Risk Quotes

3639 Risk quotes by 2461 unique authors

Regardless of the number of precautions that we take to save our necks, part of the attraction of going out on the water in the… — Unknown Author
One doesn't accept bad challenges. Part of it is always the risk-taking without seeing that the risks are rational and the rewards are commensurate.. are… — Sumner Redstone
Experts tell us that 90% of all brain development occurs by the age of five. If we don't begin thinking about education in the early… — Bob Ehrlich
After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again. — Nancy Grace
The warrior of light only risks his heart for something worthwhile. — Paulo Coelho
It is necessary to run risks, to follow certain paths and to abandon others. No one can make a choice without feeling fear. — Paulo Coelho
When someone wants something then they should be aware that they are taking a risk. But this is precisely what makes life interesting. — Paulo Coelho
Those who never take risks can only see other people's failures. — Paulo Coelho
Most critics don't realize that a novel like One Hundred Years of Solitude is a bit of a joke, full of signals to close friends;… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Those who seek the truth run the risk of finding it. — Isabel Allende
However, optimism is highly valued, socially and in the market; people and firms reward the providers of dangerously misleading information more than they reward truth… — Daniel Kahneman
Goals may cause systematic problems for organizations due to narrowed focus, unethical behavior, increased risk taking, decreased cooperation, and decreased intrinsic motivation. Use care when… — Daniel H. Pink
Many people keep deploring the low level of formal education in the United states (as defined by, say, math grades). Yet these fail to realize… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I've debated many economists who claim to specialize in risk and probability: when one takes them slightly outside their narrow focus, but within the discipline… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Much of the research into humans' risk-avoidance machinery shows that it is antiquated and unfit for the modern world; it is made to counter repeatable… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
At no point in history have so many non-risk-takers, that is, those with no personal exposure, exerted so much control. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
In an age when other fantastically speedy, widespread media are triumphing, and running the risk of flattening all communication onto a single, homogenous surface, the… — Italo Calvino
It took the Gulf War to demonstrate that America did want more than one friend in the Mideast, and also was willing to take and… — Caspar Weinberger
I don't want to live in a world where the strong rule and the weak cower. I'd rather make a place where things are a… — Jim Butcher
The great fear that I have regarding the outcome for America of these disclosures is that nothing will change. [People] won't be willing to take… — Edward Snowden
So many businesses get worried about looking like they might make a mistake, they become afraid to take any risk. Companies are set up so… — Mark Zuckerberg
Any Church community, if it thinks it can comfortably go its own way without creative concern and effective cooperation in helping the poor to live… — Pope Francis
Not only would I say that the family is important for the evangelization of the new world. The family is important, and it is necessary… — Pope Francis
The punishment – to the body, the brain, the spirit – a man must endure to become even a moderately good boxer is inconceivable to… — Joyce Carol Oates
Humanity cannot afford to muddle through the rest of the twentieth century; the risks are too great, and the stakes are too high. This may… — John Holdren

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