Quotes About Risk

a spy's life isn't about never taking chances. It's about taking chances that are worth the risk.

A lot of people think that being a Gallagher Girl means not being afraid of anything. Actually, that couldn't be further from the truth. It's not about ignoring fear. It's about facing it, knowing the risks and the costs and sacrificing safety and security anyway.

When I took aim at the very place Amirah had been just seconds before and pulled the trigger, I knew the risk. I knew the cost. And I would do it all over again in a heartbeat if I had to.

It's encrypted," Bex hissed in frustration. "We risked our bloody necks and we can't even read it. I tell you, I'm half tempted to break into CIA custody just so I can break Joe Solomon out of CIA custody just so I can break Joe Solomon.

Keep an eye out for caves," she told Logan. "And sometimes you can crawl into the big trees, nest in around the roots. But we have to be careful." "Because of bears?" Logan asked. "And wolves," she said. "Wolves like places like that." "Oh. There are wolves now. Yay," Logan said.

That's the thing about being a criminal," Kat told her. "Nothing ever goes according to plan.

I have never been one to fall when I can jump.

I tell you, I'm half tempted to break into CIA custody just so I can break Joe Soloman out of CIA custody just so I can break Joe Soloman." -Bex Baxter

But the part I remember most was when a man stepped out onto the high wire, fifty feet about the ground. By the time he reached the other side, five other people had climbed onto his shoulders, but I wasn't watching him—I was too busy starting at my father, who looked on as if he knew what it felt like, up there without a net.

given enough rope, eventually, I am bound to hang myself.

I ease out my third-story window and drop onto the brick ledge below, but I'm not even a little bit afraid. I should be, I know. If I were normal. If I had good sense. If I were sane.

There were always a million ways a job could go wrong, but only one way for it to go right.

When the car stopped, Kat and Hale got out. Kat walked quickly, crunching gravel beneath her feet, and ran her hand through her hair—the very gesture she'd seen her father make a thousand times. . . . Right before he agreed to do something stupid.

The odds of bringing her back alive increase by twenty-seven percent if Bex and Macey go. - Liz

When I was twelve I broke my leg jumping off the wall between Canada and Germany.

H?rs?zlar çok ÅŸey istememelidir; bu ironik ama gerçektir. Yürüyerek kaçamayaca??n bir yerde asla durma. Geride b?rakamayaca??n bir ÅŸeye asla sahip olma. (syf. 28)

Ä°nsanlar Las Vegas'a pek çok sebeple gelirdi. Baz?lar? zengin olmak istediÄŸi için, baz?lar? ise evlenmek istediÄŸi için. Baz?lar? kaybolmak, baz?lar? bulunmak isterdi. Baz?lar? oraya koÅŸarak giderdi. Baz?lar?ysa oradan kaçard?. Las Vegas Kat'e daima insanlar?n hiçbir ÅŸey vermeden bir ÅŸeyler almay? umduklar? koca bir h?rs?zlar ÅŸehri gibi gelmiÅŸti. (syf. 55)

Fallen Angel?" "Maybe," Kat answered, looking to the sky. "But even on a night with no moon, that inner courtyard is awfully small to risk someone seeing you or your parachute. And no one builds guard towers if they aren't going to fill them with guards.

Nadie prefiere ya lo malo conocido a lo bueno por conocer.

Era demasiado amor. Demasiado grande, demasiado complicado, demasiado confuso, y arriesgado, y fecundo, y doloroso. Tanto como yo podía dar, más del que me convenía. Por eso se rompió. No se agotó, no se acabó, no se murió, sólo se rompió, se vino abajo como una torre demasiado alta, como una apuesta demasiado alta, como una esperanza demasiado alta.

Death is only one of many ways to lose your life.

In religious belief as elsewhere, we must take our chances, recognizing that we could be wrong, dreadfully wrong. There are no guarantees; the religious life is a venture; foolish and debilitating error is a permanent possibility. (If we can be wrong, however, we can also be right.)

Risky is not the same as crazy. Failing is not the same as being worthless.

dreamweaves were doing more harm than good. They were endangering people, making them believe in a false sense of security. Resulting in a population of delusional people, running around, taking unnecessary risks. And I think we all know that nothing good comes of that!