Quotes About Risk

Our squadron commander said, 'You've got to shoot down four enemy planes before you're shot down yourself because that's what the odds are. Otherwise you're wasting your time.

Sharks are more "natural" than life rafts-at least according to vulgar understanding-but, if forced to dive off a sinking ship and swim for my life, I'd rather meet a life raft than a shark! I daresay that radical environmentalists would share this view if the choice were actually forced upon them.2

Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread.

The only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort.

The coming tsunami will not spare China, where credit-fueled economic growth has built a Himalayan mountain of debt, about 330 percent of GDP.

Emerging markets often get in trouble when the Fed hikes interest rates rapidly, or the price of exported commodities falls sharply—or both.

We totter now on a precipice, the ground shaking beneath us. Yet most of us still imagine that the future will resemble the past. That's a whopping mistake. New warning signs look clear and compelling.

Play is experimenting with chance.

The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.

Bütün hayat?m?z? yersiz çekingenliklerle mi geçirece?iz Olric? Cesareti yaln?z kafam?zda m? ya?ayaca??z?

Akl?m?z maceralardan korkmas?n biraz.

Tehlikeli oyunlar oynamak istiyor insan, bir yandan da k?l?na zarar gelsin istemiyor. Küçük oyunlar istemiyorum albay?m.

Önemli olan, geri dönmeyi göze alamayaca??m?z kadar yol gitmi? olmakt?r bu konuda.

Kötü bir resim asar?m korkusuyla hiç resim asmad?m; kötü ya?ar?m korkusuyla hiç ya?amad?m

What-ifs are for fools

That said, I, Beck Phillips, take full responsibility for being stuck in m y school's pitch-black venting system with my friend Jason, behind me and a garbage bag full of angry bees in front of me.

Some people live for the thrill of dumb things.

The greatest danger of a terrorist's bomb is in the explosion of stupidity that it provokes.

Le plus grand danger de la bombe d'un terroriste est dans l'explosion de bêtise qu'elle provoque

Positive obsession is about not being able to stop just because you're afraid and full of doubts. Positive obsession is dangerous. It's about not being able to stop at all.

These things frighten people. It's best not to talk about them." "But, Dad, that's like … like ignoring a fire in the living room because we're all in the kitchen, and, besides, house fires are too scary to talk about.

The weak can overcome the strong if the weak persist. Persisting isn't always safe, but it's often necessary.

These things frighten people. It's best not to talk about them." "But, Dad, that's like … like ignoring a fire in the living room because we're all in the kitchen, and, besides, house fires are too scary to talk about." "Don't warn Joanne or any of your other friends

It shouldn't be so easy to nudge people toward what might be their own destruction.