Quotes About Risk

There are many things not called poison which can kill a man,

One has to dare if one wants to get anywhere,' said Mrs. Bantry.

They have a genius, young ladies, for getting into various kinds of trouble and difficulty.

I know he'll probably always be like it, but I love him. I may be able to help him and I may not. But I'll take that risk.

In my opinion half the people who spend their lives avoiding being run over by buses had much better be run over and put safely out of the way. They're no good.

I was born to live dangerously.

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.

Suzanne likes thrills, but she hates being uncomfortable.

What an absurdity to go and bury oneself in South America, where they are always having revolutions.

Life is always dangerous—never forget that. In the end, perhaps, not only great natural forces, but the work of our own hands may destroy it.

A madman is a very dangerous thing.

mediocre amount of intelligence is sometimes most dangerous. It does not take one far enough.

Beauty is perhaps a dangerous possession,' I said.

After you've fallen in love with a man and married him and got used to his ways and settled down comfortably—to go and throw it all up and start again! It seems to me madness.

Life was not a matter of safety— it must be hazarded to win the game.

A murderer is always a gambler. And, like many gamblers, a murderer often does not know when to stop. With each crime his opinion of his own abilities is strengthened. His sense of proportion is warped. He does not say, 'I have been clever and lucky!' No, he says only, 'l have been clever!' And his opinion of his cleverness grows... and then, roes amis, the ball spins

Man må våge viss man vil noen steder, sa fru Bantry.

If you people only knew how fatally easy it is to poison someone by mistake, you wouldn't joke about it." -- Cynthia Murdoch

That was ever so kind of you, Mrs. Bantry. I must say I wouldn't have dared myself." "One has to dare if one wants to get anywhere," said Mrs. Bantry.

You mean that luck turns?' 'Exactly, Hastings. And that is where the gambler (and the murderer, who is, after all, only a supreme kind of gambler since what he risks is not his money but his life) often lacks intelligent anticipation. Because he has won he thinks he will continue to win! He does not leave the tables in good time with his pocket full.

Precisely. A murderer is always a gambler. And, like many gamblers, a murderer often does not know when to stop. With each crime his opinion of his own abilities is strengthened. His sense of proportion is warped. He does not say "I have been clever and lucky!" No, he says only "I have been clever!

Dangerous? Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?

Such people go through life in great danger.

For the stakes for which the guilty person was playing were enormous.