Quotes About Risk

he who fears to lose will never win.

A financial system running entirely on smart contract programs on a public blockchain is a big, juicy single target for hackers.

Falling on your face in public might be embarrassing, but not making the attempt at all is an even bigger failure.

Hella is only a little dangerous. On a scale of one to ten, with ten being instantly fatal-like the surface of Luna, where I've never been, but I've read about it-Hella is only a three, which is equal to some parts of Earth. It's safe to go outside without protective gear if you stay out of the sun, if you keep your breathing steady and shallow, and if you don't drink any water you didn't bring with you.

Humans haven't been on Hella long enough. We can vaccinate ourselves against the things we know are out there and all the things we think are out there, but we can't protect ourselves against all the things that might be out there that we don't know.

Every baby born is a gamble, but that doesn't stop the human race from making babies, does it?

Never wager against the success of mediocrity.

There are dangers in this model of succumbing to "committee-itis." If too many people are jointly responsible for the execution of firm business, the chances that implementation will be deferred increase exponentially.

Only a foolish woman would allow her man to earn his living as a moving target.

You have to believe there are kisses and laughs and risks worth taking.

tiny: maybe there's something you're afraid to say, or someone you're afraid to love, or somewhere you're afraid to go. it's gonna hurt. it's gonna hurt because it matters.

I know the odds are all against me and I know you might not feel this way too but I know I would rather die trying to know if I could mean something to you

It doesn't feel like a date. It doesn't feel like friendship. It feels like something that fell off the tightrope but hasn't yet hit the net.

So what do you have to confess now? I don't know why I'm saying any of this, except that is the truth. I'm confessing that I don't know if I'm ready for this. What is 'this'? Being open. Being hurt. Liking. Not being liked. Seeing the flicker on. Seeing the flicker off. Leaping. Falling. Crashing.

Please may this not be a game. Please may this not be a game. Because if it's a game, I know I'm going to lose.

I don't want to throw everything away for something uncertain.

I'm always standing on the edge of something bad.

Doubt is an acceptable risk for happiness.

To love--to fall--is not a question. To touch--to kiss--to speak--those are questions. There is nothing worse than a ruined friendship. There is nothing better than a companion. Somewhere in between lies risk. Somewhere in between, lies.

Let's make plans," I ventured. And Sofia smiled and said, "No, let's leave it to chance.

I instantly feel like the world has turned to glass. Every moment is delicate. Every movement is a risk.

The swim of things. I go on an airplane. I walk under the Empire State Building. I take the bus, and the subway, and am surrounded by strangers the whole time. I certainly have room in my life for caution, but I have no room in my life for paralyzing fear. There's always a risk. There always has been. But I'd rather live my life than die of negations.

I don't want to throw everything away for something uncertain.

When you jump, all you're going to do is fall. But leaping? Leaping is when you think there's something on the other side.