Quotes About Risk

The only time an aircraft has too much fuel on board is when it is on fire.

Rock 'n' roll can be fun and dangerous at the same time.

It's taken me a long time to learn to accept the risks and just be willing to try it over and over again.

There is the plain fool who does the wrong thing at all times anywhere, but there is the Wall Street fool who thinks he must trade all the time.

If you never bluff, you'll rarely get called. If you bluff all the time, you'll always get called.

Of course, with the increasing number of aeroplanes one gains increased opportunities for shooting down one's enemies, but at the same time, the possibility of being shot down one's self increases.

Every time you take a risk or move out of your comfort zone, you have a great opportunity to learn more about yourself and your capacity.

Now is always the hardest time to invest.

For most of the time carrier aviation is more challenging than flying in a spacecraft

If someone is always to blame, if every time something goes wrong someone has to be punished, people quickly stop taking risks. Without risks, there can't be breakthroughs.

When you look at the results on an after-fee, after-tax basis over reasonably long periods of time, there's almost no chance that you end up beating the index fund.

Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.

When you stop being nervous is when you should retire. I'm always a little nervous for anything I do because when complacency sets in, that's when I feel it's time to move on to something else.

Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.

In a time of rapid change, standing still is the most dangerous course of action.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.

For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death.

Any business that does not innovate will fail over time.

"I will admit, I've never had a student offer himself up for a vicious beating in order to prove he's worth my time." "This was nothing... Once I jumped off a roof."

If you're not failing all the time, you're not creating a situation where you can get lucky.

Every time you make a movie you have to confront your fears.

You have to just dive over the edge. You haven't got time to mess about.

Surfing is all about uncertainty. That feeling of taking a risk, that leap of faith every time I jump into the ocean, that paddle out among things unseen — all of these make surfing very special

The time to worry is before you place the bet - not after the wheel is spinning. Once it spins, you forget about it.