Quotes About Risk

A coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave just one.

Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of carelessness, incapacity, or neglect.

Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs get slaughtered.

Ever underestimate the potential for disaster !

Pascal keeps your hand tied. C gives you enough rope to hang yourself.

Pentiums melt in your PC, not in your hand.

On ne saurait faire une omelette sans casser des oeufs [You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs].

Caveat emptor [Let the buyer beware].

I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we're talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime 'associates,' food, for me, has always been an adventure

Trade and gambling and a woman occasionally - that was a mans life.

Whatever the dangers of the action we take, the dangers of inaction are far, far greater.

To state a timetable now would simply paralyze the proper working of government, put at risk the changes we are making for Britain and damage the country.

Who knew love could kill you?

But to raise one's hopes is to risk their falling further.

He should have risked more. It has taken him his whole life to accept himself, and he is surprised to understand that now that he can, he does not long for one more year, one more month: eighty-six years has been enough.

to raise one's hopes is to risk their falling further.

He lingers over images of Marie-Laure—her hands, her hair—even as he worries that to concentrate on them too long is to risk wearing them out.

and she is so afraid to try her French that she goes to bed hungry.

I hear they give out poisoned chocolate.

Did you know," says Marie-Laure, "that the chance of being hit by lightning is one in one million? Dr. Geffard taught me that." "In one year or in one lifetime?" "I'm not sure." "You should have asked.

Did you know," says Marie-Laure, "that the chance of being hit by lightning is one in one million? Dr. Geffard taught me that." "In one year or in one lifetime?" "I'm not sure." "You should have asked.

But to raise one's hopes is to risk their falling further.

it must sail away as soon as possible, even if doing so meant risking battle with Sextus.

bite by an asp is not necessarily fatal, and even when it is, as much as two hours may pass before life is extinguished.