Quotes About Risk

Probability said that someday we would run out of luck—as

Nonviolent defiance often risks serious casualities, but it seem to produce far fewer casualitie than when both sides use violence. At the same time, presistence in nonviolent struggle contributes to much greater chance for success than if the resisters had chosen to fight a militarily-prepared opponent violence

want to see you get hurt, Marylou. Or maybe killed." "Don't worry about me, Buck.

Nothin' bucks like a bull . . . rider.

Remind me why I took this job,' Kai muttered. 'People pointed guns at you. Right?' 'Yeah. Something like that.' 'And you like books.' She glanced sidelong at him. He flashed a quick, genuine smile at her. 'Yeah. That would be it.

And Irene hadn't broken the letter of any ordinances – she hoped. She'd just jumped up and down on the spirit of them, then taken them down a dark alley and made some pointed suggestions at knife-point.

Involvements with glamorous female cat burglars never end up well.

All right, Irene thought, I have officially met someone who makes even more reckless plans than I do. 'This could indeed be the beginning of a beautiful friendship,' she agreed, and she couldn't help smiling.

Involvements with glamorous female cat burglars never end up well." "And you've had some?" "One," Irene said, and hoped that she wasn't blushing too badly. "Oh, you're that Irene,

The problem with paranoia was that if you let it rule all your decisions, then you would miss some perfectly good opportunities.

Living outside the Library was never safe. Flying sleighs could come out of nowhere and hit you, however careful you were.

Dead was still dead, whether the killer was exotic, professional, or amateur. Getting killed was incredibly easy. Anyone could do it. Staying safe and alive was much harder.

Trust me," she said. "Oh, I do," Kai said. "I just happen to think that this is one of the most reckless, hare-brained, soul-endangering plans I have heard of since—" He broke off. "Nevermind.

Natural causes - it's all at the back of the report; she was in a traffic accident. Hit by a crashing flying sleigh. The sleigh was flying, that is, and then it crashed.' The thought gave her a little unwanted shudder. Living outside the Library was never safe. Flying sleighs could come out of nowhere and hit you, however careful you were.

An answer, certainly,' Vale agreed. 'But the truth? That might be a very dangerous commodity.

A lake being calm doesn't mean that crocodiles are hungry neither.

Now I understand. When you love someone, you have to try things even if they don't make sense to anyone else.

Nobody knows how things will turn out, that's why they go ahead and play the game...You give it your all and sometimes amazing things happen, but it's hardly ever what you expect.

Life is amazing, isn't it? You can't ever tell what will happen. Nobody knows until they go ahead and play the game.

The unknown is scary. It's unknown for a reason. That's why normal people don't go there.

I may not be smart enough to do everything, but I am dumb enough to try anything.

Ed. Note: really, really, REALLY not smart to do this in bar full of giant Liverpool fans

As soon as the numbers get up in a chart - or better yet, a graph - as soon as they thus become blessed with some specious authenticity, they become the drivers in high-risk, low-data situations because these people are so anxious to have data. That's when you hear them saying things like "It will be a billion-dollar market in 2016. If we only get five percent of that market..." When you hear that sort of stuff, exit gracefully, holding on to your wallet.

The word risk is a negative one in their vocabulary—it does not connote opportunity or excitement but rather the chance to waste money and time.