Quotes About Risk

There's always that moment on every movie where you just go, 'Okay, this is that moment. I'm about to potentially fall flat on my face, and I might as well just dive in and see what happens.'

If you're saving for the long run, it's actually a good thing when the market is down because the more shares you have, the more you can potentially make when markets rise. And over time - decades, not months - the markets rise more than they fall.

If you borrowed money and went to a college where the education didn't create any value, that is potentially a really big mistake.

There's almost a total correlation between the amount of risk you're willing to take and then the amount of stuff you then potentially can get done.

By taking the lead on the flop, I can give myself opportunities to win more money when I am strong and pick up some uncontested pots when I'm not.

A car is a 2,000 pound projectile that can go 100 miles an hour.

I think being in a car is far more dangerous. I feel much more in control with a 16 foot croc, 3,000 pounds jaw pressure trying to have a go at me.

If I was 120 pounds, I still ain't going white-water rafting.

You just can't keep pouring money down an endless hole and never recoup any of it. It's got to be a business.

Extreme poverty is extremely dangerous.

An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.

You can't come forward against the world's most powerful intelligence agencies and be completely free from risk.

One isn't considered a bobsledder if he hasn't crashed.

I'd rather play in the major leagues and have some bad games than play consistently good ball in the minors.

Sequels face the risk of being constantly compared to the first film.

Why do people do things that they fear? It may be that the fear contains information. Something can be interesting if you get to the other side of that fear.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

Had I been a contestant in 'Squid Game,' I would have died doing the dalgona.

Life's the adventure. You don't have to drop your bundle and go bush. It's about being brave within the context that you're in.

Get a lawyer to look at your contract or beware. Because no company - evil or not - is going to do it for you.

My dad used to sell a type of commodity contract. It was so complicated, he was certain his sales people didn't understand what they were selling.

In the NFL they talk about 'contracts,' but it's not really a contract, it's a one year agreement. If you have a 10 year contract, it means nothing. If you get cut in the NFL, you get nothing. People don't talk about that.

I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.

I used to have a great fear of constitutional conventions. I have a great fear now of not having one.