Quotes About Risk

Nasuada told me of what Az Sweldn rak Anhûin attempted. Always you get into trouble when I am not with you. His smile widened. And when you are? I eat the trouble before it eats you.

Life was the most dangerous thing there was.

Christopher Paolini

There's no such thing as safety. Only degrees of risk.

Mieux vaut mourir en plein vol que de périr écrasé au sol

If there really are such creatures in here, it would be the discovery of a lifetime.' 'If there really are such creatures in here,' Sally countered, 'your lifetime might be very short.

Any odds are good odds for the damned

On the contrary, a company was more likely to asphyxiate on its own success.

Trust is risk, and risk avoidance is the name of the game in business. ~ Tom West. 130-131

A great deal has been written on the question of how to motivate industrial workers. Presumably such literature arises because so many jobs have been made so trivial that few people can find any meaning at all in them. It may be that techniques of management alone can't cure the problem. But clearly, for even the most potentially interesting jobs to be meaningful, there must be managers who are willing to throw away the management handbooks and take some risks.

As for the name of the theory behind selling enough stock to become millionaires, Richman told me, "I don't know how you put it in the vernacular. We called it the Fuck You Theory.

This is teenage madness.

Yellow decided to risk for a butterfly. For courage she hung right beside the other cocoon and began to spin her own. 'Imagine, I didn't even know I could do this. That's some encouragement that i'mon the right track. If I have the stuff inside me to make cocoons—maybe the stuff of butterflies is there too.

Most people would not open a door unless they knew what lay beyond, and even if they opened the door by mistake, they would find an uninteresting room beyond.

There will be other ways you can make your mark. Ways that are as satisfying, with far less risk. You only need to be patient, and ready to grasp opportunities when they come." - Lord Rothen

Risk. Only when you know the other could easily leave you, do you appreciate when he stays. Only when it's not easier on them to like you than not, do you appreciate it when they do." - Achati

Of course there are risks – there are risks to everything a magician does." - Lorkin

Some things are worth risking lives for," he said. "If you had seen what the Ashaki do – experienced it – you'd want to rid the world of them, too." - Lorkin

The loved ones of a Thief are never safe. - Cery

Do I dare. Disturb the universe?

Solo aquellos que se arriesgan a ir demasiado lejos sabrán lo lejos que pueden llegar.

You play crotch roulette, you're gonna hit double zero once in a while.

True confidence is not about hoping that you can take this risk (that's called courage) and overcome this challenge (that's perseverance); it's about realistically expecting that you can do it, based on previously demonstrated performance. A confident guy expects the woman to engage

Machines have no fear of the unfamiliar.