Quotes About Risk

In my twenties, I was a huge, insane risk-taker.

It's so much worse to live in regret in your forties than it is to take a chance in your late twenties.

If I'm going to fly for more than twenty feet it's generally a good idea to get a stunt guy.

If you had a national grid with one operator, you had twenty or even a hundred operators, if you don't have the ability to compel people to observe high standards of conduct, then you run a greater risk.

Internet players have successfully addressed the all-in play from a mathematical perspective. For example, it's fairly common to see a net player move all-in over the top from the big blind with a hand like K-Q when they have less than twenty big blinds remaining. And for good reason - it works!

I don't believe in pitfalls. I believe in taking risks and not doing the same thing twice.

Don't be afraid to make a mistake. But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice.

We all know the dangers of sequels. Lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place too often, and I think you've got to move beyond it, go the extra mile and have the courage not to just repeat the first one.

You are twice as likely to be struck by lightning as you around to be affected by a terrorist event in the United States.

I've gone skydiving twice. I was terrified about doing it, but I wanted to overcome that. The first time, I did it with my parents and I remember that they had already both jumped out, and suddenly it was my turn. And I thought, 'Well, I don't want to be an orphan,' so I guess I have no choice, and I jumped out of the plane.

I have been in danger of being drowned twice.

I go skydiving often. At least twice a year.

In many cases, if we knew what it would take, we might have thought twice about it, so it's often wonderful that we don't have hindsight.

There is never a bad time to start a business - unless you want to start a mediocre one.

I have a real interest in pushing some of the limits of things that studios don't want to make.

I think audiences ultimately want something new. I think the business model for a franchise is such that it's very low risk because you have data and studios love data.

People love to get scared. People want to see the worst thing that can happen.

I don't have Twitter or Facebook or MySpace or any of those things. I think there's a kind of risky thing privacy wise and I'm a private, guided person and don't want to get too open.

In troubled times the last thing you want to do is to stick your money into a film. It's such a gamble.

The people I want to hear about are the people who take risks.

I went to rent a car, and the guy goes, 'Do you want the extra insurance?' I said, 'Why...am I gonna get into an extra accident?

The law don't like jazz clubs. No one wants anything to do with that kind of trouble.

It's a big deal when you finally get the chance to do the one thing you want to do - need to do - more than anything. It can kind of scare the crap out of you.

The major studios are by and large banks, and they give you what is by and large a loan to make a movie. Like banks, they want their money back plus.