Worst Case Quotes

42 quotes by 38 authors

Human beings should only use technology which if the worst case happens, it leads to an acceptable damage. Definitely nuclear energy is not in that… — Hans-Peter Durr
I would visualize the best- and worst-case scenarios. Whether I get disqualified or my goggles fill up with water or I lose my goggles or… — Michael Phelps
In my mind, being overdressed is not a bad thing at all. What's the worst case scenario? That you are the best-dressed person in the… — Rachel Zoe
Scientists themselves readily admit that they do not fully understand the consequences of our many-faceted assault upon the interwoven fabric of atmosphere, water, land and… — Prince Charles
James Blish told me I had the worst case of "said bookism" (that is, using every word except said to indicate dialogue). He told me… — Anne McCaffrey
So let's raise the tone of the debate. Too often at the moment we look like schoolchildren squabbling over a toy - our most precious… — Roz Savage
Another way to be prepared is to think negatively. Yes, I'm a great optimist. but, when trying to make a decision, I often think of… — Randy Pausch
You should always have a worst case point. The only choice should be to get out quicker. — Richard Dennis
If you fixate on the worst-case scenario and it actually happens, youâ€™ve lived it twice. — Michael J. Fox
Don't spend a lot of time imagining the worst-case scenario. It rarely goes down as you imagine it will, and if by some fluke it… — Michael J. Fox
But they never notice the following inconsistency: this so-called worst-case event, when it happened, exceeded the worst case at the time. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The worst case scenario sees the Amazon rainforest burning, huge amounts of methane being released by Siberian peat bogs and so on - by the… — Mark Lynas
Always play for the worst case scenario..If it is the best you'll win anyway — David Trott
I learned to embrace risk, as long as it was well thought out and, in a worst-case scenario, I'd still land on my feet. — Eli Broad
Do something youre not ready to do. In the worst case, youll learn your limitations. — Marissa Mayer
Even if it doesn't work out, the experience is so valuable to so many employers that your worst case scenario is, 'Ok, so that was… — Drew Houston
Confronting the worst-case scenario saps it of much of its anxiety-inducing power. Happiness reached via positive thinking can be fleeting and brittle, negative visualization generates… — Oliver Burkeman
Reassurance can actually exacerbate anxiety: when you reassure your friend that the worst-case scenario he fears probably won't occur, you inadvertently reinforce his belief that… — Oliver Burkeman
The taste for worst-case scenarios reflects the need to master fear of what is felt to be uncontrollable. It also expresses an imaginative complicity with… — Susan Sontag
Sooner or later there will be a nuclear 9/11 [by Islamic terrorists] in an American city or that of a US ally... A terrorist nuclear… — David Krieger

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