Quotes About Risk

But, Jefferson worried that the people - and the argument goes back to Thucydides and Aristotle - are easily misled. He also stressed, passionately and repeatedly, that it was essential for the people to understand the risks and benefits of government, to educate themselves, and to involve themselves in the political process. Without that, he said, the wolves will take over.

If we are to send people, it must be for a very good reason - and with a realistic understanding that almost certainly we will lose lives. Astronauts and Cosmonauts have always understood this. Nevertheless, there has been and will be no shortage of volunteers.

All inquiries carry with them some element of risk.

According to the World Health Organization, smoking kills three million people every year worldwide.

We are difficult to come by and a danger to ourselves.

The sleeping style of each organism is exquisitely adapted to the ecology of the animal. It is conceivable that animals who are too stupid to be quiet on their own initiative are, during periods of high risk, immobilized by the implacable arm of sleep.

Los viajes inaugurales son siempre los más peligrosos.

Come on, indulge yourself. You got nothing to lose that won't be lost.

To be not alone, even for a few moments, is worth the pain and the danger.

Laura: I've never danced in my life! Jim: Come on, try! Laura: Oh, but I'd step on you! Jim: I'm not made out of glass.

Worrying is betting against yourself.

For the first time, she understood why one deceptively simple act drove women to court ruin and men to risk everything. She understood why sonnets were written and duels were fought and lives were lost, all for the sake of the magic that was made when a man and woman came together, moving as one in the shadows of the night.

Into the Volcano (Wood 2008) holds out the promise of

It's not the bad people who are brave I fear, it's the good people who are afraid.

It's not the bad people who are brave I fear, it's the good people who are afraid.

There was that sense of abandoning the familiar for the unknown that characterizes all journeys made for the first time.

Blind acceptance of what you believe to be the dictates of fate and circumstance is dangerous.

but sometimes when you took a chance it was better to hold nothing back and to go all-in. He

Los gobiernos centrales siempre han constituido uno de los mayores peligros para la humanidad.

Life is a risk. Life is precious. But life has to be lived in a way that matters.

Failure to act in a timely manner can be fatal.

You were guaranteed so little in this life, and so sometimes you took what was offered even though you knew it might end badly.

They are much more concerned about not doing the wrong thing than doing the right.

Why do Yanomamö men risk killing another? Those who do and survive end up with more wives and more babies. In one extensive, long-term study, 137 men were Unokais and 243 were not. The Unokais had, on average, 1.63 wives (polygamy is legal) and 4.91 children. The non-Unokais averaged only 0.63 wives and 1.59 children.