Quotes About Risk

Only one thing is ever guaranteed, that is that you will definitely not achieve the goal if you don't take the shot.

The danger is not to set your goal too high and fail to reach it. It's to set your goal too low and reach it

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

Of course risk is part of spaceflight. We accept some of that to achieve greater goals in exploration and find out more about ourselves and the universe.

Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk.

Those that reach their goals perish.

Your goal is to launch an imperfect product and let people laugh at you.

Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo.

My only goal was to make the largest profit possible for my employer. I was caught in a spiral that - with the support of my bosses - continued to lead up and up.

The goal is to avoid mediocrity by being prepared to try something and either failing miserably or triumphing grandly.

If your goal is to produce firefighters and rescue workers, you have to produce people willing to enter burning buildings.

It's not about failure it's about trying something and risking something for attaining your goal.

Just follow your bliss, that's all you have to do. Be willing to be disappointed, for if you risk nothing, you'll have nothing worth having.

Skiing: I do not participate in any sport with ambulances at the bottom of the hill

Sometimes I wave to people I don't know. It's very dangerous to wave to someone you don't know, because what if they don't have a hand? They'll think you're cocky. 'Look what I got... This thing is useful. I'm gonna go pick somethin' up.'

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.

When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.

I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.

Computers have enabled people to make more mistakes faster than almost any invention in history, with the possible exception of tequila and hand guns

I went on a children's roller coaster once when I was maybe 12-or some age when I was considered a little old to be on a kiddy ride. Absolutely terrified. Thought I was going to die.

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.

The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

One of the worst things that can happen in life is to win a bet on a horse at an early age.

There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age.