In strongly opposing the world of play to that of reality, and in stressing that play is essentially a side activity, the… — Roger Caillois Copy Share Image
If the company depends entirely on you - your creativity, ingenuity, inspiration, salesmanship or charisma - nobody will want to buy it.… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a small-town doctor and he used to say that I was missing a gene that told me that some… — Paul Budnitz Copy Share Image
Sometimes we think we're a little too gifted to show up, yo uknow. But none of us truly is...By avoiding risk we… — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
[W]e must stop trying to protect our planet from every imaginable, exaggerated or imaginary risk. And we must stop trying to protect… — Niger Innis Copy Share Image
The Englishman's strong point is his vigorous insularity; that of the American his power of adaptation. Each of these attitudes has its… — Thomas Wentworth Higginson Copy Share Image
I think the credit default swaps can take the place of the rating agencies who really have missed the ball in this… — Robert F. Engle Copy Share Image
Clearly it is not reason that has failed. What has failed-as it has always failed-is the attempt to achieve certainty, to reach… — Allen Wheelis Copy Share Image
I do not say that all lawyers are bad, but I do maintain that the general tendency is bad: standing up in… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
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I have realized that mystery is what keeps people away, and I've grown tired of smoke and mirrors. I yearn for the… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I do recall at one point being part of WWE and other guys taking the risk of stepping away, and a lot… — Rey Mysterio Copy Share Image
Strategic planning is the continuous process of making present entrepreneurial (risk-taking) decisions systematically and with the greatest knowledge of their futurity; organizing… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
The smart strategist allows strategy to be shaped by events. Good reactions can make great strategy. Strategy involves competition of goals, and… — Max McKeown Copy Share Image
Before Alar, there was EDB, a potent human carcinogen allowed in the grain supply and other food for more than a decade… — Al Meyerhoff Copy Share Image
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The securitisation of mortgages added a new dimension of systemic risk. Financial engineers claimed they were reducing risks through geographic diversification: in… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Most corporate mission statements are worthless. They consist largely of pious platitudes such as: "We will hold ourselves to the highest standards… — Russell L. Ackoff Copy Share Image
The risk of failure is a very personal thing. One of the quotes I like, I think this came from the famous… — Les Wexner Copy Share Image
There is simply too much unnecessary suffering in our world. And we should see that as a national security risk, by the… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Public education is the key civil rights issue of the 21st century. Our nation's knowledge-based economy demands that we provide young people… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
The central question of the Chicago conference was whether the mechanisms underlying microevolution can be extrapolated to explain the phenomena of macroevolution.… — Roger Lewin Copy Share Image
There needs to be some regime that is overseeing access to broadband to make sure we have openess; otherwise, there is a… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
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People who keep dogs live longer on average than those who do not. This is not some kind of pro-canine campaigning fantasy.… — Desmond Morris Copy Share Image
Macroeconomic stability will be more elusive and that will affect all of our lives: from the risks many will face in childhood,… — Alan M. Taylor Copy Share Image
The second thing we did was said, OK, we've now identified the risk, but what do you want to do with the… — Michael Chertoff Copy Share Image
When people in organizations feel too secure, it's because there aren't any significant outcomes as a result of what they do. Whatever… — Judith M Bardwick Copy Share Image
Life on Earth is at an ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by disaster. ... I think the human race doesn't have… — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
Drop this mean and sordid and selfish devotion to the saving of your shabby little souls, and hunt up something to do… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
We prefer to go deformed and distorted all our lives rather than not resemble the portrait of ourselves which we ourselves have… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Sport teaches you so much, and you can translate that to other parts of life. But it's definitely a lot of dedication,… — Venus Williams Copy Share Image
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Big banks churn out page after page of incomprehensible fine print to obscure the cost and risks of checking accounts, credit cards,… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
A well-defined backup plan is sabotage waiting to happen. Why push through the dip, why take the risk, why blow it all… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The old view was that delicacy of language was part of the nature, the sacred nature, of eros and that to speak… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
“Doing risk sport had taught me another important lesson: never exceed your limits. You push the envelope and you live for those… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
Failure is a badge of honor. It means you risked failure. And if you don’t risk failure, you’re never going to do… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
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