Quotes About Risk

Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face.

Sometimes you do films that work really well and sometimes you do a film and you fall flat on your face. Sometimes things work, sometimes things don't work, you never know. I don't think there is any explanation to something like that.

We have to find a happy medium in our use of technology. We want things to be efficient, but we have to compartmentalise, too, so that if there is one flaw discovered, the whole thing doesn't topple.

If you go back to the early days of aviation, the guys designing it built it, and then they got in it and flew it. I mean, who does that anymore?

There is no way I would ask others to go on a Virgin Galactic flight if I didn't feel it was safe enough for myself.

Cairo has flights into JFK, and they're going to open another one at Dulles... As long as we have flights coming directly to the United States, I think it's putting Americans at risk.

The most important reason why it's dangerous to risk all your chips pre-flop is that you simply can't be certain that you are even in a coin flip situation at that time.

You can't flirt with relegation every year.

It is not often that one of the world's best entrepreneurs rings you up and says 'I've got this business we are about to float off as an independent company and we'd like you to be chief executive.'

Yes, some banks will only float good companies. But others could not give two hoots if you have a business, a business plan or any business experience.

There's no such thing as a 100-year flood.

I have jumped off a balcony from the second floor.

Playing deep-stack, no-limit hold'em is a very complex game where the most critical and difficult decisions come after the flop.

Making a big commercial movie is hard when you think about how many of them flop.

This is a very competitive industry and everyone is scared that their career might finish if they deliver a flop film.

There is always a hit and a flop, it's part of working in the film industry.

There was a time when I used to have flops and there was nothing much to lose.

I lay 11-10 because I know the bookie needs that 5 percent that I give him. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to make a living and go down to Florida with his family.

But if I'd flown back, I would probably have lost my leg because of the blood clots. I've got two scars down the side of my leg where they had to cut me open and pull them out.

Floyd Mayweather, he's a safe fighter. He is who he is. He's not going to take any risks.

I like to fly close to the edge. I like to play with fire.

I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.

I would always consider flying in space again, without a question.

People are flying you places in business class. Everyone wants to take pictures of you and find out information about you. It's a freak-out. But the more you push boundaries, the more you get ahead.