Quotes about risks

Poetry is the experience of liberty. The poet risks himself, chances all on the poem's all with each verse he writes.

The global financial crisis - missed by most analysts - shows that most forecasters are poor at pricing in economic/financial risks, let alone geopolitical ones.

Our nation was built by pioneers - pioneers who accepted untold risks in pursuit of freedom, not by pioneers seeking offshore profits at the expense of American workers here at home.

What await you golden treasures of risks taken.

Pushing production out of America to nations without our environmental standards increases global environmental risks.

I have a problem with censorship by the lawyer - by legal people by the publishing firm, and I may be changing publishers. They don't seem to want to take too many risks with living people.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Don't store unnecessary data, keep an eye on what's happening, and don't take unnecessary risks.

The more democratic and open a society is, the more it's exposed to terrorism. The more a country is free, not governed by a police regime, the more it risks hijackings or massacres like the ones that took place for many years in Italy and Germany and other parts of Europe.

Life's too short to play it safe sometimes. (If he feels something special about Emma, he should go for it.)

Only those who never step, never stumble.

Everyone who loves risks losing their heart every minute of every day.

Not that it matters an awful amount in the grand play of things. And it is play. All of it. It's not real. You have to live your life like you're pretending. An actor living a character's life. Otherwise you won't take risks. You won't live.

We stand the risk of stagnation, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks.

The real regrets in life are the risks you didn't take.

I have not led an ordinary life, nor a life that would suit everyone. I took great risks, but because I did, I also earned great reward. I found the way to show my true face freely, without fear. Because of this, I found true love.

You can't do that kind of thing normally, but normal dumped without a note nearly a month ago. These days, I'll happily set fire to a bridge the second after I've crossed it - I don't plan on being around for the consequences to catch up with me.

There are always risks in battle. It's a dangerous business. The trick is to take the right ones.' [said Halt].'How do you know which are the right ones?' Shigeru asked.Halt glanced at his two younger companions. They grinned and answered in chorus, 'You wait and see if you win.

You won’t be able to do this ten years from now—just leave everything behind and go.

We stand the risk of regression, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks.

Paul Buchheit: I'm suddenly reminded that, for a while, I asked people if they were playing Russian Roulette with a gun with a billion barrels (or some huge number, so in other words, some low probability that they would actually be killed), how much would they have to be paid to play one round? A lot of people were almost offended by the question and they'd say, "I wouldn't do it at any price." But, of course, we do that everyday. They drive to work in cars to earn money and they are taking ris

You know, sometimes the right thing isn’t the thing you think is right. It’s the wrong thing you’re afraid to think of.

Laisha had got a glimpse of the vast ocean that lay before her. She could either eatch it recede from her sight or plunge into it. It was not possible to take the risk of plunging headlong into the ocean. No one viewed the ocean to be drowned into it. Everyone caught only a glimpse of it, exulted in having got this farand returned home with renewed zest. The knowledge that the ocean existed was overwhelming enough. One could wallow in the idea that there was indeed a further possibility, but one

Life is full of risks.It is matter to take risks than doing nothing.Dare to take risks in life.

Why are so many very smart people not also rich? I guess they are too busy calculating risks rather than getting into action.

That's the good part of dying; when you've nothing to lose, you run any risk you want.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on the line.

But we also believe in taking risks, because that's how you move things along.

Any doctor will admit that any drug can have side effects, and that writing a prescription involves weighing the potential benefits against the risks.

The pilgrims on the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock. To my knowledge, they didn't wait around for a return trip to Europe. You settle some place with a purpose. If you don't want to do that, stay home. You avoid an awful lot of risks by not venturing outward.

There are some risks we choose to take because the benefits from taking them exceed the possible costs. Optimal behavior takes risks that are worthwhile. This is the central paradigm of finance: we must take risks to achieve rewards, but not all risks are equally rewarded.

Without industry, finance and government consciously and collaboratively ensuring that capital flows to where it is needed in order to ensure the scaling up of climate change solutions, whatever deal is agreed risks never being realised.

The two great risks are risking too much but also risking too little. That's for each person to decide. For me, not risking anything is worse than death. By far.

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do what they were most afraid of doing, to widen their horizons of action.

No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from life's slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone.

