Quotes About Risk

Some would argue the opposite: that with better pitches you should be able to express yourself, a bit like Kevin Pietersen does. Looking back, I wish I had been a bit more like that. But I always had a fear of failure, a fear of getting out, so I tried to eliminate risk from my game.

The rise of childhood obesity has placed the health of an entire generation at risk.

Limits should be placed on how big big banks can become.

At some point, most of us reach a place where we're afraid to fail, where we instinctively avoid failure and stick only to what is placed in front of us or only what we're already good at. This confines us and stifles us.

When governments fail us, what else can people do except take to direct action? When corporate power can so dominate government policy-making that whole communities are placed at risk, where else can people turn?

Second, there are two problems with respect to mobile homes in particular. One is we obviously don't want to put them in a flood plain, because if there's another flood, you're going to lose the mobile home.

The point is, when you have a chance to have a big adventure, especially if, like in your case, it doesn't hurt anyone, it's just plain foolish not to take it.

I'm going to give you everything I've got, I'm going to put my body on the line, and I'm going to entertain you. Plain and simple.

Sometimes you've got to break the rules to make money, that's just plain and simple.

People shouldn't be living in certain places - on earthquake faults or on flood plains. But they do, and there are consequences.

You can plan to be brave - it's even better if you just try to be brave.

Individuals should think about the worst-case scenarios and plan for them. The world will be crazier than you think it will be. Put money away, and then you can live with much more freedom.

I'm scared of heights, but for my 30th birthday I'm going to try and get someone to kick me out of a plane and do a parachute jump.

I will jump on anybody's private plane at the drop of a hat. I'm an old-fashioned lower-middle-class boy.

The men and women who make up a plane's crew put their lives in jeopardy each time they fly. It's our job as much as anyone's to make sure we make it as safe as possible up there for them.

You may hate the pilot but you don't want the plane to crash.

I figured if the plane goes down, I'll go with a great genius and will always have my name connected with his.

If you think, 'I'm jumping out of a plane at 30,000 feet!' you're not going to do it. But if you just jump out, then you'll have an interesting ride.

I'd like to jump out of a plane. I have a fear of heights I'd like to face.

I've flown halfway around the world to kiss a girl. I jumped on a plane and flew to Australia.

Heights are a problem for me. I'm not a brave flier and I'd never jump out of a plane or do a bungee jump.

I don't know if you'll see me jumping out of planes anytime soon.

I don't do small planes!

A world is in danger, this planet is in great danger!