Redistricting is a deeply political process, with incumbents actively seeking to minimize the risk to themselves (via bipartisan gerrymanders) or to gain… — Thomas E. Mann Copy Share Image
The merchant must be no more pessimist than optimist, since pessimism induces him to hold back his capital but optimism induces him… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
“Even though copying what’s come before is a guaranteed path to mediocrity, it appears to be a safe choice, and the desire… — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
Too many families and homes remain unnecessarily vulnerable to natural disasters like hurricanes. While mitigation will never eliminate the risk to homeowners,… — Tom Rooney Copy Share Image
Once we secure our borders - and the federal government has not done a good job - then Congress, I believe, needs… — David Dewhurst Copy Share Image
“To appreciate the asymmetry between the possibility effect and the certainty effect, imagine first that you have a 1% chance to win… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
You have come to a stage where you almost have to work on yourself. You know, on finding some tranquility with which… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of a worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
he thoughtless knowers will call you a red or a communist or a capitalist or some name that expresses their aversion to… — Lincoln Steffens Copy Share Image
Almost anything worth doing involves some measure of risk - from learning to ride a bike, moving to a new city, and… — Fabrizio Moreira Copy Share Image
It is about something personal and specific, because when the John McCain campaign in 2008 decided to elevate Sarah Palin from total… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
My style is really inspired by whatever I'm listening to or reading or watching; I'm always trying to embody the things that… — Zoe Kravitz Copy Share Image
In youth we take egregious risks because death has no reality for us. Youth goes caparisoned in immortality. It is only in… — P. D. James Copy Share Image
Arrogance is inimical to prudential reasoning, to accepting that for all we know and learn we also accumulate ignorance of the questions… — Ziauddin Sardar Copy Share Image
If your business had no risk, you could go get a bank loan and call it a day. VCs like risks -… — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
Follow your dreams, transform your life, take the path that leads to God. Perform your miracles. Cure. Make prophecies. Listen to your… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The responsibility for the risks we posed to others in some of our most extreme actions in those underground years never leaves… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
Of course if you happen to time the market really well, you can make more money with some of these smaller companies,… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
No president ever puts American lives at risk without a terrible sense of responsibility. And no American ever hears or reads of… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire likened life to a game of cards. Players must accept the cards dealt to them. However, once… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Unlike return, however, risk is no more quantifiable at the end of an investment that it was at its beginning. Risk simply… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
There is no secret to how to attain prosperity. The Universe supports and rewards us for taking risks on things that matter… — Ernie J Zelinski Copy Share Image
As the photographer, it's challenging to make images that read quickly and are powerful, but have enough humanity and compassion. I've worked… — Stephanie Sinclair Copy Share Image
I want to love someone so selflessly that he would never even think about going away. I suppose that's what most people… — Dennis Cooper Copy Share Image
Easy climb, Kurokuma. You do it easily.' 'Not on your life,' Horace said... 'That's what we have Rangers for. They climb up… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
I'm a terrible sentence finisher. I think that's why I'm a songwriter. When you write a song, there are no rules, and… — Mirah Copy Share Image
I have been surrounded by some of the smartest, brightest, most caring lawyers, by agents who are willing to risk their lives… — Janet Reno Copy Share Image
What is at stake is how to answer the potential threat Iraq represents with the risk of proliferation of WMD. Baghdad's regime… — Jacques Chirac Copy Share Image
You need to be uncomfortable and apprehensive: True strategy is about placing bets and making hard choices. The objective is not to… — Roger Martin Copy Share Image
Each of us is born with two contradictory sets of instructions: a conservative tendency, made up of instincts for self-preservation, self-aggrandizement, and… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
If women have become innocent victims, if women running around today are unable to protect themselves, if the picture that we're painting,… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Looking back, I underestimated the risks. The planet and the atmosphere seem to be absorbing less carbon than we expected, and emissions… — Nicholas Stern Copy Share Image
“Prediction in a complex world is a chancy business. Every decision that a survival machine takes is a gamble, and it is… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“We are told that the main risk factors threatening Singapore's peace and prosperity are, first, our own unreliability as citizens (we may… — Cherian George Copy Share Image
I'm taking probably the biggest risk of my career in playing the part in Filth. If you stop taking risks, then you… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
I really like Jason Blum a lot. We're friends, and while we make wildly disparate films, we share a philosophy about low-budget… — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
We need that same mentality in philanthropy, trying things, taking risks, recognizing the first try, maybe the second try, maybe the third… — Steve Case Copy Share Image
Managers are not confronted with problems that are independent of each other, but with dynamic situations that consist of complex systems of… — Russell L. Ackoff Copy Share Image
I'm saying to be a hero is means you step across the line and are willing to make a sacrifice, so heroes… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
I'm willing to go through a full body scan or anything else you need to. What I am offended by is the… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
