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Quotes About Risks

Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.
~ Pietro Metastasio
The truth is, as Dershowitz points out, that "no other nation in history faced with comparable challenges has ever adhered to a higher standard of human rights, been more sensitive to the safety of innocent civilians, tried harder to operate under the rule of law, or been willing to take more risks for peace.
~ Sam Harris
Good evening, sir. A bit gusty?" "Very much so, sergeant," I replied. "I think I will step into your hut for a moment and light my pipe if I may." "Certainly, sir. Matches are too scarce nowadays to take risks with 'em. But it looks as if the storm had blown over.
~ Sax Rohmer
The long-term risks of intensive farming are not yet known, for it is still in its first generation, but the BSE epidemic was a warning that caution is necessary. Perhaps in the future our industrial meat will come, like cigarettes, with a warning: FACTORY FARMED: EAT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
~ John Connell
You never know who you will meet along life's journey. You have to be open to risks, but calculated risks, open to winning.
~ Paula Deen
?Life is a series of highs and lows. The trick is to tip the balance in your favor by following your heart and taking some risks.
~ John Avery
I'm sure that there are many situations in life that are going to offer the same risks and pitfalls that you have to get past. That's just life.
~ Erol Alkan
I think we all have our own mission, duty, fate in life so for me somehow I think I am always walking on the edge of life and take risks.
~ Bai Ling
I have always trusted my instincts, I took some bold decisions in my life.....many people may say they were crazy risks.
~ Bob Hartley
The classic view of the correct price of a common stock is that it is derived from the value of all the future earnings. These earnings are uncertain and subject to unknowable factors. Could anyone have known beforehand how to allow for the impact of 9/11 on the future earnings, hence on the then current market price, of firms headquartered in the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center? These future payoffs are discounted to a present value reflecting their various probabilities and risks.
~ Edward O. Thorp
Before action, realize and estimate its outcome; it shows a clear picture of risks, for deciding accurately.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
Sure, I have resigned from specific love affairs since such a stage of life that one can neither afford nor carry out its obligations; consequently, it may earn significant risks of self-isolation.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
The world powers are responsible and accountable for global poverty and climate risks.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
We can only bring about change in our lives when we clearly see two truths: that the pain of remaining the same is greater than the pain of fighting our toughest battles, and that by taking the biggest risks, we gain the most valuable rewards.
~ Elaine Moran
A man's age is something impressive, it sums up his life: maturity reached slowly and against many obstacles, illnesses cured, griefs and despairs overcome, and unconscious risks taken; maturity formed through so many desires, hopes, regrets, forgotten things, loves. A man's age represents a fine cargo of experiences and memories.
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Certainly science, because of its ability to increase our capacities to do things, raises terrible risks for us all. If it were possible to undiscover nuclear fission, I would be very happy to undiscover it, because of the risks that it puts us all under.
~ Steven Weinberg
Like so many new moms, I felt anxiety over the impending birth of my daughter. However, most of the anxiety I felt was around the idea of raising a child. I wasn't focused on potential risks to my health or hers that could occur during the actual birth.
~ Christy Turlington
I was in my 30s when I quit my job and ran for Congress. So often, we're told it's OK to take these big career leaps when we're in our 20s, but we cast such an unfavorable light on those who take big risks later on in their careers or when they start families. There's enormous pressure to have it all figured out.
~ Reshma Saujani
The knowledge that all the games are created by the community, it gives the opportunity to try exploratory gaming concepts. Our developers take larger risks in what they make.
~ David Baszucki
Geopolitical impact is going to become one of the big risks for companies which are global.
~ Ritesh Agarwal
Whether we vote to leave or remain, there are risks to our future; there are challenges in the global economy.
~ Michael Gove
There is no pressure on me, I can take a lot of risks in the coming weeks. I feel free to ski the way I decide on race-day because the overall title was not my main target this winter.
~ Hermann Maier
You always get things that teach you and steps to grow, but there is a confidence that is gained and a deep understanding of what it means to be supported by your knowledge - not by some team that is there to create confidence; it is there within you. That takes time. That takes teachers. That takes taking risks.
~ Sharon Lawrence
While Hurricane Katrina demonstrated the dangers of failing to evacuate hospitals from the path of a storm, Hurricane Gustav demonstrated that moving thousands of sick people has its own risks. Gustav also highlighted a critical vulnerability of American hospitals - an inability to withstand prolonged blackouts.
~ Sheri Fink