Quotes About Risk

In writing a novel, when in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns.

And I wasn't convinced that it was a good idea, sort of like asking for advice on how to catch a baseball in your teeth or pick all the cheese off your cheeseburger.

A hero is someone who simply got too frightened to use his good sense and run away, then somehow lived through it all.

The brave man is not the one without fear but the one who does what he must despite being afraid. To succeed, you must be willing to risk total failure; you must learn this.

Never underestimate the potential for human stupidity when wealth and power are at stake.

You can't succeed unless you're willing to risk failure

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A soldier's job is to put his life on the line for his country.

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.

Your desire for something due to your half knowledge about it is enough for you to fall into a pit.

Living might mean taking chances, but they're worth taking. Loving might be a mistake. but its worth making

Some people just stick to what they do, and it comes back to bite them in the butt.

I gave up my bread and butter to be an actress.

Listen - by the time I'm 40, I'm either gonna be super famous or dead.

It's life or death for me every single time I step in the cage.

Take calculated risks and limit your downside.

In the media business and as a creative executive, if you don't take risks, you're dead in the water. Calculated risk-taking is essential for success.

When I take a risk, I like it to be a calculated risk, meaning I make it as small as possible.

The minute you start calculating and trying to figure out what a huge audience is going to think, you're going to fail.

I always sort of thought, 'I'm probably going to get breast cancer. There's a really good chance.'

You cant be afraid to take a risk. You can't be afraid to take a risk because you think you might fail.

Less intelligence capacity equals less safety.

I have yet to take capital losses on any company. Then again, it's still early.

I really believe that if capital doesn't come to the entrepreneurs, the entrepreneurs have no choice but to go to the capital.