Quotes About Risk

I have discovered the virtue of patience and I don't quite believe that taking a break for good reason can be a risk.

The attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. There is always the hope that something dangerous will happen.

Just as most of us prefer to watch a trapeze artist work without a net, we like to be absolutely sure that a virtuoso is giving us our money's worth, and a seemingly effortless performance, no matter how spectacular it may be, deprives us of that slightly sadistic thrill.

If we are too friendly to nice, decent bishops, we run the risk of buying into the fiction that there's something virtuous about believing things because of faith rather than because of evidence. We run the risk of betraying scientific enlightenment.

An AIDS-free generation would mean that virtually no child is born with HIV; that, as those children grow up, their risk of becoming infected is far lower than it is today; and that those who become infected can access treatment to help prevent them from developing AIDS and from passing the virus on to others.

Liability is being assessed against companies who inadvertently have shipped a virus to another company. Rather than risk the incredibly bad PR, these companies fork over.

New technologies can be used for destructive purposes. The answer is to develop rapid-response systems for new dangers like a bioterrorist creating a new biological virus.

You can't take a knife on a plane anymore, but you can get on carrying a virus.

I think we have other things to worry about than some Zika virus.

The higher the rate of covid-19 in a community, the more likely any one individual you come into contact with has the virus and the riskier your interactions become.

The risk from viruses is an unanswered question - and it won't be answered until you have had organs transplanted into humans over many years.

Tobacco, UV rays, viruses, heredity, and age are the main causes of cancer.

There's been intelligence that terrorists would look to programs such as the visa waiver program to exploit.

You were not in control You had no visibility: maybe there was a car in front of you, maybe not.

We have to provide more visibility, more certainty to the investors and reduce the cost of failure.

The black market poses a greater risk to the integrity of sports than open, visible, and regulated betting.

It's very important to take risks. I think that research is very important, but in the end you have to work from your instinct and feeling and take those risks and be fearless. When I hear a company is being run by a team, my heart sinks, because you need to have that leader with a vision and heart that can move things forward.

I have always been up for risks, but only because I had full confidence and faith in the vision of my directors.

If you sign up for intimacy, getting hurt is part of the deal.

I once thought about becoming a beekeeper," Charlotte says, breaking the silence, and this is less surprising to me than her sudden wish to leave. She finds terrifying situations thrilling—bungee jumping, skydiving, swimming with sharks.

anymore." I thought about how many people avoid trying for things they really want in life because it's more painful to get close to the goal but not achieve it than not to have taken the chance in the first place. During

Lately I've been anxious about pretty much everything. Even little things like making small commitments have left me paralyzed. I've become cautious, afraid of taking risks and making mistakes because I've made so many already and I fear I won't have time to clean up the mistakes anymore.

how many people avoid trying for things they really want in life because it's more painful to get close to the goal but not achieve it than not to have taken the chance in the first place.

Do not fear to step into the unknown For where there is risk, there is also reward.