Quotes About Risk

adventures befall the unadventuresome as readily, if not as frequently, as the bold.

that he would rather not love at all than be punished for loving.

A Coyote game of paths and chances.

Everybody's got a cage that keeps out the sharks. Those who open the door and venture out do so at their own risk.

Because it's a hot door and we have to be careful. You never open a door on a burning room.

Trust no one. You may be working with the last honest cop in Mexicali, but why bet your life on it?

Okay, well a following sea is the one you have to watch out for. It's the one that comes up behind a vessel. You don't see it coming.

To think about failure was to invite failure.

Out of the blue and into the black is what they called going into a tunnel. Each one was a black echo. Nothing but death in there. But, still, they went. Bosch

who was really with him that night?" "I'm not telling you. It's the same risk today that it was back then. He's still a star. I'm not going to ruin his career." "We would keep it confidential. We wouldn't even put it on paper." "No. Nothing stays a secret forever, but if I told you, it would be a betrayal.

His game is baccarat. Far as anyone knows he plays clean. He's just good at it. Spends

It was the same voice from behind the line of lights. He knew to call me Mickey. I once again moved to the microphones, boxing Williams out like a power forward going for the rebound. "The murder of a child is a crime that must be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, no matter what the possibilities or risks are. There is no

It was a long shot but Ballard knew that long shots never paid off if you didn't take them.

You can come in and you can lose the mask. I haven't got the vax yet but I'll risk it. And

Do you want to understand how to swim, or do you want to jump in and start swimming? Only people who are afraid of the water want to understand it. Other people jump in and get wet.

Increasingly, the mathematics will demand the courage to face its implications.

If you gamble long enough, you'll always lose -- the gambler is always ruined.

At the edge of chaos, unexpected outcomes occur. The risk to survival is severe.

His management philosophy, tempered in his rain-dancing days, was always to give the project to whoever had the most to gain from success--or the most to lose from failure.

The risk is too great. A man cannot place too much faith in any one thing, neither a woman, nor a horse, nor a weapon, nor any single thing.

you want to understand how to swim, or do you want to jump in and start swimming? Only people who are afraid of the water want to understand it. Other people jump in and get wet.

we haven't had any accidents for months now...Everything on that island is perfectly fine.

There is a problem with that island. It is an accident waiting to happen.

You have done the work of a mere man, the tengol continued, "and not a proper hero. A hero does what no man dares to undertake.