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Quotes About Averse

She's suing him for alimony. She would actually like to settle, but he prefers to go to court. That's not surprising—she can only gain, so she's risk averse. He, on the other hand, faces options that are all bad, so he'd rather take the risk.
~ Daniel Kahneman
In general, risk-averse behavior has been common among all groups that operated along the margins of survival.
~ James Dale Davidson
As a great master once observed: "There are two methods of becoming god, the upright or the averse." Let the mind become as a flame or a pool of still water.
~ Peter J. Carroll
I know what my strengths and weaknesses are on the pitch. My duty is to be risk averse.
~ Xabi Alonso
investors are constitutionally averse to buying into a troubled situation.
~ Benjamin Graham
I had accumulated some capital and was at an age at which I was interested in generating income. But even though I was risk averse, I was interested in growth stocks.
~ James MacArthur
As our schools become more feelings centered, risk averse, competition-free, and sedentary, they move further and further from the characteristic sensibilities of boys.
~ Christina Hoff Sommers
I don't think the government should touch art. Governments are risk averse. They encourage risk-averse personalities to be artists.
~ Dave Hickey
He had no frame of reference, and couldn't read—most faeries were studiously averse to print.
~ Jim Butcher
I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship alone, I can hardly accuse myself of a personal intrusion.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley