Quotes About Risk

What's that expression? The devil you know is better than the one you don't?

There is nothing to fear but fear itself, the captain announces from the helm, and the occasional man-eating monster.

The curb is the launching point for many a deed. To step off could be the start of a life-changing journey. On the other hand to push someone off could crush that person beneath the wheels of a truck.

The devil you know is better than the one you don't.

Hidupnya seperti lapangan bola, bukan? Selalu penuh garis, struktur, dan peraturan, tak pernah berubah. Tapi sekarang dia sudah dilambungkan melewati dinding memasuki wilayah tak dikenal. [P. 118]

And if you call me moron one more time, I'll blow your brains out." Trace turns to him and smiles. "Then you can land this plane . . . moron.

Fear of it? Who could possibly be afraid of the Thunderhead? People who had the most to lose: Criminals. Politicians. Organizations that thrived on the oppression of others.

Con la Guadaña es mejor pedir perdón que pedir permiso.

This, I know, is a rabbit hole down which only darkness lies, and yet, down it I must dive, into the parts of my own backbrain that not even I know exist...

The curb is the launching point for many a deed. To step off could be the start of a life-changing journey.

Mieux vaut avoir tort qu'être mort. — père de Kelton

If I'm a shining star, let's hope I don't blow up.

En matière de survie, il n'y a pas de seconde ou de troisième place qui tienne. C'est la médaille d'or ou la tombe. — Kelton

No outcome is certain, even when it seems so. Fates can change with the swing of a bat, or the flip of a switch, or the closing of a circuit. It all came down to how far you dared to go to accomplish what the world thinks can't be done.

This time there was no delay between explosion and sound. The ends of her hair singed. Shrapnel shredded the palm leaves around her. She hit the ground, and Faraday dove on top of her to protect her. Another explosion, along with heat that she thought would ignite their flesh Ã¢â'¬Â¦ but then it faded, resolving into twangs of dying metal and the acrid smell of burning insulation. When they looked

For Connor it's not about stupidity, or even rebellion—it's about feeling life. Sitting on this ledge, hidden behind an exit sign is where he feels most comfortable. Sure, one false step and he's roadkill. Yet for Connor, life on the edge is home.

Siempre han existido y siempre existirán personas que viven al límite de la razón

He had even convinced a girl to splat with him once, just so he could say, "Girls fall for me—literally.

Hayden passes his hand back and forth over the flame. He doesn't move slowly enough to burn himself, but he does move slowly enough to feel the heat. Hayden notices Connor watching him. "It's funny how a flame can only burn your hand if you move too slow," Hayden says. "You can tease it all you want and it never gets you, if you're quick enough." "Are you a pyro?" Connor asks. "You're confusing boredom with obsession.

You've got to do something you've never done, to have something you've never had.

You've got to do something you've never done, to have something you've never had.

The world is full of bad ideas that turn into wonderful things.

Plonger au fond du gouffre, Enfer ou Ciel, qu'importe? / Au fond de l'Inconnu pour trouver du NOUVEAU! (rough translation : Into the abyss -- Heaven or Hell, what difference does it make? / To the depths of the Unknown to find the NEW!)

A friend of mine, the most innocuous dreamer who ever lived, once set a forest on fire to see, as he said, if it would catch as easily as people said. The first ten times the experiment was a failure; but on the eleventh it succeeded all too well.