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240 Risky quotes by 216 unique authors

All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition… — Niccolo Machiavelli
...it is a very risky thing for anyone to go about proclaiming the truth simply because he finds himself in possession of concrete documentary proofs… — Jorge Amado
Writing of the narrative kind, and perhaps all writing, is motivated deep down, by a fear or and fascination with mortality - by a desire… — Margaret Atwood
Risky, thought Paul D, very risky. For a used-to-be-slave woman to love anything that much was dangerous, especially if it was her children she had… — Toni Morrison
A genuine odyssey is not about piling up experiences. It is a deeply felt, risky, unpredictable tour of the soul. — Thomas Moore
Breathe in, breath out. Oxygen is carcinogenic and likely puts a limit on our life span. It would be unwise though, to try to extend… — Jeanette Winterson
Desiring another person is perhaps the most risky endeavor of all. As soon as you want somebody—really want him—it is as though you have taken… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Parents had some kind of sin radar, Claire thought. They always called when you were in the middle of something you just knew they'd consider… — Rachel Caine
I have an idea. It’s risky, and Max will kill us when she finds out.” Iggy raised his head. “Sounds like my kind of idea. — James Patterson
The only one taking a risk here is me, if I get too attached to you. It’s not risky for you, as long as you’re… — Claudia Gray
A picture lives by companionship, expanding and quickening in the eyes of the sensitive observer. It dies by the same token. It is therefore risky… — Mark Rothko
It's safe to tell a secret to one. Risky to tell it to two. To tell it to three is thoughtless folly, everyone else will… — Catherine Fisher
May I search it?" she asked. "We screen for weapons." I stared at her, always a risky thing to do to a vampire. "Of course… — Charlaine Harris
Art is what we call...the thing an artist does. It's not the medium or the oil or the price or whether it hangs on a… — Seth Godin
Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not… — BrenÃ© Brown
THE MALE JOURNEY t some point in time, a man needs to embark on a risky -journey. It's a necessary adventure that takes him into… — Richard Rohr
Hope may be the thing that pulls you forward, may be the thing that keeps you going, but that it's dangerous, that it's painful and… — Patrick Ness
Looking at cleavage is like looking at the sun. You don't stare at it. It's too risky. Ya get a sense of it and then… — Jerry Seinfeld
If we want to grow as teachers -- we must do something alien to academic culture: we must talk to each other about our inner… — Parker J. Palmer
For the neurotic, the merging of the subconscious and the conscious may be risky, just as it is for the users of drugs. But for… — Anais Nin
Truth is a risky proposition. It's the nature of mediocre human beings to believe that lies are necessary, that they serve a purpose, that truth… — Anne Rice
Every artist is linked to a mistake with which he has a particular intimacy. All art draws its origin from an exceptional fault, each work… — Maurice Blanchot
It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere. — Lois Lowry
Bold. Risky. Dramatic. I approve. — Rachel Vincent
It is a rather risky matter to discuss a happiness that has no need of words. — Yukio Mishima

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