Quotes About Risk

Don't play Quantum Russian Roulette.

Every time I run, it's with the mindset that if I die at this race it's OK.

Otherwise, three little words would have leaked from his mouth. And undoubtedly doomed him in ways he couldn't even guess at. Bad time. Bad place. For that kind of thing. Forever.

Unless you have a huge ego, I think it requires a tremendous amount of bravery to keep putting yourself out there, knowing that you will get rejected most of the time.

I do tend to think that things that have incredibly long time horizons often do involve market failures.

In times of recession there are massive opportunities and fortunes to be made, so for new up and coming entrepreneurs, this is the time to go and start a business.

The first time I rode a bike I was four or five. I crashed into the back of a car.

You can take a chance with any man who pays his bills on time.

If somebody knew every time they did something it was going to be a hit there would never be any failures. Sadly, that's not how it works. You take nothing for granted.

We were at the stage where in a very short period of time, one of the world's biggest banks would have to shut the door and switch off the electricity.

Accidents can happen at any time.

There is something extraordinary about the first time falling.

The public totally discounts low-probability high-consequence events. The individual says, it's not going to be this plane, this bus, this time.

I think the first time you try anything in a public way, you feel really exposed.

I can't watch iceskating because the whole time I think they're going to fall! I get so uncomfortable.

As soon as you get off stage, that's the most dangerous time for a singer to kiss people because your vocal chords are receptive to any kind of germ.

It's about the time I was riding my Motorcycle, going down a mountain road at 150 miles an hour, playing my guitar.

I think when you start to get afraid, it's time to leave.

You know, 97 percent of the time, if you come into a hospital, everything goes well. But three percent of the time, we have major complications.

Every time you take a train, step into your car, walk into the shopping mall, go to the airport - every single time, something could happen. That's how terrorism works.

Every time I went on TV I got a threat.

The weird thing is that I hate to fly, and the quote that I give people is that every time I get off a plane, I view it as a failed suicide attempt.

The trouble with innovation is that truly innovative ideas often look like bad ideas at the time.

Be cautious and content with low positive returns in 2015. The time for risk taking has passed.