Quotes About Risk

Listen, if you are an entrepreneur who is passionate about your product, but you never ask anyone to buy what you are selling, it will never get sold. Sure, there's a possibility that you can deliver your best sales pitch in your best Sunday suit and they will still say no. But so what? Do you know how many times I've been told no for movie scripts, television shows, and comedy specials? A whole hell of lot more times than I heard yes.

number one cause of failure in this country is the fear of failure. Fear paralyzes you from taking action.

the number one cause of failure in this country is the fear of failure. Fear

Yeah, I'm a thrill seeker, but crikey, education's the most important thing.

So fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes.

You know, you can touch a stick of dynamite, but if you touch a venomous snake it'll turn around and bite you and kill you so fast it's not even funny.

Statistically there's only one crocodile-related human fatality per year in the whole of Australia.

It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy.

We're gambling on our vision, and we would rather do that than make "me too" products. Let some other companies do that. For us, it's always the next dream.

I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I've done that sort of thing in my life, but I've always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don't know why. Because they're harder. They're much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you've completely failed.

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

Apple has some tremendous assets, but I believe without some attention, the company could, could, could -- I'm searching for the right word -- could, could die.

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. It's better to be a pirate than to join the Navy.

Nobody has tried to swallow us since I've been here. I think they are afraid how we would taste.

Your head and your heart are two different things. One of them can get you into trouble and the other can't. It's okay to be scared when you can't tell them apart. That happened to me every day of my life. But nobody saw it except you.

How come you kept them from smithereening me when we didn't even know each other yet?" "You never saw your ass in football pants. It would have been like letting them take a jackhammer to the Mona Lisa.

Sometimes you have to take those first steps, take that leap of faith, and inspire God to catch you."

When I was in college, I was debating to try my hand at show business, or to become a professor. I just thought of the risk of not going into show business and always wondering if I would've had a chance. Because that's where my real heart was.

Heuristic is an algorithm in a clown suit. It's less predictable, it's more fun, and it comes without a 30-day, money-back guarantee.

The only way to reduce the variability in the estimate is to reduce the variability in the project.

A blanket attempt to avoid mistakes is the biggest mistake of all.

Hefeweizen. Never drink something you can't spill. #Gewurztraminer

There is nothing so disastrous as a rational investment policy in an irrational world.

Don't die without embracing the daring adventure your life is meant to be.