Quotes About Risk

It's a feeling—I'm going to die anyway, so I might as well risk this virus that I can't see, to speak about the virus of systemic racism that I can.

We're like schoolchildren playing with matches. One day we'll burn the house down.

The second surprise was hypercoagulability—a pronounced tendency to develop blood clots.

Why was it so hard to tell the difference between what you thought you wanted and what you wanted? Why did people have to be such a danger to themselves?

Lone women shouldn't stop in the middle of nowhere for giant unkempt strangers with duct tape on their faces.

It gives me some kind of chance to survive the night. How are those better odds? If you come back with me, you're guaranteed to survive the night. No, Reacher said. If I come back with you, I'm guaranteed to die of shame.

He had learned a long time ago that some things were worth being afraid of. And some things were not. Things that he had done before and survived did not justify fear. To be afraid of a survivable thing was irrational.

Attacking me was like pushing open a forbidden door. What waited on the other side was his problem.

In order to win, you must be prepared to lose.

Sometimes if you want to know for sure whether the stove is hot, the only way to find out is to touch it.

Shotguns and children don't mix.

learned a long time ago that some things were worth being afraid of. And some things were not. Things that he had done before and survived did not justify fear. To be afraid of a survivable thing was irrational.

Any day could be the last of life or liberty, so small pleasures were always worth pursuing.

anything. He could end up with seven-to-ten

He had learned a long time ago that some things were worth being afraid of. And some things were not. Things that he had done before and survived did not justify fear. To be afraid of a survivable thing was irrational. And

You could have been killed." Reacher nodded. "Many times," he said. "But all long ago. Not today. Not by these guys." "You're crazy." "Or competent.

He had learned a long time ago that some things were worth being afraid of. And some things were not. Things that he had done before and survived did not justify fear. To be afraid of a survivable thing was irrational. And whatever else he was, Reacher knew he was a rational man.

Cozo's guys could let your name slip." "So?" "They could tell him where you live." "And that's supposed to scare me? Look at me, Blake. Get real. There's maybe ten people on the planet I need to be scared of. Extremely unlikely this guy Petrosian happens to be one of them.

mileage on their clocks and scalps on their belts.

He was alone. And unarmed. As agreed.

loan sharking as the icing on the cake. He had

was slow, so we took a chance and got out again back

This is an event horizon, colonel. This is where it all goes wrong. Possibly for nothing. Possibly for some little thing other guys have gotten away with. But you're going to crash and burn. Best case, you're going to stall. Best case, you're going to get an asterisk against your name forever. As in, we can't be sure about that guy.

Nobody would dare do that.