Quotes About Risk

The shadow side of this exposure is that, at least in the West, any cultural meme that gets seized by the collective consciousness runs the risk of trivialization, thus diluting its power.

When I saw you, I was afraid to meet you... When I met you, I was afraid to kiss you... When I kissed you, I was afraid to love you... Now that I love you, I'm afraid to lose you.

If you aim to leave Las Vegas with a small fortune, go there with a large one.

A steady salary is an invitation to mediocrity.

Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because its safe or certain.

Falling in love is like jumping off a really tall building. Your brain tells you it is not a good idea, but your heart tells you, you can fly.

If you're in a card game and you don't know who the sucker is, you're it.

You trust your mother, but you cut the cards.

The man who rolls up his shirt sleeves is rarely in danger of losing his shirt.

My perception of a professional gambler has always been a positive one.

We have to connect to our fans through the media, and when you talk about that, it's got to come from your heart. And when it comes from your heart, it has to be absolutely consistent. There's a big risk you take without an interpreter because, as professional baseball players, we are here to perform baseball, not to learn a language.

If you play professionally, you can expect to go broke at some point.

Young professionals shouldn't have to let a fear of failure hold them back; they should feel emboldened to take on challenges in creative ways.

I was 19 when my father died from a heart attack. He was a 55-year-old college professor and had led what was by all appearances a risk-free life. But he was overweight, and heart disease runs in our family.

Most people have an aversion to risk, my college economics professor told me. Which means they have to be rewarded to take on that risk. The higher the risk, the higher the possible payout has to be for people to jump.

There's so much more involved with the game than just sitting there, looking at the numbers and saying, 'OK, these are my percentages, then I'm going to do it this way,' because that one time it doesn't work could cost your team a football game, and that's the thing a head coach has to live with, not the professor.

Israel's secret services are allowed to profile.

If my films don't show a profit, I know I'm doing something right.

Entrepreneurial profit is the expression of the value of what the entrepreneur contributes to production.

Profit or loss is not guaranteed. That depends on the consumer and depends on the product. That's a risk that business people take.

A movie that costs only $1.6 million doesn't have to be a cultural event to turn a profit.

What did Citibank get out of it? It got the ability to reverse the arbitrage. Actually, what they got was the ability to give themselves a profit, and that saved the bank.

Banks need to continue to lend to creditworthy borrowers to earn a profit and remain strong.

Don't be buying out of emotion. Buy less if you love something but feel it's a risky item. We don't want overstock. And remember: No profit, no fun!