Quotes About Risk

Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.

I wouldn't mind dying in a plane crash. It'd be a good way to go. I don't want to die in my sleep, or of old age, or OD...I want to feel what it's like. I want to taste it, hear it, smell it. Death is only going to happen to you once; I don't want to miss it.

Age considers; youth ventures.

Live in danger. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.

Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink.

The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.

Never take a blind date to a silent film.

The man that runs away lives to die another day.

I quit flying years ago. I don't want to die with tourists.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last.

Every generalization is dangerous, especially this one.

I believe in getting into hot water. I think it keeps you clean.

Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.

I practice safe sex - I use an airbag.

Sex is like bridge: If you don't have a good partner, you better have a good hand.

I made a killing in the stock market. My broker lost all my money, so I killed him.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope over Niagara Falls. Intelligence is not trying.

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing a ladder.

I look at going to Hollywood as going behind enemy lines. You parachute in, set up the explosion, then fly out before it goes off.

The profession of book-writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, 'At my age, I don't even buy green bananas'.

Never floss with a stranger.

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.