Quotes About Risk

I feel like the eight most at-risk years for young men or young women are the four they're in high school and the four they should be in college.

It's a bit of a crapshoot out there with young writers right now anyway.

Looking back on my life, I wish I'd stepped forward and made a fool of myself more often when I was younger - because when you do, you find out you can do it.

The fact that a lot of people, especially younger folks, are not investing in the stock market is something we really think needs addressing.

I'm not a money manager, but I can tell you what the conventional wisdom is. The younger you are, the more risk you can take on.

Some younger drivers didn't grow up seeing racing as being dangerous. They break their little finger, and they are surprised. It's like, 'Be happy it's only that.'

I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things.

I've realized how precious life is. When I was younger, I was more adventurous. I felt invincible. I was game for everything. As a mom, I don't want to get injured because then I can't take care of my kids.

Telling a joke is risk taking. Younger people are more insecure and not willing to put themselves on the line, so a quick one-liner is much safer.

The increased use of cigarettes and tobacco products among youth is worrying. Starting with cigarettes and tobacco, youngsters are soon lured into use of drugs.

You need always guts to put youngsters in the squad and also in the line-up.

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

Pressure is when you play for five dollars a hole with only two in your pocket.

You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk.

Your regrets aren't what you did, but what you didn't do. So I take every opportunity.

It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

At a certain R.P.M., there's only one way for blood to leave your body, and that's through your eyeballs. That means you're dead.

Being a conservative in Hollywood is like walking into a shooting range with a bull's-eye attached to your body. There are more of us than you would believe, but if you want to keep working, you feel like you have to keep quiet.

If your body is excited to do something, that's what you should be doing. Or if it really scares you, you should be doing it.

I just try to think of all the things that could go wrong so in that split second when it happens, maybe your body reacts in a way where it protects you just a little.