Quotes About Risk

There are moments in your life where you realize you could do nothing, but if you do, you'll probably regret it forever.

Do invest in Brazil, and you shall not regret it.

I've taken a number of creative leaps, and some of them worked, and some of them didn't, but I don't regret any of them because you can't possibly get to the ones that work without the ones that don't.

There is no doubt One.Tel was a terrible investment and something that I regret greatly.

I think you regret the things that you don't do more than the things you do.

I believe that inspiration is one of the most powerful forces in life. In career and in relationships, it's worth searching for the path that inspires you. Pursuing such a path often entails risk - it may involve making a big change in what you're doing - but the career risks we regret most are the ones we don't take.

You can't live your life with regrets about not doing something. It's so much better to just go for it.

I don't have any regrets. When I quit college and moved to Los Angeles to become an actress, it was so that I would not look back and have any regrets.

The only regrets I have are things I didn't do.

My regular game in New York City was a $250,000 buy-in, no limit. So people were burning through that, a lot of times in the first 30 minutes.

Well, I need to be frightened on a regular basis.

Do stuff that scares you on a regular basis. I think it's good for the body and for the mind.

Do we have to regulate derivatives? Yes, we do. 'Cause when I did this in my investments, frankly, no one knew who could pay who. But derivatives have an important place in our economy.

Regulation creates a moral hazard.

Regulation is necessary, particularly in a sector, like the banking sector, which exposes countries and people to a risk.

I believe there's only one regulation in life that works: failure.

Like all small-business owners, I know what it's like to take a risk on an idea, manage cash flow, navigate regulations and tax laws, and create jobs.

I would argue that no financial instrument counted as regulatory capital should be allowed to receive any protection from losses.

I would rather play Hamlet with no rehearsal than TV golf.

Actually, I've done it the other way so many times where you rehearse the band and you do the whole thing with lights, the show and the crew - everything. Then you see what happens and you're already committed to dates. I'm just sort of putting out feelers this way.

It felt scary because there was no auditioning, no rehearsing.

To have longevity in this business, you have to reinvent yourself. You can't keep doing the same stuff. Sometimes I've turned down stuff and lost money.

I think people in Hollywood are afraid of sentiment because they think audiences will reject it.

I left my job as a feature writer on a newspaper to write a book, then sent it off to a number of agents thinking they would all reject me. Within a week, most had come back to say they loved what they had read, which then led to a bidding war for my first two novels.