Risk Quotes

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 first place is the element of risk.

The dialogue between women is a rich field, but change does not come without a lot of reading, asking, listening, risk-taking and hard work.

The entrepreneurial mind-set is that risk is the heightened probability that there is a big range of possible outcomes.

Life is to be lived as a magnificent adventure, or not at all.

With age, life becomes complex and difficult, often fraught with risk on several levels, from the practical to the fiscal.

It was moving, but so absurd that I nearly laughed out loud. I imagined a new line of Hallmark cards: "Thank you for not killing my boyfriend, even if it risks killing you.

I will not let anyone into America that I think poses a risk to us.

I think that we have to be constantly asking ourselves, 'How do we calculate the risk?' And sometimes we don't calculate it correctly; we either overstate it or understate it.

We now have power under the Dodd-Frank legislation to break up banks. And I've said I will use that power if they pose a systemic risk.

Women themselves are so happy, and so beautiful, when they're strong, that they naturally choose powerful men, even if that power's so enermous there's a real risk it could shatter them.

Final-offer arbitration should have great appeal for the daring (the risk seekers) who play against the timid (the risk avoiders).

Only reform and opening up can develop China. We must not be afraid of any risks, and not be confused by any distractions.

I am absolutely disgusted that anyone would put thousands of America's boys at risk just to win a Political Campaign.

I am an Addictive Personality, they say, a natural slave to passion - and many Doctors have warned me against it. I am a High-risk Patient.

When everyone feels that risks are at their minimum, over-confidence can take over and elementary precautions start to get watered down.

It is vital that we raise awareness of the risks faced by drug misusers.

At the risk of sounding like Virginia Woolf, I could live on £700 a year.

The praise helps on a deep level, which gives you the grounding that encourages you to trust yourself. On another level, each film is a risk, and the praise doesn't save you from that risk.

To introduce something altogether new would mean to begin all over, to become ignorant again, and to run the old, old risk of failing to learn.

If you feel something in your heart, if you have a vision for it, then it's no longer a risk.

We risk life and limb and my princely good looks for a spoonful of sweet sock?

I love Lady Gaga. She's not afraid to take risks and be herself.

I want to show up to work and take risks. I don't ever want to play it safe.

I think you can have a whole terrific, smart career as a second and third banana and work more and have much less risk than the lead guy. But I like being the lead guy.

Take the risk and do whatever you can do and try not to get caught. If you do get caught, do it again.

Defense contractors are able to reap tremendous profits while rarely confronting the risks for which those profits are supposed to be the reward.

Twins are a high-risk pregnancy, by definition. The quieter I am, the longer I can keep them growing.

For Bryan [Cranston ] to go back in time and become this larger-than-life and somewhat theatrical guy, who performed his ideas and rhetoric in public in a melodic and flashy way, was a bit of a risk.

One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit.

As an actor and director, you have to take risks, even though I don't like saying that word. You can make a mistake.

I have noticed that doing the sensible thing is only a good idea when the decision is quite small. For the life-changing things, you must risk it.

The natural resources we've depended on, if the places where they exist are not stable, our own livelihood and our health is put at risk.

We give up and don't try. We don't take sufficient chances or risks. We aren't resilient in the face of failure. We follow the "rules" too much and don't push the envelope.

Design isn't risky - change is. Good design mitigates that risk.

I was approached by friends who encouraged me to run for an open seat - attorney general of Michigan. It was a big risk.

If you dont tolerate any risk, you can never innovate.

What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to risk, find opportunities to fall on my face if it's going to be worth it, and then maybe I'll surprise myself.

Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk.

Body or mind, heart or soul, we're all human, and we're supposed to feel pain. You cut yourself off from it at your own risk.

The best nourishment for any soul is to create your own risks.

Risk always looks different when you're beating the system than when you've been beaten.

I don't look at me taking risks or if that's going to affect me politically.

If you eliminate the junk food, you don't really run the risk of gaining weight if you've got a good workout routine.

The risks are 'How country can you go?' rather than 'How rock can you take it?'

That's the way it goes with the whole human thing - nobody wants to take a risk. But to be entertaining is not risky, everybody likes to be entertained.

Putting us in risk is just plain stupid.

It takes courage to look like an idiot possibly and fall and fail but that's what it takes to learn to succeed so you have to be willing to practice or rehearse to work your risk muscle.

I live my life openly and freely every day anyway, and do what I want to do, but I don't take any great risks.

A person who refuses to risk change fails to grow.

Leadership is the willingness to put oneself at risk.