Quotes About Risk

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five.

There is some risk involved in action, there always is. But there is far more risk in failure to act.

Never get involved in a land war in Asia.

Crossing at a ford occurs often in a man's lifetime. It means setting sail even though your friends stay in harbour, knowing the route, knowing the soundness of your ship and the favour of the day.

Love without risk is an impossibility, like war without death.

In a life and death struggle, we cannot afford to leave our destinies in the hands of failures.

Only those who would be called upon to risk their lives for their country should have the privilege of voting to determine whether the nation should go to war.

The war is like an actress who is getting old. It's less and less photogenic and more and more dangerous. (1944)

The world should be worried about those who go around the planet with a can of gasoline in one hand and a box of matches in the other, pretending to sell fire insurance.

I hope to stay unemployed as a war photographer till the end of my life.

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.

The terrorist is the one with the small bomb.

Love is like a war; easy to start but hard to end and you never know where it might take you.

I know of nothing more exciting than war.

The more comfort the less courage there is.

The most dangerous moment comes with victory.

In making war with nature, there was risk of loss in winning.

The war correspondent has his stake - his life - in his own hands, and he can put it on this horse or that horse, or he can put it back in his pocket at the very last minute.

The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse.

Generals who save troops for the next day are always beaten.

The desire of any war photographer is to be put out of business.

Four elements make up the climate of war: danger, exertion, uncertainty and chance.

Buy when the cannons are firing, and sell when the trumpets are blowing