"The civil service are risk averse." — Ken Livingstone

More Averse Quotes

This quote is filed under Averse Quotes, one of 47 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

• In this world of Maya, which is averse to the Lord, full of trials and tribulations, only patience, humility and… — Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
• And now when we hear that Iran and Iraq plan to cooperate more closely and that a fundamentalist is coming… — Otto Schily
• When I was a kid out here in L.A., I was homeless, I didn't have any money and I was… — Thomas Jane
• Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to… — Alexander Pope
• Success tends to go not to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk-averse. Rather it… — Donald Rumsfeld
• What female heart can gold despise? What cat 's averse to fish? — Thomas Gray
• I'm not averse to being tied up in silk scarves. I like a man to take charge. There's something very… — Eva Longoria
• To use the image of Che Guevara to sell vodka is a slur on his name and memory. He never… — Alberto Korda
• God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause. — Aeschylus
• When you train your employees to be risk averse, then you're preparing your whole company to be reward challenged. — Morgan Spurlock
• Some people are averse to competition and allow the words 'co-operation' and 'humanism' to drool from their mouths, apparently meaning… — Laurance Labadie
• I had accumulated some capital and was at an age at which I was interested in generating income. But even… — James MacArthur

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