There's a freshness to the approach of teen chefs. They're lighthearted, and they're not afraid to take risks.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

Maybe you will be afraid and maybe you will fail, but the courage to take risks in any part of your life is, I feel, a very worthwhile way to live.

I realise that a novel and a film are different mediums. As artistes, we need to respect other artistes. It also needs a lot of courage to take risks to experiment and interpret known literary works.

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.

I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks.

Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.

New technologies and approaches are merging the physical, digital, and biological worlds in ways that will fundamentally transform humankind. The extent to which that transformation is positive will depend on how we navigate the risks and opportunities that arise along the way.

Issues relating to global health and sustainability must stay high on the agenda if we are to cope with an ageing and ever-increasing population, with growing pressure on resources, and with rising global temperatures. The risks and dangers need to be assessed and then confronted.

Around New York City, samples collected at dozens of beaches or piers have detected the types of bacteria and other pollutants tied to sewage overflows. Though the city's drinking water comes from upstate reservoirs, environmentalists say untreated excrement and other waste in the city's waterways pose serious health risks.

Knowing your genetic health risks will help you make better decisions.

Drinking water that does not meet a federal health guideline will not necessarily make someone ill. Many contaminants are hazardous only if consumed for years. And some researchers argue that even toxic chemicals, when consumed at extremely low doses over long periods, pose few risks.

The idea that the EU is somehow the guarantor of peace on the continent - that is in itself rash, in my view, and risks undermining the vital role of Nato.

I was profoundly moved to be the first United Nations Secretary-General to attend the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima. I also visited Nagasaki. Sadly, we know the terrible humanitarian consequences from the use of even one weapon. As long as such weapons exist, so, too, will the risks of use and proliferation.

Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.

Are we still a country that takes risks, that innovates, that believes anything is possible? Or are we a country that is resigned to whatever liberty the government decides to dish out?

Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks.

Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to.

Journalists couldn't do their jobs overseas without taking risks, and the same is true for diplomats and intelligence officers.

We need to look to our laurels a bit with television in this country. I don't think enough risks are being taken in drama television in the U.K., and I think a lot of programme makers are underestimating the intelligence of the viewing public, basing it all on ratings.

Free enterprise empowers entrepreneurs who have ideas and imagination, investors who take risks, and workers who hone their skills and offer their labor.

I've proven I'm courageous. I'm gutsier than anybody; I've got a better imagination than anybody; I'm essentially more creative than any other actor I know, and I've proven I take risks. I don't think I need to prove anything to myself any more.

Living with fear stops us taking risks, and if you don't go out on the branch, you're never going to get the best fruit.

Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough.

If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.

I just do whatever it is that I believe I should do, regardless of the risks to my life.

I don't believe in pitfalls. I believe in taking risks and not doing the same thing twice.

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life.

I take risks - that's my life on the slopes and off.

Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study.

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks.

Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.

Risk it; go for it. Life always gives you another chance, another go at it. It's very important to take enormous risks.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

I've always taken risks, and never worried what the world might really think of me.

I prefer to be alive, so I'm cautious about taking risks.

I like entrepreneurial people I like people who take risks.

Taking risks gives me energy.

Monster or not, he was risking his neck to save her.

Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.

I'm strong and fearless and not afraid to take risks in business.

The same products, services or technologies can fail or succeed depending on the business model you choose. Exploring the possibilities is critical to finding a successful business model. Settling on first ideas risks the possibility of missing potential that can only be discovered by prototyping and testing different alternatives.

You're different. You are the virgin who stayed.

You risk just as much in being credulous as in being suspicious.

Our whole way of life today is dedicated to the removal of risk. Cradle to grave we are supported insulated and isolated from the risks of life- and if we fall our government stands ready with Band-Aids of every size.

Any life truly lived is a risky business and if one puts up too many fences against the risks one ends by shutting out life itself.

However well organized the foundations of life may be life must always be full of risks.

Dancing on the edge is the only place to be.

It is so tempting to try the most difficult thing possible.

Do not be too timid and squeamish. ... All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is a chance. So take it! The person who goes furthest is the one who is willing to do and dare.

I postpone death by living by suffering by error by risking by giving by losing.

If you don't take chances you can't do anything in life.

Only those who dare truly live.

Life has no romance without risk.

We love because it is the only true adventure.

If your life is ever going to get better you'll have to take risks. There is simply no way you can grow without taking chances.

You've got to keep fighting-you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.