Quotes About Risk

After all, the essential point in running a risk is that the returns justify it.

Any technological advance can be dangerous. Fire was dangerous from the start, and so (even more so) was speech—and both are still dangerous to this day—but human beings would not be human without them.

A fire eater must eat fire even if he has to kindle it himself. And you, Lee, have got to worry even if you must kill yourself to invent something to worry about.

He clearly knew how dangerous it was to have an excited twelve-year-old handling a powerful weapon.

An incompetent traitor is no danger. It is rather the capable men who must be watched.

Pero ¿podemos permitirnos el lujo de arriesgarnos? ¿Podemos arriesgar el presente por el bien de un nebuloso futuro?

But I'd be killed, and I never like to count on that when I'm making plans. It doesn't pay off.

me gustaría recordarle que existe una diferencia entre la osadía y la ceguera. La acción decisiva está indicada cuando se conoce al enemigo y se pueden calcular aproximadamente los riesgos; pero moverse contra un potencial desconocido ya supone una osadía de por sí. Sería lo mismo que preguntar por qué un hombre salta con éxito en una carrera de obstáculos durante el día y tropieza con los muebles de su habitación por la noche.

You mean you're going to risk your life on something that isn't your business? Gorov smiled thinly. Ponyets said, You mean that this is a matter of patriotism and traders aren't patriotic? Notoriously not. Pioneers never are.

Ever since Alexander went to India, Greek kings used elephants in war, mainly for prestige. They were rarely any use. Unlike horses, they were far too intelligent to risk injury merely at a man's urging. It was easy to panic elephants to hastily retreat, trampling their own army.

Courtiers don't take wagers against the king's skill. There is a deadly danger of winning

There is probability of 1.7% that I will be executed, but of course that will not stop the project. We have taken that into account as well.

Staring at danger may not be pleasant – but closing your eyes will not make the danger go away, and with closed eyes you will surely be destroyed by it.

a las bravas.

Unimaginative enough to face danger without fear

A fire eater must eat fire even if he has to kindle it himself

the essential point in running a risk is that the returns justify it.

Ha séta?rhajón volnánk, talán el is lehetne intézni. De mi a nap iránt fogunk leereszkedni. Gondolom, nem akarsz egyszerre megvakulni, megsülni és sugárfertÅ'zést kapni, nem igaz?

With the blind jumps we took through hyperspace, it's lucky we didn't land up in a sun's belly.

În lipsa unui computer, o civilizaÅ£ie puternic? poate deveni periculoas?, ÅŸi de aceea e mai bine s? fie distrus?.

Heroism is a badly remunerated occupation, and often it leads to an early end, which is why it appeals to fanatics or persons with an unhealthy fascination with death.

Those who seek the truth run the risk of finding it.

Life is long, and the world is large. It is all a question of taking a chance.

Si escribo algo, temo que suceda, si amo demasiado a alguien temo perderlo; sin embargo no puedo dejar de escribir ni de amar...