Quotes About Risk

Naval aviation, they believed, was not inherently dangerous. Sure, there were risks, but if you were good—really good, like they were—nothing bad would happen.

What is> forbidden had better be done pretty quickly.

walk in the middle of the street. At two in

There is nothing more intoxicating than victory, and nothing more dangerous.

Homo economicus would cheat only if he stood to benefit by enough and if the odds of being caught were sufficiently low. So the mere fact that he does not have a reputation for being a cheat tells us only that he's been prudent.

If there exists no possibility of failure, then victory is meaningless.

I had rather attempt something great and fail, than to attempt nothing at all and succeed

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.

What Would You Attempt If You Knew You Could Not Fail?

To be brave, by definition, one has first to be afraid.

But only a fool sails into combat with nature

When life looks like easy street there is danger at your door

Journalists pursuing investigative stories on corruption and organized crime have found themselves at great risk," stated a 1997 report from the New York–based Committee to Protect Journalists, "especially in Russia and Ukraine, where beatings have become routine.

Creativity is a consequence of sheer productivity. If a creator wants to increase the production of hits, he or she must do it by risking a parallel increase in the production of misses. . . . The most successful creators tend to be those with the most failures!3 —Dean Keith Simonton, researcher, summarizing academic studies on individual creativity

Can you start with a small commitment rather than a big one? A small project for a client or perhaps an internship or trial period? That way, you can learn if there is an asshole problem before you sign up for the long term.

to find a few ideas that work, you need to try a lot that don't.

Safe is a word that goes much better with sex than science."14

As far as I am concerned I wish to be out on the high seas. I wish to take my chances with wind, and wave, and star. And I had rather go down in the glory and grandeur of the storm, than rot in any orthodox harbor.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. —Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841

That's because time brings into play the Fiddle Theory, which states: The longer you fiddle around with a deal, the greater the odds that it will never close.

I call this second phenomenon the Better-Deal Theory, which states: Before a person closes a deal, it's human nature for him to worry that there may be a better deal down the road.

Robert J. Shiller

we don't want to forecast but to warn. We don't ever want to forecast a disaster; we want to take actions that will prevent the disaster from happening.