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Quotes About Risk

To be safe is to be afraid.
~ Christopher Moore
Steady and righteous we may be, my friend, but without courage to risk ourselves for our brother, we are but politicians—blustering whores to rhetoric.
~ Christopher Moore
So safe," Coyote said, "that you can lose it in a day? To be safe is to be afraid. Is that what you want: to be afraid?
~ Christopher Moore
Where do you think this guy is leading us?' 'Probably somewhere to murder and kill us.' 'Yeah, at least one of those.
~ Christopher Moore
I have followed my penis into hell and returned with the story.
~ Christopher Moore
Ah, Lazarus, said the Emperor, scratching his charge behind the ears, if we had even half the courage of our small comrade, we would go into that drain and find him. But what are we without him, our courage, our valor? Steady and righteous we may be, my friend, but without courage to risk ourselves for our brother, we are but politicians - blustering whores to rhetoric.
~ Christopher Moore
Sam tried to think of a quick explanation, but was too weary from lack of sleep to tackle the concept of Las Vegas in twenty-five words or less. Finally he said, "These are places where you go if you want to fuck up your life and you don't have a lot of time to do it in." "Are we going to stop?" "No, I seem to be fucking up at a fine rate of speed, thank you.
~ Christopher Moore
Thats the spirit-one part brave,three parts fool.
~ Christopher Paolini
We are about to change history, said Saphira. We're throwing ourselves off a cliff without knowing how deep the water below is. Ah, but what a glorious flight! (Eragon to Saphira)
~ Christopher Paolini
It is better to ask for an apology than to ask for permission.
~ Christopher Paolini
He tapped one of the ivory spikes between his legs and said, 'There be as good a way to lose your manhood as ever I've seen'.
~ Christopher Paolini
There is no more exciting sport than flying, for if you lose, you die.
~ Christopher Paolini
The poison dart hidden in the raisin tart. ...
~ Christopher Paolini
Having no other recourse, Roran resorted to the unexpected: he stuck his head and neck out and shouted, BAH! just as he would if he were trying to scare someone in a dark hallway...
~ Christopher Paolini
There's no such thing as safety. Only degrees of risk.
~ Christopher Paolini
Nothing is more dangerous than an enemy with nothing to loose.
~ Christopher Paolini
If we are to tempt fate, then let us not be cowards about it.
~ Christopher Paolini
Si no haces algún enemigo de vez en cuando, es que eres un cobarde... o algo peor. Ángela
~ Christopher Paolini
As he gazed at the sun-darkened warriors, battle-worn before him, he decided that he would rather fight a hundred enemies than have to stand up in public and risk the disapproval of others.
~ Christopher Paolini
There are no safe paths anymore
~ Christopher Paolini
Nothing is more dangerous than an enemy with nothing to lose, he thought. Which is what I have become.
~ Christopher Paolini
As he gazed at the sun-darkened, battle-worn warriors before him, he decided that he would rather fight a hundred enemies by himself than have to stand up in public and risk the disapproval of others.
~ Christopher Paolini
What of it? If you don't make a few enemies every now and then, you're a coward - or worse. Besides, it was worth it to see his reaction.
~ Christopher Paolini
One part brave, three parts fool.
~ Christopher Paolini