Quotes About Risk

In order to make any kind of living, you cannot afford to say no. If anything comes up, you've got to take it; you've got to grab it with both hands because security is really not there.

I make mistakes on a very grand scale.

I'd be up three grand and I'd end up losing the lot. It didn't affect me because I knew I was about to get a move and the signing-on fee would make up for the money I lost.

Glutton things, those are things that are dangerous for me. My grandma and my aunt died of diabetes; I'm borderline diabetic.

I remember my grandmother used to always say, 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket.' But when I realized that music was inside of me, I decided I'm putting all my eggs in one basket.

Riskin went into directing and made a film with Cary Grant which applied to the letter all the ideas which had made his comedies famous. It had everything except that little something - and the film was a failure.

Some people go to the West and claim they are gays and that their lives are at risk in the Gambia, in order for them to be granted a stay in Europe.

Graphic novels let you take risks that just wouldn't fly in the conventional book form.

To say what you feel is to dig your own grave.

I knew that Britain and the United States were beacons of freedom and democracy at a time when my life - and Western civilisation itself - was at grave risk.

To my knowledge, no one has died from a cyberattack... but there is a gray area between peace and war.

I have a great deal of respect and admiration for people who put themselves on the line.

It's a great feeling to know that 100 cops want to stop you doing something and they can't.

There is so many good ideas that are left on the shelf of people going, 'I've kind of great idea, but I just - I'm afraid.' Out of fear. Fear blocks all of that it's a false fear.

The great thing about being young and dumb is that you don't know what you can't do.

Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.

The great thing about being a great band is that it takes risks.

Sometimes you have to take a risk if you want great things to happen.

What's the greater risk? Letting go of what people think - or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and who I am?

There is something to be said about taking the risk. We all know that is where the greatest reward is.

We need to risk, we need to dare to risk and fail greatly because that's the only way we grow.

What enables us to achieve our greatness contains the seeds of our destruction.

The greatest of the greats wouldn't be the greatest of the greats if they didn't try stuff, you know what I mean?

I'm always looking for those knockouts but I'm looking to do it in a better fashion. Not rushing, not blitzing, not putting myself at risk. Not just being too greedy.