Quotes About Risk

Concepts such as 'risk factor modification' and 'prevention' are often considered boring and they may not initiate or sustain the levels of motivation needed to make and maintain comprehensive lifestyle changes.

Any societal platform needs a bold steward, willing to hold the moral compass and risk failure. A system steward must persist as a positive catalyst that continuously creates opportunities and sustains the grammar of the intent.

The world is at a big risk from climate change. We have to come up with solutions, to bring in a sustainable economy.

Whatever you do needs to be sustainable over time, and taking the money in the short term and taking it in a bubble - like buying an Internet stock in 2000 - may not be sustainable.

The truth is the middle class is not only stagnant but it is my fear that, without sustained and focused action, it is at risk of disappearing.

Vinod Khosla is best known for shunning convention and taking massive risks on companies he calls 'black swans' -companies with a near-complete chance of failure. But, if they succeed, the world will be forever changed.

Don't swap horses in crossing a stream.

Racing may be a minority sport, but I wouldn't swap it for all the money in the world.

To swear off making mistakes is very easy. All you have to do is swear off having ideas.

Even though I'm used to losing bets every day, I am not calm when I sweat a game.

Anything called the Teflon Corner is not sweet for free-soloing.

I got lucky with 'The Girlfriend Experience' in the sense that it was one season and was meant to be that way. When I signed on, they told me that every season is going to be a different girl. I was like, 'Sweet. If I hate it, then I'm out.'

Markets may in the short-term correct. But in a bull market the correction is always sharp, swift and short-lived.

It's always nerve-wracking when you're hosting 'Saturday Night Live.' You either sink or swim.

A lot of people think it's insane to swim out in blue water with a great white shark, but my experience tells me I can do it safely. Other people might consider it mad, granted, but then I might think what they do is mad.

Challenge yourself, jump off the deep end and learn to swim.

And as a woman, you need to take risks. Don't stay too long in your own swim lane.

I think I've gotten to the point in my life where I have to do everything that I'm scared of because you're not going to learn anything if you don't, so you just have to dive in the deep end and see if you can swim.

I always wanted to swim the Channel, which is insane.

A lot of guys that were trailblazers, if we were to go back to the actual time, were just really scared and had no choice, but the water's rushing in, and you either swim or sink.

Sometimes it's like teaching a kid how to swim; sometimes you throw them in the deep end and tell them, 'Don't die. Keep moving your arms.' It's kind of like that with acting sometimes, where there's a lot of trust afforded.

I am not a swimmer so a bit of phobia is always there with water stunts.

I'm just a simple guy swimming in a sea of sharks.

Open-water swimming scares the hell out of me.