Quotes About Risk

You make romance a dangerous business.

Maybe it's all they were after, but gamblers gamble. It worked, as far as they're concerned.

He'd have made billions on this, Eve added. Grossed. I'll say it's gross. No, no. It was a relief to laugh. Gross income. It would cost-has to cost enormously to run the labs, develop the technology, the school, the network. The net income would be substantial, I'd think, but Eve, the cost, the risk? I think you're looking at a labor of love.

But something was broken in her. She wasn't suicidal, but in the end isn't that what happened? She risked her life, her health, her dreams every time she took those pills, washed them down with vodka.

That's a risk, isn't it? Perhaps the murderer is a fine, upstanding pillar of his community who was equally misguided.

The greatest barrier of success is the fear of failure.

islands floating in a great black sea of nothingness, and he were each time being asked to close his eyes and launch himself across the void. What if I fall? – that is what he asks himself. What if I fall and then keep falling for ever?

Una aventura? ¿Iba en serio? - ¿Qué más dará que fuera en serio? Pasada cierta edad, todas las aventuras van en serio. Igual que los ataques cardíacos.

Sometimes your whole life could hinge on a fraction of an inch. Or the beat of a nanosecond. Or the knock on a door.

you know what they say about messengers, right? Excuse me? Too much bad news will get you shot.[...]

Phury glanced at John and thought that sometimes it took only a hairbreadth between cars to avoid a mortal accident. Sometimes your whole life could hinge on a fraction of an inch. Or the beat of a nanosecond. Or the knock on a door. Kind of made a male believe in the divine.

Maybe I could do it. Darius shot him a dry look. You want to try to get back into your house after the fact? Wellsie will stake you through the heart and leave you for the sun, my friend. Tohrment winced. Good point. And then she'll come looking for me. Both males shuddered.

Otherwise, three little words would have leaked from his mouth. And undoubtedly doomed him in ways he couldn't even guess at. Bad time. Bad place. For that kind of thing. Forever.

Trust me, true? Butch barked a laugh. Last time you said that i ended up with a vampire cocktail, remember?

That's where you come in. I want into that guy's mind, and you need to tell me how to do it. Ad shrugged. Personally, I'd just use a hacksaw, but— There are potential consequences and side effects, Eddie said carefully. Like what? Well, worst case... he could end up like Adrian.

And it was kind of funny to see all these professional fighters unwilling to get within a mile of the female. Then again, if you wanted to survive doing the work they did, accurate risk assessment was something you developed early -- and even Qhuinn, who was the object of the protective instinct the Chosen was rocking, wouldn't have dared touch her.

Conservatism is the cousin of cowardice.

As he stepped forward, it dawned on her that this was a bad idea. If he wanted to talk she should meet him downstairs. After all, he was very male. And she was very naked. And they were now... yup, shut in a bedroom together. Good planning. Excellent work. Maybe she should jump out a window next.

you know what they say about messengers, right? Excuse me? Too much bad news will get you shot.

His big body was nothing but death waiting for a place to happen.

You couldn't soar if you didn't leap.

And he'd cozied up to a lightning strike once or twice before.

So you're really going to do this?" Tohrment asked him. Darius glanced across the shallow table. The other vampire's eyes met his own. "Yeah. I am." Tohrment nursed his Scotch and smiled grimly. Only the very tips of his fangs showed. "You're crazy, D." "You should know." Tohrment tilted his glass in deference. "But you're raising the bar. -Tohrment & Darius

You don't go anywhere near that demon. Are we clear? You fucking leave this right where it is. I gave up my own shot at love for nothing, as it turned out, but you've got yours as long as you don't wake up dead from being a fucking hero.