Quotes About Risk

I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.

People say you're flirting with death but really you're flirting with life.

No one gets out of the game of life alive. You either die in the bleachers, or on the field. So, you might as well play out on the field, and go for it.

I worry sometimes that humans are afraid of helping humans. There's less risk associated with animals, less fear of failure, fear of getting to involved.

Sure, fear can protect us from danger—but most of the time it just keeps us from life's great adventures.

I think that I am willing to risk my life in order to have more freedom.

It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear.

Taking a new step. . .is what people fear most.

Security is the denial of life

Everything that's happened to me, nothing's been planned. I've never had a business plan. I just kind of fell into it, and I liked it, and I took a chance. I took a lot of chances in my life.

Lots of the things we do are dangerous, but life itself is dangerous; nothing is really worth bothering with that isn't full of danger

Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.

The best of life is to embark on an adventure with a woman interested in having an adventure with you.

I don't intend to be menacing, but I do think of life as being essentially dangerous. We never know what's going to happen from one day to the next.

The risk it takes to remain tight inside the bud is more painful than the risk it takes to blossom. We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we're given.

There's lots of opportunities out there in life, but if you never put yourself out on a limb and take chances you'll never dare to be great at anything.

Death can be more exciting than life.

Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life at a pin's fee.

If you don't conquer your fear, you are going to miss out on some great things in life.

There are ways of doing stunts without me. I get no pleasure putting my life in jeopardy just to get the shot. Life is too short for that nonsense.

Don't die without embracing the daring adventure your life is meant to be.

Most of us are tiptoeing through life so we can reach death safely. We should be praying, "If I should wake before I die. . . ." Life can get away from you.

Life's a roller coaster, and you never know when it's going to take a turn.