Quotes About Risk

I]f I truly thought we had a chance to succeed…But the risk is too great. I've never been so hungry that I was willing to lick honey off thorns.

What would you do if you could fly? Mrs. V asks as she glances from the bird to me. Is that on the quiz? I ask, grinning as I type. I think we've studied just about everything else. Mrs. V chuckles. I'd be scared to let go, I type. Afraid you'd fall? she asks. No. Afraid it would feel so good, I'd just fly away.

Why would you take a drug that is guaranteed to kill you in forty years? One reason, right? It's the only thing that will stop you dying tomorrow.

Maybe in order to understand sex fully/one has to risk being destroyed by it.

Perfection is fragile; interacting with something that seems perfect puts it in peril.

Great discoveries, Ganapathi, are often the result of making the wrong mistake at the right time. Ask Columbus.

That's why you brought me here, isn't it? You knew I wouldn't fu*k her. I suspected. It was a gamble. If you'd touch her, I would have known that you wern't in love with Kimber.

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed.   —LEONARD COHEN

If you really want a woman to love you, then you have to dance. And if you don't want to dance, then you're going to have to work extra hard to make a woman love you forever, and you will always run the risk that she will leave you at any second for a man who knows how to tango.

It would have really cramped my future plans had I died. (Nick)

You don't knock on the devil's door, boy, unless you want him to answer. (Ravyn)

Life is serious. (Valerius) No, life is an adventure. It's thrilling and scary. Sometimes it's even a bit boring, but it should never be serious. (Tabitha)

Hop in? Dude, are you out of your ever-loving mind? I can't touch this. I might leave a fingerprint or something. (Nick) Oh the horror. Guess I'll have to trade the piece of junk in and get a new one if that happens. (Acheron)

Life is gamble, It's harsh and painful most of the time, and it's not for the timid. Spoils go to the victor, not to the one who doesn't even show up for the battle. -Acheron

You should be more careful. You could have broken your neck or as big as you are landed on someone and killed them. (Tory)

Boy, you knock on the devil's door and he will head slam you through the wall.

Should I ask about the handcuffs? (Tate) Not unless you want to live...otherwise if anyone asks, tell them I died of a heart attack during a wild sexcapade with her. (Kyrian)

When someone is drowning and you try to save them, they're more likely to drown you before you pull them out.

When you dance with the devil, you don't get to pick the tune.

Yeah, well, it's what happens when we spoil the things we love. They don't always understand the boundaries and their ridiculous wants can get us killed if we're not careful. (Jaden)

No, see the slide's too high. He could fall and get a concussion. (Wulf) Forget that. He could rack himself on the teeter-totter. (Chris) Teeter-totter nothing. The swings are a choking hazard. Whose idea was it for him to have this? (Urian)

I know. 'Nick, go after psycho-ass and show him where he lives.' But might I point out that in doing this, I should qualify for hazard pay? (Nick) Might I point out that staying here with me is far more hazardous to your health? (Acheron) What? Am I still here? Oh no, sorry, thought I'd left ten minutes ago. (Nick)

The worst decisions of your life will always be those that are made out of fear.

There's an old Ritadarion saying. You're never more alive than when you walk hand in hand with death. (Syn)