Risked Quotes

83 Risked quotes by 76 unique authors

Each of us, having received several hundred dollars, we passed the time gloriously, spending our money freely - never thinking that our lives were risked… — Kit Carson
The greatest artists like Dylan, Picasso and Newton risked failure. And if we want to be great, we've got to risk it too. — Steve Jobs
As someone who's spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda, I… — Al Franken
At the beginning of his administration, Obama homed right in on Medicare, which he wanted to fix by reducing the overall cost of health care… — Gail Collins
Childbirth changed my perception of my wife. She was now the bloodied special forces soldier who had fought and risked everything for our family. — Mohsin Hamid
Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience. — John Stuart Mill
I know a lot of people who are struggling musicians; it's a hard life, and I've risked being that. The rewards are tremendous now that… — Kid Rock
The republic I fell in love with, the republic I risked my life to defend, the values I hold dear, the integrity that we all… — Allen West
Never have I risked my life, or even my comfort, in the service of mankind. Shame on me. — Kurt Vonnegut
You risked your life, but what else have you ever risked? Have you risked disapproval? Have you ever risked economic security? Have you ever risked… — Tom Robbins
His biggest misgiving came from his concern about the loud crash that was bound to occur and would probably create, if not terror, at least… — Franz Kafka
There was a very cautious man Who never laughed or played He never risked, he never tried, He never sang or prayed. And when he… — John C. Maxwell
Why me?" she asked, holding on to him. "Because you cared," he whispered. "You cared so much for your people, it broke your heart to… — Annette Curtis Klause
Murtagh was right about women. Sassenach, I risked my life for ye, committing theft, arson, assault, and murder into the bargain. In return for which… — Diana Gabaldon
Tell me, how is Lucius Malfoy these days? I expect he's delighted his lapdog's working at Hogwarts, isn't he?" "Speaking of dogs," said Snape softly,… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
He had risked his life and now it was walking away from him, hand-in-hand with a Ruffian prince. — William Goldman
Given enough time, you could convince yourself that loneliness was something better, that it was solitude, the ideal condition for reflection, even a kind of… — Dean Koontz
Dad always warned that it was misleading when one imagined people, when one sas them in the Mind's Eye, because one never remembered them as… — Marisha Pessl
You remember that I told you it was safer not to know. But,' he went on, as his hands moved wuth their sure and practiced… — Lois Lowry
I wondered about the explorers who'd sailed their ships to the end of the world. How terrified they must have been when they risked falling… — Jodi Picoult
You risked the cub? (Dev) He’s not just a cub. (Aimee) You’re right. He’s the passenger who fell off the short bus. (Dev) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Far from being the father of jihad, [Prophet] Mohammad was a peacemaker, who risked his life and nearly lost the loyalty of his closest companions… — Karen Armstrong
I had a weird, empty feeling inside me. Not a bad sort of empty. It was a sort of lack of sensation, like being in… — Maggie Stiefvater
Think. In a minute from now you could be saying, I risked death. I threw for life, and I won life. It is a very… — John Fowles
I know what blood poisoning is, Katniss," says Peeta. "Even if my mother isn't a healer." I'm jolted back in time, to another wound, another… — Suzanne Collins

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