever you don't want to take responsibility for something in your life.… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
The photographs are not illustrative. They, and the text, are coequal, mutually independent, and fully collaborative. By their fewness, and by the… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
The fact is that really no comedian sets out to offend you. Some comics enjoy the challenge of taking a subject that… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
Acting is one element in a film. Directing is sort of the painter using all of those elements - sound and music… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
“Relationship games always carry a risk," he managed lightly. "D/s can be dangerous, because it explores the most primitive sides of ourselves.… — Joey W. Hill Copy Share Image
To laugh is to risk appearing a fool, to weep is to risk appearing too sentimental, to reach out for another is… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
Let me tell you something: for hundreds of thousands of years, this kind of discussion would have been impossible to have, or… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
If they lose their legal basis for owning a .cn domain, google.cn would cease to exist, or if it continued to exist,… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
There is in Hollywood, as in all cultures in which gambling is the central activity, a lowered sexual energy, an inability to… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
![“There are always risks in battle. It's a dangerous business. The trick is to take the right ones.' [said Halt]. 'How do you know which are the right ones?' Shigeru asked. Halt glanced at his two younger companions. They grinned and answered in chorus, 'You wait and see if you win.” quote by John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/237/john-flanagan-904_battle_there-are-always-risks-in-battle-it-s-a_1926411.jpg)
