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Quotes About Risk

aim is to encourage our daughters to consider the actual hazards of risk taking, not the logistics of defying authority.
~ Unknown
However, if a person bothers a shark it will fight back and will cause severe injuries, or even kill a person. It is best to leave this shark
~ Unknown
Why the hell not?
~ Lisa Graff
I was just trying to give you the teen-male perspective." "Which is?" "If it moves, screw it.
~ Lisa Jackson
Everyone thinks that. That's the reason people cheat on their spouses, because this new relationship is just so exciting and new.
~ Lisa Jackson
The higher They Climb, The Harder They Fall " - Cole's Pa
~ Lisa Jackson ~ Absolute Fear
Like I might be about to do something really, really stupid. And knowing I'm going to do it isn't going to stop it from happening.
~ Lisa Jewell
I mean," says Blue, "that a man who can't love but desperately needs to be loved is a dangerous thing indeed.
~ Lisa Jewell
That knife edge of time that could end with a laugh and a hug or a broken finger ir a Chinese burn.
~ Lisa Jewell
I'll take your bet," he said grimly. "I'm going to win it. And in three months, I'm going to put this back on your finger, and take you to bed, and do things to you that are outlawed in the civilized world.
~ Lisa Kleypas
I realized I wasn't going to find a man until I was willing to expose myself to possible harm, to assume the risks of rejection and betrayal and heartbreak that came along with caring about someone. Someday, I promised myself, I would be ready for that kind of risk.
~ Lisa Kleypas
Because letting someone in close meant they could hurt you. I knew all about that kind of fear. I lived with it.
~ Lisa Kleypas
The Rom believe you should take the road that calls to you, and never turn back. Because you never know what adventures await." He reached for her slowly, giving her every opportunity to object. Through the cottony gauze of her nightgown, he touched the curve of her hips. He brought her close, into his hard weight. "So we're going to take this road," he murmured, "and see where it leads.
~ Lisa Kleypas
Fencing isn't really fighting. It's more like chess with the risk of puncture wounds
~ Lisa Kleypas
I want you," he muttered. "Get rid of him and take me. The only risk is losing someone you don't have anyway. He's not what you need, Ella. I am" "Unbelievable," I said in disgust. "What's unbelievable?" "Your ego. It's surrounded by its own cloud of antimatter. You're a black hole of...of hubris!
~ Lisa Kleypas
Babies were dangerous . . . they made you fall in love before you knew what was happening.
~ Lisa Kleypas
The first time you went out, you became mixed up with a group of radical political terrorists." "That could have happened to anyone!
~ Lisa Kleypas
There were times in life when you had to take a risk that might end in failure. Because otherwise you would be haunted by what you hadn't done... the paths you hadn't taken, the things you hadn't experienced.
~ Lisa Kleypas
Safe men are for marrying. Dangerous men are for pleasure.
~ Lisa Kleypas
She understood the risks, the limits, the possible consequences, and she was willing to accept all of that in return for the sheer joy of being with him. One night with him…one hundred… whatever fate allowed her, she would take.
~ Lisa Kleypas
So you dared to walk into the lion's den." She smiled up into his intent dark eyes. "As it turned out, there was no danger." "No?" His voice held gently mocking note. "Look where it's led. You're in my bedroom with your dress undone.
~ Lisa Kleypas
You're not trying to protect me. You're trying to protect yourself." She hugged herself to him tightly. "But you can force yourself to take the risk of loving someone, can't you?" "No," he whispered. "Yes. You must." Evie closed her eyes and pressed her face against his. "Because I love you, Sebastian…and I need you to love me back. And not in h-half measures.
~ Lisa Kleypas
Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.
~ Warren E. Burger
I think Barack Obama is a socialist. I think he cares for his country - don't get me wrong about that - but I think he truly misunderstands what this country was based upon, the values that America was based upon, which was free enterprise and having the ability to risk your capital and having a chance to have a return on your investment.
~ Rick Perry