Quotes About Risk

Not knowing doesn't mean you're condemned to anxiety; rather, not knowing calls for trust, and trust is crucial to good performance. Uncertainty is essential to the game.

The boat is safe, secure, and comfortable. On the other hand, the water is rough. The waves are high. The wind is strong. There's a storm out there. And if you get out of the boat—whatever your boat might happen to be—there's a good chance you might sink.

I am not a courageous person by nature. I have simply discovered that, at certain key moments in this life, you must find courage in yourself, in order to move forward and live. It is like a muscle and it must be exercised, first a little, and then more and more. All the really exciting things possible during the course of a lifetime require a little more courage than we currently have. A deep breath and a leap.

I'm raising jailbait in a valley full of horny soldiers; it is never too early to start drinking.

Just remember, Miller growled, over the radio. Once you ignite the fuse, Mister Satchel Charge is not your friend.

Part of being open to learning is taking risks!

Everything we're doing is freakin' iffy. That's what makes it so much fun.

Like the NRA says, it's better to have a machine gun and not need it than to need a machine gun and not have it.

Yael chipped in: "He is trying to sell this artifact he stole. The people he is trying to sell it to are extremely dangerous. People who might kill him, if they need to, to get the stone." Virgil added, "Hezbollah, among others." Yael added, "And Texans.

Would you trust a bomb to a company called 'Oops'?

It's a game, you know," he said, testing her. "You can't back off in a game and win. You either go balls to the wall, or somebody takes you out and you're no good anymore.

Her father had warned Letty against going for rides with highway patrolmen. "When it comes to driving, they're a little . . . out there, I guess you'd say. 'Fast' isn't good enough for them.

How come you don't have a gun?" she asked, through her open car door. "Aren't cops required to carry guns? I read that somewhere." "In my experience, bad things can happen if you carry a handgun," Virgil said. "For one thing, it causes your shoulder to slope in the direction of the pocket you carry it in. Over the years, that could cause spinal problems.

They sat in silence for a minute, then Dannon said, "What do you want me to do?" "Think about it," she said. "You're smart. And I'll think about it overnight. We'll talk tomorrow morning. It's all a balancing of the various risks, and the various goals. It's like a calculus problem: and there is an answer.

I can be careful," Dannon said, "but it's still a little more chum in the water. We could be stirring up the sharks." "It's a small risk, and we need to take it," she said. "Make the call. Let's see what happens.

You threw him into space?" "Yup." "And he didn't die?" "We only threw him out a little bit." Marce

Dirk Moeller didn't know if he could fart his way into a major diplomatic incident. But he was ready to find out.

Attempting to use a biological agent against your enemy while avoiding its effects on you is like trying to use a grenade by holding onto it and hoping all the shrapnel flies in the direction of the person you want to kill.

For two years, all you have to do is go where they tell you, stay behind your rifle, and kill and not be killed. It's simple, but simple isn't the same as easy.

Destiny gets compressed, you know, into just that small fraction of a second you have right in front of you at any one time. And there's nothing romantic about keeping your head down to avoid getting shot, or trying to save a friend who's been injured, or coming face to face with a creature who is as smart and mean and as terrified of dying as you are, and who wants to make sure that if someone is left on the ground there, it's you and not it.

If someone is telling you to live in interesting times, they are basically telling you they want you to die horribly, and to suffer terribly before you do. Seriously, they are not your friend. This is a tip I am giving you for free.

The moral of the story was not to wear a red shirt. Or go on away missions when you're the only one whose name isn't on the opening credits.

It's not that Seaborg disliked Harvey, but after a couple of combat drops with the 2nd Platoon one got the sense that if you didn't like things to explode unnecessarily around you, you would want to stay well clear of Daniel Harvey.

Now if you'll excuse me, gentlemen, I need to play Russian roulette with our planet's future with the bullet you've so thoughtfully provided. I hope you don't mind if I don't see you out.