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Risk Quotes by James Surowiecki
- Lack of confidence, sometimes alternating with unrealistic dreams of heroic success, often leads to procrastination, and many studies suggest that procrastinators are self-handicappers: rather than…
- Defense contractors are able to reap tremendous profits while rarely confronting the risks for which those profits are supposed to be the reward.
- Political risk is hard to manage because so much comes down to the personal choices of policymakers, whether prime ministers or heads of central banks.
- When all is said and done, cheap gas is an illusion, because our reliance on gas creates a whole series of costs that aren't factored…
- You might say that economic history is the history of people learning to manage risk.
More Risk Quotes
- Dare to risk public criticism. — Mary Kay Ash
- It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk… — Marcel Achard
- In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources… — Julian Assange
- I'm not only a lawyer, I have a post doctorate degree in federal tax law from William and Mary. I work in… — Michele Bachmann
- I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to… — Kevin Bacon
- When I was a kid, I would do stupid things on my bike. I'd jump any ramp, I'd jump over people, I'd… — Eric Bana
- I completely take on the risk, the poker game, which being an artist means, and I'm going to try to make a… — Antonio Banderas
- The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after… — Dave Barry
- There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk. — Drew Barrymore
- You can only be as good as you dare to be bad. — John Barrymore
- I have a perverse attraction to risk. Not physical risk but emotional, financial risk - anything than can't kill you immediately. — Scott Adams
- The only risk of failure is promotion. — Scott Adams