Quotes About Risk

The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected.

It's best to leap into something you know you love. You might change your mind later, but that is the privilege of youth.

A certain amount of danger is essential to the quality of life.

I believe the risks I take are justified by the sheer love of the life I lead.

What's the good of living if you don't try a few things?

If I stand here, I can see the Little Red Haired girl when she comes out of her house... Of course, if she sees me peeking around this tree, she'll think I'm the dumbest person in the world... But if I don't peek around the tree, I'll never see her... Which means I probably AM the dumbest person in the world... which explains why I'm standing in a batch of poison oak.

Never jump into a pile of leaves with a wet sucker.

I guess babysitters are like used cars... You never really know what you're getting...

It's your money or you'll be wearing cement shoes - Peppermint Patty

I have probably purchased fifty 'hot tips' in my career, maybe even more. When I put them all together, I know I am a net loser.

Money, again, has often been a cause of the delusion of the multitudes. Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and risked almost their existence upon the turn of a piece of paper.

Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later.

If we don't take risks in life, the price can sometimes be far higher.

Don't let the fear of what might be rob you of the promise of what can.

In the history of mankind, no single person yet has learned to swim by having the strokes explained. At some point, they dive in.

life is either a daring adventure, or it is nothing.

Here's an image that sticks: imagine a loaded Boeing 747 crashing every three days, killing everyone aboard. That's how many people die on U.S. highways every year.

living in low-density sprawl puts residents at greater risk of arthritis, chronic lung disease, digestive problems, headaches, and urinary tract infections.

All enchantments die; only cowards die with them.

When in doubt, move, even if it's in the wrong direction.

Unfortunately, most warning systems do not warn us that they can no longer warn us.)

example of a phenomenon that will concern us in this chapter: production pressures in this high-risk system.

no matter how effective conventional safety devices are, there is a form of accident that is inevitable.

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) refers to glucose intolerance identified during pregnancy. In most patients, it subsides postpartum, although glucose intolerance in subsequent years occurs more frequently in this group of patients.