Quotes About Risk

We're in a new world. We're in a world in which the possibility of terrorism, married up with technology, could make us very, very sorry that we didn't act.

Never try to walk across a river just because it has an average depth of four feet.

Unix was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things.

For any new technology there is always controversy and there always some fear associated with it. I think that's just the price of being first sometimes.

The potential financial reward for building the 'next Windows' is so great that there will never be a shortage of new technologies seeking to challenge it.

Laboratories can reduce risk by implementing a proven and internationally accepted quality assurance technology that is applicable across the globe.

More connections to more devices means more vulnerabilities.

Life without a phone is riskier, lonelier, more vivid.

If those of us in positions of responsibility fail to do everything in our power to protect the right of privacy, we risk something far more valuable than money. We risk our way of life.

Even a small amount of unplanned downtime can effect a company's profitability and reputation.

Technology is, of course, a double edged sword. Fire can cook our food but also burn us.

We're concerned that people are trading security for convenience…People are doing things on free Wi-Fi that are really alarming

Science and technology are the keys to both our longevity and our demise. Our entire existence on this planet is a double-edged sword.

I wanted to meet the monster. Why go down if you can go up?

There it was again, the prickling sense of standing on a precipice.

I was so thankful that my parents trusted me enough and had enough faith in my abilities to let me follow my passion and try to do something great, even if I might fail.

Let me tell you now a man of my position can afford to look ridiculous at any time.

Every time I took these bigger risks, the opportunity for a bigger payout was always there.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

I'm looking to be shot any time I step out of my car... If I die, it will be in a good cause. I've been fighting for America just as much as the soldiers in Vietnam.

At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation.

Play before you get good, because by the time you get good, you're too old to play

Every time you sustain a head injury, the risk gets higher and higher. I always said that if there ever was a point where the risk was more than minimal, I would stop playing.

Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.