Quotes About Risk

Asked in a class in the late 1970s at Harvard Business School about a hypothetical CEO who discovers his product could kill customers, young Jeff Skilling said he "would keep making and selling the product. My job as a businessman is to be a profit center and to maximize return to the shareholders. It's the government's job to step in if a product is dangerous.

The partnership culture gave way to a bonus culture, in which employees felt free to take huge risks with other people's money in order to generate revenue and big bonuses. Risk management on Wall Street [became] a farce, with risk managers being steamrolled by bankers, traders, and executives focused nearly exclusively on maximizing annual profits—and the size of their annual bonuses.

No one is afraid of heights, they're afraid of falling down. No one is afraid of saying I love you, they're afraid of the answer...

After that he turned to the question of invading England. Hitler said that during the previous year he could not afford to risk a possible failure apart from that, he had not wished to provoke the British, as he hoped to arrange peace talks.

I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.

The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.

We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.

You play the percentages in this game. If you try to plan for every lightning strike and shark attack you just end up paralyzed.

Afraid to reach for something in case it didn't work out. I didn't know then that if we don't make a grab for happiness when we can, we might never get another chance." Mia

You want me to touch you right here, in full daylight

Don't jump in the water if you can't swim." —BOB MARLEY

All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid.

True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid...

Time and again, we let the fear of loss overpower rational decision-making and often make ourselves worse off just to avoid a potential loss. Psychologists call this loss aversion, and it means we often tend to prefer avoiding losses at the expense of acquiring gains.

the pain of losing a dollar is far more powerful than the pleasure of winning a dollar.

Inside the opponent's 45-yard line, facing anything less than fourth and eight, teams are better off going for it than punting. Inside the opponent's 33-yard line, they are better off going for it on anything less than fourth and 11.* Regardless of field position, on anything less than fourth and five, teams are always better off going for it.

all life is, is a series of consecutive risks joined together with hairs stood on end.

Man," said Terl, "is an endangered species.

If I take a tumble, I'll mae quite a splash, but at least I won't smash against the deck and make a mess. Still be dead, though.

There is a moment, just before I reach it that I consider going up through the lubber's hole because I'm wearing a dress, but I just can't do it. I go to the edge, do the flip over and land on the foretop. If anyone got a peek at my drawers, well, good for them, I hope they enjoyed it.

I do consider myself to be a good girl, but I do seem to lose my clothing quite often in certain highly charged circumstances. "So

Don´t let the difficulties prevent your from risk, because no matter how hard is the way, each step traveled has the convenience of being closer to his end.

I need you like - like light. You're light, all right - like a flame to a moth. I told you once that you shouldn't mess with forbidden things - I should have taken my own advice.