Quotes About Risk

And the most dangerous place on earth— Is where you're safe.

All this and the wine's coming in and out, and by the time the waiters set the espressos down Callan's about half in the bag. He watches Calabrese take a long sip from an espresso cup. Then the boss says, 'Tell me why I shouldn't kill you.'  One motherfuck of an essay question. 

Better to get away light than get caught heavy.

You need the money, the cash flow, but it's more than that, admit it. You love the game. The thrill, the taking off the bad guys, even the danger, the idea that you might get caught.

When you're headin' for the border lord, you're bound to cross the line.   KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, «Border Lord»

he's not sure how safe this meeting is going to be. And

Crime 101: Getting out one job too early puts you on the beach. Getting out one job too late puts you in a cell.

Rich or dead. There's worse choices.

This stretch of road is not where you want to fuck up. You slip on the kozmic banana peel coming down these switchbacks you are suddenly Lost in Space, man. You are Rocky the Flying Squirrel, you are air-borne... You can have eighteen wheel drive and it won't matter, if all those wheels are in the sky. What you don't have is wings, or a parachute, which is what you're going to need if you screw up the distinction between centrifugal and centripetal force on one of these curves.

Fish that don't open their mouths don't get caught.

You can't invite wolves to dinner and not expect them to eat.

Everything I like will kill me

And it's all fun and games until someone loses an I.

I hope that you will be faced with difficult choices and decisions, trials that won't undo you, but that will drive you toward reflection and understanding. Trust that your fears will sometimes tell you about your desires. You will see that you can survive the terror that comes with growth and change, with vulnerability and risk.

A terrified man can have an accident much more readily and much more quickly than a calm man.

that an economically rational buyer would pay for a work product before, and after, the activity is performed.

A man who never makes mistakes has long since ceased to do anything new. A man who is always making mistakes is a doomed man with swollen ambitions. But he who judiciously salts success with mistake is the rapid learner.

One cannot take a coward on dangerous missions or trust one's fortune to a fool. How then are cowards and fools to be employed?

Fate loves the fearless.

If you're not living a life on the edge you're taking up too much space! ... You learn the most when you're out of your comfort zone!

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

Life is fragile. We're not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you've got.

The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.

Suretyship (Dogma) is the precursor of ruin.