Quotes About Risk

The most dangerous enemy is that which no one fears.

No man is more prideful than he who believes himself immune to the dangers of the world.

Do stupid stuff and even stupider suff will happen to you.

They had been attacked by guys in golf carts with blow guns, jumped off a cliff, been locked in a burning school, and had their heads stapled, but putting coins in a slot machine was considered too dangerous for kids. Go figure.

It feels nice to be comfortable, but if we're comfortable all the time, we miss out on the chance to stretch and grow.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. —Helen Keller

Besser, du machst mit der vollen Kraft deines Seins einen Fehler, als dass du mit verzagendem Mut jeden Fehler vermeiden willst.

It has to be your decision. The weapon is yours to use or disregard. It pains the Core to take any human life Ã¢â'¬Â¦ or, through inaction, allow any human life to come to harm. But in this case, where the lives of billions are at risk Ã¢â'¬Â¦

Accidents are like death. Waiting for us everywhere. Inevitable. Unavoidable. Plan as we might, they defy our planning.

The human genome . . . the human soul . . . distrusts homogeneity, Raul. It – they – are always ready to take a chance, to risk change and diversity.

More climbers die during the descent than on the way up." Karakaredes seems to be considering this. After a minute he says, "Yes, but here on the summit, there must be some ritual . . ." "Hero photos," gasps Paul. "Gotta . . . have . . . hero photos." Our alien nods. "Did . . . anyone . . . bring an imaging device? A camera? I did not.

Il genoma umano, l'anima umana, diffida dell'omogeneità, Raul. È sempre pronto a cogliere al volo l'occasione, a correre il rischio del cambiamento e della diversità.

The more we have at stake, the harder it is to make the leap into writing. The more we think about who's going to read it, what they're going to think, how many copies will be printed, whether this magazine or that magazine will accept it for publication, the further away we are from accomplishing anything alive on the page.

of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man's-land.

Singin' In the Rain might get you through an anxious week or two, but it won't get you through an anxious life. For that you need either a brain transplant (the only procedure of its kind, it has been said, in which it is better to be a donor than a recipient), a fully stocked bomb shelter, or a thorough adjustment of your perspective on existential risk and reward.

Feeling stupid is no fun. But being willing to be stupid—in other words, being willing to risk the emotional pain of making mistakes—is absolutely essential, because reaching, failing, and reaching again is the way your brain grows and forms new connections.

la crainte du danger est dix mille fois plus effrayante que le danger lui-meme,et nous trouvons le poids de l'anxiete plus lourd de beaucoup que le mal que nous redoutans.

fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself

And now, increasing in business and in wealth, my head began to be full of projects and undertakings beyond my reach; such as are indeed often the ruin of the best heads in business.

Ne poznavaju?i opasnost koja mi prijeti, bio sam jednako sretan kao da je zapravo i nije bilo.

El bote era en verdad mucho mayor que todas las canoas o piraguas hechas de troncos que yo viera en mi vida. Muchos hachazos me había costado por cierto, y ahora solo faltaba botarlo al agua; de haberlo conseguido hubiera yo emprendido a su bordo el más alocado e imposible viaje de que se tenga memoria alguna.

and how toxic emotions put our physical health at as much risk as does chain-smoking, even as emotional balance can help protect our health and well-being.

un ataque de rabia podía suponer la diferencia entre la vida y la muerte, la facilidad con la que, hoy en día, un niño de trece años puede acceder a una amplia gama de armas de fuego ha terminado convirtiendo a la rabia en una reacción frecuentemente desastrosa

las emociones perturbadoras y las relaciones tóxicas han sido identificadas como factores de riesgo que favorecen la aparición de algunas enfermedades.