Quotes About Risk

Do it first and feel about it afterwards.' - Dagny Taggart

Thousands of years ago the first man discovered how to make fire. He was probably burnt at the stake he'd taught his brothers to light, but he left them a gift they had not conceived and he lifted darkness from the face of the Earth.

I am not brave enough to be a coward, she said. I see the consequences too clearly

They have to take a chance, everything they do is taking a chance, but they feel so much safer when they take it on something they know to be ugly, vain and stupid.

While Haw still had a great supply of Cheese, he often went out into the Maze and explored new areas to stay in touch with what was happening around him. He knew it was safer to be aware of his real choices than to isolate himself in his comfort zone.

It's time to find New Cheese." Hem argued, "But what if there is no Cheese out there? Or even if there is, what if you don't find it?" "I don't know," Haw said. He had asked himself those same questions too many times and felt the fears again that kept him where he was. He asked himself, "Where am I more likely to find Cheese—here or in the Maze?

What would I do if I weren't afraid?

Qué harías si no tuvieras miedo?

Sure you can. It's not hard, if you just let go and try.

The Most Common Reason You Leave A Peak Too Soon Is Arrogance, Masquerading As Confidence. The Most Common Reason You Stay In A Valley Too Long Is Fear, Masquerading As Comfort.

It Is Safer To Search In The Maze, Than Remain In A Cheeseless Situation.

Doc Webster's eyes rolled briefly, like loaded dice, and came up snake eyes.

Helvétius's maxims: "It is worth being wise only so long as one can also be foolhardy.

The First Mistake in Public Business Is the Going into It

The initial buy-stop should have been placed right above the prior rally high

Our ability to adapt and therefore to accept everything is one of our greatest dangers. Creatures that are completely flexible, changeable, can have no fixed morality.

On the one hand, we have no choice but to trust in our technology. Without it we would never have set foot on the Moon. But . . . sometimes we have to pay a high price for that trust.

Pensa che in un razzo l'uomo può scoppiare come un pallone o restare pietrificato, o andare arrosto, e poi rimangono solo gli ossicini, a ballonzolare fra le pareti di latta, sulle orbite del progresso! Noi abbiamo seguito, con gioia, questa stupenda via... e siamo arrivati, e in queste celle, sopra questi piatti, tra immortali lavandini, con una schiera di armadi fedeli, di gabinetti affezionati, qua c'è la nostra realizzazione...

There is no such thing as a merger. There are only buyers and sellers. Those who are bought are in danger when they have to bend over to pick up the soap. That's good to know.

Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous.

We have to choose life. Choose risk. Choose love. The only safe place for our hearts is to dive deeply into the magnificent, eternal, ridiculous, overwhelming love that God has for us.

On ne se coupe pas la jambe avec une banane.

The fate of all things cherished and expensive, to be lost at hazard, and well before their time

Love. She said the word as if she'd never heard it before. What would I do with love? I don't know. Enjoy it? She sighed. It's too dangerous to enjoy. It's kind of like sucking on a poisonous thorn and trying to enjoy the flavor. Not that easy.