Quotes About Risk

It's a problem for him because he's got - like Edward VII had - nearly all his lifetime to wait until he becomes Monarch. What is he going to do with it? So he wants to do something positive but he always courts those dangers.

Assume the worst, believe no-one, and make your move only when you are certain that you are unbeatable or have, at worst, exceptionally good odds in your favour.

Routine is the one thing the can get you killed. It tells the enemy where you're going and when you're going to be there.

Sometimes it's the tiniest things that can mean the difference between life and death.

No, the events which I am about to describe were simply too monstrous, too shocking to appear in print. They still are. It is no exaggeration to suggest that they would tear apart the entire fabric of society and, particularly at a time of war, this is something I cannot risk.

himself almost being torn in half as he was yanked out of the jeep on the end of the cord. In seconds he was forty, fifty yards above the runway, dangling underneath

I warned you that danger can become a drug and it seems to me that in your case, it's too late. You're already hooked.

Try to Kill the Children!

Just remember,Alex Rider,you're never too young to die.

If the laws of physics worked, he would make it across. If they didn't, he would die. It was as simple as that.

wanted him to know what it felt like … to gamble for his life,' Anne said. 'I left his hand free so that he could toss the coin. I told him to call and that if he got it right, I would let him go.

Oh—do be careful with that!" Smithers exclaimed. "That's my Buddha hand grenade. Twist the head twice and throw it and anyone within ten yards can say their prayers.

Perhaps he had been a little faster. But he had been luckier too. It would not always be that way. Bond knew that there would come a time, a moment in a mission, when his luck would run out. It was a mathematical certainty. No agent had ever survived long in the Double O section and one day someone, somewhere would have the edge and it would be he lying there dead, flat-out in the rain. But not today.

I'd rather kiss the horse....

Alex was surrounded by 7 of the most dangerous and unpredictable people on the planet. It was just a question of which one would kill him first.

If life doesn't offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one.

My insurance provider probably wouldn't allow me to go into a mosh pit anymore. My brain is insured by Lloyd's of London, you know what I'm saying?

Having just one insurance provider for all flood risk in the entire country makes no sense.

While many big-data providers do their best to de-identify individuals from human-subject data sets, the risk of re-identification is very real.

People who are privileged can take more risks because of that safety shield that privilege provides.

It is true that independent music is risky, but the amount of freedom of expression it provides an artist overpowers this risk.

I started free-soloing harder and harder routes, kind of proving to myself that I could take control of this, pretty much the biggest fear I had - falling to my death.

I like to create provocative imagery. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it goes awry.

The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger.