Quotes About Risk

The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy.

Liberty without learning is always in peril learning without liberty is always in vain.

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

For leaders, wars are filled with guesses.

There are always risks in battle. It's a dangerous business. The trick is to take the right ones.' [said Halt]. 'How do you know which are the right ones?' Shigeru asked. Halt glanced at his two younger companions. They grinned and answered in chorus, 'You wait and see if you win.

Easy climb, Kurokuma. You do it easily.' 'Not on your life,' Horace said... 'That's what we have Rangers for. They climb up sheer rock walls and crawl along narrow, slippery ledges. I'm a trained warrior, and I'm far to valuable to risk such shenanigans.' 'We're not valuable?' Will said, feigning insult. Horace looked at him. 'We've got two of you. We can always afford to lose one,' he said firmly.

Mikeru was still puzzling over Horace's last remark. He frowned. 'Kurokuma, these shenanigans... What are they?' 'Shenanigans are what Rangers do. They usually involve doing things that risk breaking your neck or your leg.' Mikeru nodded, filing the word away. 'I will remember this word,' he said. 'Shenanigans. It is a good word.

Stig: 'Of course, she'll sail rings around Wolfswind,' Hal: 'Then why didn't you tell him that?' Stig: 'I like my head where it is.

A foolish way to get around." Hal smiled. "If the gods had meant us to ride horses, they never would have given us ships.

I'm reminded of a conversation I had with your father when you wanted to go to Arrida to ransom Erak. I told him, and I'll tell you now, that a queen-to-be has to do these things - has to take chances. Has to get out in the world. You can't rule properly from an ivory tower.

Halt sighed in exasperation. "What is it with you Araluens? Are you all afraid of a little fall?" He began hauling the rope up, coiling it over his shoulder as it came. "It's not the fall that bothers me," said Duncan. "It's the sudden stop at the end.

Gilan took a deep breath and looked them both in the eye, one after the other. "Jump off the cliff. It'll be less messy that way.

When Erak was safely out of earshot, Stig turned to his friend. "Of course, she'll sail rings around Wolfwind," he said. "Then why didn't you tell him that?" Hal asked, grinning. "I like my head where it is.

Risks are for them as fight me

I'll think of a way round this on the way back." "I'd appreciate that," Jesper said. Stig hid a grin. Jesper, a non-swimmer, was being asked to float into the beach, holding on to a log, make his way to the gate, avoiding being seen by any sentries patrolling the palisade, hang a bladder of oil on it, then drift out to sea again on the vague assurance that Stig and the other Herons would be able to find them. Welcome to Hal's world, he thought.

Je weet toch wel wat er gebeurt als je gaten in de bodem van een schip maakt, hè? Dan heeft zo'n schip de neiging om te zinken. - Stig

But Hal shook his head angrily. "It's the enemy you don't see that gets you.

One day your knees will creak," he told them. Stig looked up at him and rolled his eyes. "If I don't get drowned by my best friend in the meantime.

You wait till it's over and see who's won," he said. "Then you know those were the right risks to take.

There are always risks in battle. It's a dangerous business. The trick is to take the right ones.

He'd just walked into a lion's den, found the head lion and tweaked his tail. And now he sat opposite, cool as a cucumber.

Ik dacht van niet" - dat waren de laatste woorden van heel wat onvoorzichtige reizigers. - Halt

jump off the cliff, it'll be less messier that way