Quotes About Risk

I think it's criminal how little people in the military are paid. These are people out risking their lives, taken away from their families for long periods of time. I think they should be paid dramatically more than they're paid.

But for me, personally, that's one of the biggest perks of the job that I get to do these kinds of crazy things but in a safely created environment.

I think comics do need permission to fail. I think comics do need permission to go up and try stuff.

The thing I have to do as a writer, and that God permits me to do, is that I have to be willing to fail.

You never know what you're getting into like some of the best experiences I've ever had have been movies that literally had a million dollar budget and everybody's eating Cheetos all day and running around without permits and trying not to get caught.

When you have been persistent for as long as I have been, you have to exercise a certain amount of caution, but I want to do everything.

A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

Being terrified but going ahead and doing what must be done—that's courage. The one who feels no fear is a fool, and the one who lets fear rule him is a coward.

What kind of fool had he been, to throw away romance untried?

the sweetest temptation could be that which was known to be the most foolish.

You must spend money to make money.

The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.

Al retirarse la marea, como suele decir Warren Buffett, se ve quién estaba nadando desnudo y quién no.

The only certainty is that nothing is certain

Vulnerability is the only authentic state. Being vulnerable means being open, for wounding, but also for pleasure.

I want someone who puts the whole ball of wax at risk. I want the kind of marriage where we would follow each other out into the stormy fatal sea or I'm not marrying at all.

But if I die without trying again, I'm a coward. I don't mind having regrets about stuff I've done. It's the regrets about stuff I haven't done that bother me.

Beware of silent dogs and still waters

You'll either be killed, young man, or you'll do something that will force us to step on you, or you'll go far indeed.

You can't lock yourself up and make yourself completely safe. You can't. It's not possible.

Cinta itu indah, Minke, juga kebinasaan yang mungkin membututinya. Orang harus berani menghadapi akibatnya.

Dengan modal keberanian dan teror saja tak banyak yang bisa dicapai dalam kehidupan modern begini,

The ethics of excellence require a sense of perspective. Look at the big picture. If you live for the moment, do you mortgage the future? What happens if you put your reputation at risk . . . and lose the bet?

Our ignorance allowed us to live, as you are in the mountains, and your rope is frayed and about to break, but you don't know it and feel safe.