Quotes About Risk

Revolutionaries can't afford to worry about tomorrow.

And if the boat sinks?" "And if the sun explodes?" Elliot countered.

Odds were in favor of you dying, either by running into Tyet operations, by starvation or thirst, or by Mother Nature giving you a stone spanking.

It is quite a risk to spank a wizard for getting hysterical about his hair.

We think of it as a sort of traffic accident of the heart. It is an emotion that scares us more than cruelty, more than violence, more than hatred. We allow ourselves to be foiled by the vagueness of the word. After all, love requires the utmost vulnerability. We equip someone with freshly sharpened knives; strip naked; then invite him to stand close. What could be scarier?

The cost of doing something would be terrific; the cost of doing nothing even greater.

Sometimes coloring outside the lines can cost you ,' she said. 'Only you can figure out if it's worth it.

Well, like Gaston says, it's hard to control who you fall in love with," he said. "You love somebody that deeply, you're willing to risk everything to be with them.

done for the last few days has been completely wrong, even though you did it with the best of intentions. This is the risk you agreed to take. There are always consequences." "Can I leave the baby with you?" she asked.

Sometimes coloring outside the lines can cost you," she said. "Only you can figure out if it's worth it.

reckless, choice she had made.

The problem of climate change involves a fundamental failure of markets: those who damage others by emitting greenhouse gases generally do not pay. Climate change is a result of the greatest market failure the world has ever seen. The evidence on the seriousness of the risks from inaction or delayed action is now overwhelming. We risk damages on a scale larger than the two world wars of the last century. The problem and the response must be a collaboration on a global scale.

Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other everything to gain.

Trust that still, small voice that says "This might work and I'll try it.

dianemoorewriter.com February 11, 2015 · From Love Thy Neighbor" On journalism and news purists as well as why I pursued print instead of TV journalism/news at the No. 1 journalism school in the country: news reporters are willing to take risks "so that people can base their lives on a foundation of truth not lies. That's why I do it -- to be the one responsible voice in the crowd." Page 105' "Love Thy Neighbor

Reading can be dangerous.

A fogged brain puts everyone in danger.

Chasing down international killers without a firearm is easier than facing my feelings for you.

Playing it safe never got anyone to the summit

Those who hesitate, never make the leap

Those who rush up a peak without a plan often end up in the valley below - as food for vultures.

If there's a one percent chance that Pakistani scientists are helping al-Qaeda build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response.

Real bullets are for keeps, and concealment is not necessarily good cover.

Love's easy to learn. It's like taking a risk. You set your mind on it and refuse to be afraid, and in no time you feel terrifically exhilarated and all your inhibitions fly out of the window.