Quotes About Risk

I jumped out of an airplane on my 34th birthday because I promised myself I would. I have an interest in confronting my fears.

I mean, you don't go into 'Bake Off' expecting anything. There's no big-money prize, no contract. It's not like 'The X Factor,' where you're promised the Earth. In a way, it's a big gamble. If you're in an ordinary job - and will have to go back to an ordinary job - it's a risk. Your bosses might not like what they see of you on TV and fire you!

There's no safety in anything, but in the arts, there is really this idea of no promises. I didn't follow the writing dream for safety.

Directors should be paid for promising impossible things.

Don't be afraid to push your company in the direction you think is right - you'll either be fired or promoted, and either outcome will end up just fine.

The thing with professional boxing is you have to have the right promoter and the right fights. It is a cut-throat business.

If you're very good, that can sometimes actually hurt you. How? Well, the promoter might say, man, he's going to come over here and beat our champion and will raise his price or will never come back and defend the belt.

I made mistakes like working with producers who did not complete their film, producers who did not market their films well and those who were frightened to spend money on promoting a film.

The only risk of failure is promotion.

Research suggests that investment bankers are more prone to commit fraud when they feel the competitor at their heels.

The ambition and focus that propel you to success can also be your downfall.

You can't be a proper comic unless you've been out on stage and felt the fear.

The bottom line is, if somebody doesn't go through proper security screening, they're not going to go on the flight.

I think we have seen evidence that being brave enough to go abroad can lead to a proper opportunity.

When the world has 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 nuclear plants, can we call that a safe world? I think we need to properly have this debate.

In order to properly measure the impacts of climate change on our Financial system they must first be identified and disclosed.

By now, we all know that Hollywood producers always chase after the same properties, that the sharks circle simply because the other sharks are circling.

What we define as a bubble is any kind of debt-fueled asset inflation where the cash flow generated by the asset itself - a rental property, office building, condo - does not cover the debt incurred to buy the asset. So you depend on a greater fool, if you will, to come in and buy at a higher price.

I put all my eggs in one basket and invested in property. I didn't do anything internationally - it was all in Ireland.

The value of small pocket pairs comes from the possibility of flopping three of kind and winning a sizable pot. To that extent, playing this type of hand is a low risk/high reward proposition.

I don't see how it's a risky thing to take a great part with a great director and a great script. That, to me, is not really a dangerous, risky proposition. It's actually a really good choice.

To be an outspoken professor in academia is a very dangerous proposition.

Being an entrepreneur is not for the faint of heart. It is a high-risk, high-reward proposition.

Rodney Linares really stuck his neck out in Greenville to play me, because they had their prospects, guys who they had invested money in.