Quotes About Risk

getting run up a tree by a bear was part of the adventure and the fun of Glacier Park;

He thought that just because he couldn't conceive of a threat to his ship it was safe.

If something both excites you and scares you, it is probably worth doing.

Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience. Otherwise they fall into desuetude and become unfashionable, unorthodox—finally irregulationary.

When launching something new, you have to go for it—"playing not to lose" can never be an option.

Si descubría nuevos mundos, poco importaba que fuese por error.

There is a very easy way to return from a casino with a small fortune: go there with a large one.

Wanting Kate was one thing. Sex was simple. Or it could be. But liking her? Enjoying spending time with her? Allowing her into his private life, as Brody had tonight, albeit at his sisters' invitation? It would lead to nothing but trouble.

American stuntmen are smart - they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance... But in Hong Kong, we don't know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If you've got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt.

The movie business is a big gamble.

How did you do all those dangerous stunts, jumping off rooftops and over cliffs?' I said, 'Oh, that's even simpler. It's just rolling, action, jump, cut, hospital!

took chances every inch of the way. I had to fight for my independence.

But in her seventy and more years, she had learned that the risks taken for others gave the greatest rewards.

My denial and irresponsible attitude about asthma put me at great risk and caused me so much needless suffering. My hope is that the kids I talk to learn to open up about their asthma, become educated about their condition, and seek help.

Coffee has carcinogens, causes cancer. And it also has caffeine. So not only are you dying, you watch yourself go.

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.

There has been a huge advance in technology, which has improved the safety of the cars incredibly, but there are still some heavy crash impacts and in certain circumstances there is still the chance of fire today.

We were racing at circuits where there were no crash barriers in front of the pits, and fuel was lying about in churns in the pit lane. A car could easily crash into the pits at any time. It was ridiculous.

If the internet is a legal minefield, it's also an ocean of buried treasure; you just have to dig in the right place.

Like the Chinese, the Italian is a born gambler.

Rose wasn't 'ordinary'. What was I supposed to do? Wrap her in cotton wool? Tell her 'Here, I could give you the universe, but I'm not going to in case you get hurt? There's all this stuff out there, all these planets, all these wonders, but I want you to stay at home and work in a shop?

Sit down and talk to the man, for God's sake. You didn't know that love was a high-risk business? It surely is. But not taking the risk is terrible,

Peace is only possible when one of the warring sides takes the first step, the hazardous initiative, the risk of opening up dialogue, and decides to make the gesture that will lead not only to an armistice but to peace.

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