Quotes About Risk

What is cowardice in the young is wisdom in the old...

Let us weigh the gain and loss,"' he quoted, '"in wagering that God is, let us estimate these two chances. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose you lose nothing.

It takes courage to throw off unproductive methods and approaches that the majority of scholars in your field have unquestioningly yoked themselves to for decades.

Life is a risk, my friend. ... We cannot avoid risk, my friend, for if we do, we achieve nothing.

What's the worst that can happen? I thought. I'll shit myself and choke on my own vomit in the back of a taxi or onstage. At least I'll die with dignity.

A couple of pills started me down the Yellow Brick Road. Vodka tonic, double. What's the worst that can happen? I thought. I'll shit myself and choke on my own vomit in the back of a taxi or onstage. At least I'll die with dignity.

It is the bullet you don't hear that gets you.

Louis Slotin, at Los Alamos in 1946.

If a truth is dangerous, he said, then perhaps it is not true enough.   The

Edward had inserted the plug into the wall socket. Now he picked up the lamp and upended it into the tub. He jumped away from the flash, the steam and the sparks.

I'm going to just tell them now that I love them, blow them in the bathroom or whatever impulsive thing that you know you shouldn't do, because that will either make him want to be with me more or bail, but at least I'll know now!

We're all terrified by rattlesnakes, but the spider we brush off our sleeve with hardly a thought is far more likely to hurt us.

Biegler, you remind me of every REMF I ever met in a combat zone. You want a guaranteed result with zero risk, and your ass covered if the shit hits the fan. But that's not how it works in the real world. So please shut the fuck up and let me work here.

Is that a no? she asks . Once burned, twice shy, Sam chimes in. I like Wilde's quote better, Caitlin rejoins. What's that? I ask. The burnt child loves the fire. The Quiet Game. The Quiet Game (Kindle Locations 1477-1479). Kindle Edition.

When everything is at risk, good judgment, not haste, makes the difference between life and death. Panic is the enemy….

three-year-old girl in a car unattended.

She'd learned from Nikki's experience that not rocking the boat didn't stop bad things from happening.

Our choices matter. Much hangs in the balance. Our freedom is God's risk and our dignity.

How human, to ruminate even when in mortal danger

Every virtuous act has some Dark secret in its heart; every risk we take contains a mystery that can't be solved.

Gregory David Roberts

L'unico momento in cui smetteva di odiarsi era quando il rischio era talmente grande da costringerlo ad agire senza pensare e senza provare nessuna emozione.

Sometimes, the bravest thing we ever do is the thing we never get to do. And sometimes the spark that ignites a brother's love, in men not born brothers, is nothing more than a pure intention.

When we act, even with the best of intentions, when we interfere with the world, we always risk a new disaster that mightn't be of our making, but that wouldn't occur without our action.