Quotes About Risk

There is a fine line between a carefree spirit and a fear of failure

Buell declined to answer, instead telling me that he had to be careful around this part of the swamp because "them alligators are meshugganeh.

Who knew librarians could be so dangerous?

People who took themselves too seriously not only were no fun, but could also be very dangerous.

Wells, though, had never touched her. It would have been like mixing alcohol and firearms. Guaranteed to be a lot of fun, right up until it wasn't.

He removed the 9mm Heckler & Koch USP SD Herman had given him and spun a GEMTECH suppressor onto its threaded barrel. It was loaded with subsonic ammunition and he carried two extra magazines. If bullets started flying, though, that meant something had gone very wrong.

He was close now. Way too close. Fuck, Harvath said to himself again. Even with subsonic ammo in his suppressed H&K, the 9mm pistol still made a lot of noise. It would sound even louder this close to the house. Somebody was going to hear it. And whoever did was going to come to investigate. Fuck.

Do not fear to think even the most not-probable.

Alone with the dead, I dare not go out!

I do not lack the courage to tell you how I feel. What I fear is how you will react to it.

The man under the hedge, sir. He is a magician. Did you never hear that if you wake a magician before his time, you risk bringing his dreams out of his head into the world?

Hush, sir!" whispered the man, "Your voice. It is too loud. You will wake him up!" "Wake him up? Who?" "The man under the hedge, sir. He is a magician. Did you never hear that if you wake a magician before his time, you risk bringing his dreams out of his head into the world?" "And who knows what horrors he is dreaming of!" agreed another man, in a whisper.

Maybe I was just flirting with madness the way I flirted with my teachers and my classmates.

Luchar por una idea sin tener una idea de uno mismo es una de las cosas más peligrosas que se pueden hacer.

Orang yang mencintai menanggung risiko lebih besar, dan sering harus membayar harga yang lebih tinggi

Marry her? Ha. She'd jump out the window first.

Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly.

Boldness in the course of a noble fight is worth the risk...If you stand on truth, you'll only regret your timidity later, but you'll never regret being bold.

Cambodia is the most heavily mined country on earth, with 4 to 8 million land mines, according to one estimate.

Although pigs are generally good-natured, more people are killed each year by pigs than by sharks.

Una grande quantità di talento è persa per il mondo per la mancanza di un po' di coraggio.

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.

You're the greatest risk I've ever taken. And the greatest reward.

From the moment I first saw him— saw through his stunning and impossibly gorgeous exterior to the dark and dangerous man inside— I'd felt the pull that came from finding the other half of myself. I needed him like I needed my heart to beat, and he'd put himself in great jeopardy, risking everything— for me.