Risk Quotes
3639 Risk quotes by 2461 unique authors
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Certainly there’s a connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda. It doesn’t surprise me at all that they would be talking to Al Qaeda, that there…
— Wesley Clark
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My philosophy of life is that the meek shall inherit nothing but debasement, frustration and ignoble deaths; that there is security in personal strength; that…
— Harlan Ellison
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There comes a time in the life of every human when he or she must decide to risk ‘his life, his fortune and his sacred…
— Robert A. Heinlein
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If we die, we want people to accept it. We are in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us it…
— Gus Grissom
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One can make this generalization about men: they are ungrateful, fickle, liars, and deceivers, they shun danger and are greedy for profit; while you treat…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Smug respectability, like the poor, we've had with us always. Today, however, ... such obtuseness is an indulgence we can no longer afford. The computer,…
— Studs Terkel
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The diversity is the risk of war, the necessity of diversity is mutual respect
— Tariq Ramadan
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The world is full of people who want to play it safe, people who have tremendous potential but never use it. Somewhere deep inside them,…
— George Foreman
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The hardest thing to judge is what level of risk is safe.
— George Soros
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Approving some religious claims while deeming others unworthy of accommodation could be 'perceived as favoring one religion over another,' the very 'risk the [Constitution's] Establishment…
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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The greatest threat to public confidence in elections in this case is the prospect of enforcing a purposefully discriminatory law, one that likely imposes an…
— Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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I do think that our freedoms are at risk.
— Clarence Thomas
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It's a rarity when someone takes a political risk in Washington today in the public interest.
— Arlen Specter
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I've been thinking a lot lately about taking chances, and how it's really just about overcoming your fears. Because the truth is, everytime you take…
— Dr. John
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Without risk, faith is an impossibility.
— Soren Kierkegaard
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There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world.
— Jackie Stewart
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By being a racing driver you are under risk all the time. By being a racing driver means you are racing with other people. And…
— Ayrton Senna
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I call for the need of world leaders to address climate change and reduce the increasing risk of disasters- and world leaders must include mayors,…
— Ban Ki-moon
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I had discovered long ago the first lesson of political courage: to think anew. I had then learned the second: to be prepared to lead…
— Tony Blair
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If The World Does Not Change Course, We Risk Self-Destruction.
— Mohamed ElBaradei
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Our government has become too responsive to trivial or ephemeral concerns, often at the expense of more important concerns or an erosion of our liberty,…
— William A. Niskanen
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He was a martyr of peace but was the victim of hate. If people can't let go of the hatred of their enemies they risk…
— William J. Clinton
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People must be free to work, to save, to own their own home, to take risks, to invest in each other and, in essence, to…
— George H. W. Bush
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People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I've learned to trust my own instincts and I've…
— Sue Grafton
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