Quotes About Risk

There is no sure-fire way to get rich quickly. In fact, the pursuit of that usually leads to ruin.

I have always been drawn to male-dominated industries and adrenaline-filled pursuits.

Entrepreneurs have only the murkiest picture of the future in which they are making their bets, and also there is ambiguity: they don't know when they push this lever or that lever that the outcome is going to be what they think it is going to be - there is the law of unanticipated consequences.

You must push everything to the absolute limit or else life will be boring. People will be boring.

I guess I've always wanted to push the boundaries as an actor.

I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.

Push your luck. If you see a pretty girl in a bar, say something.

Every day, I'm trying to push the boundaries creatively, and sometimes it does push the boundary too far, and that's what I had to learn.

The fun part for me is to just really push that envelope.

We had a pretty good lead, so why push it.

The cable makers are the ones who are willing to take risks and do something original and push the envelope some.

I've never been afraid of much, and like any normal kid, I liked to push the limits of what I could do.

I've always pushed my body way too hard, gone days without eating at 20,000 feet, and caught every exotic bug that didn't kill me.

I've always pushed the envelope when it comes to action.

When you are married to a guy who takes chances every day, who loves risk and has great intuition and great business instincts - when you're married to someone like that who pushes you to dream big, you dream big.

Fear of failure is a great thing. It pushes you past your comfort levels.

If someone offers a film, I'm willing to do it if it's something I have not done before or pushes my boundary.

I'm a big believer in pushing things too far and forcing people to pull you back.

You accept failure as a possible outcome of some of the experiments. If you don't get failures, you're not pushing hard enough on the objectives.

So there's kind of a simultaneous aspect to pushing the boundaries, and being very safe.

Pushing the envelope' sort of implies that you're inside the envelope with everyone else, and you're trying to find the edges on the outsides.

Being at the top means never being satisfied with what you're comfortable with - comfortable means you've stopped pushing, and you're either going to get passed, or you already have been. But if you're constantly pushing yourself, then you're exposing yourself to falls and injuries.

That was one thing about my life and everything I've done really, it's like I've been on a diving board scared out of my life and someone just keeps pushing me!

I want my health to be perfect when I'm pushing the edge.