Quotes About Risk

All her life, she had learned that passion, like fire, was a dangerous thing. It so easily went out of control.

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Erano gli unici, i soldati, ad accorgersi che le donne esistevano ancora. Nella citùù disordinata e sempre all'erta, più nessuno osservava le donne di un tempo, nessuno le seguiva, nemmeno vestite da estate, nemmeno se ridevano. Anche in questo la guerra, io l'avevo prevista. Per me questo rischio era cessato da un pezzo. Se avevo ancora desideri, non avevo più illusioni.

Reizen heeft iets geweldadigs, het dwingt je om vreemden te vertrouwen, en de geborgenheid van huis en vrienden achter te laten.

When I'm old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say, "Wow, that was an adventure", not, "Wow, I sure felt safe." - Tom Preston-Werner

Take calculated risks with your career. Don't let fear consume you. And if you're not having fun, you're not going to be excellent.

Our biggest regrets are not for the things we have done but for the things we haven't done

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In an underdeveloped country, don't drink the water; in a developed country, don't breathe the air.

I was terrified to do 'G.I. Joe.' I had no idea how to do one of those movies. I was kind of scared. You know, if one of those doesn't work, it's a huge hit on your career. People are like, 'Well he couldn't make a $170 million movie work. I don't want him in my film.'

Going to war is like going to law - the only certain outcome is the cost

So, I'm happy to do that because it's a wonderful working relationship but I will be going out for pilot season for half hour work and that's the gamble I'm taking.

We (that's my ship and I) took off rather suddenly. We had a report somewhere around 4 o'clock in the afternoon before that the weather would be fine, so we thought we would try it.

I live only in the moment in this strange, unmortal space, crowded with beauty, pierced with danger.

If you are afraid of failure you don't deserve to be successful.

It was a perfect day to rob a bank.

If there was something that all the time had in common, what your English teacher would call a "theme," it would be this: Don't get caught.

One afternoon a bunch of us went downtown to sell our blood for $10 a pint to get some more money to keep drinking shots and beer. On the way back we saw a sign for a carnival. It said that if you could last three rounds with a kangaroo you'd win $100. That was a better deal than the blood money we had just made. So off we went to the carnival. They

I don't care how tough you are or how tough you think you are, if they want you you're theirs. It's usually your best friend that walks up to you talking about a football bet and you're gone. Like Giancana got it frying eggs and sausages in olive oil with an old friend he trusted. This

The difference between a brave man and a coward is a coward thinks twice before jumping in the cage with a lion. The brave man doesn't know what a lion is. He just thinks he does.

There is something about writing poetry that brings a man close to the cliff's edge.

Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste.

The gambler is a moral suicide.

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.