Quotes About Risk-taking

I never tried to pigeonhole myself. I've been willing to take risks and try doing things like reality TV with 'The Bachelor' or Food Network or 'Good Morning America.'

There's a side of me that wants to rebel, and as soon as you go down this path with a movie, and you're supposed to go right, I want to go left, just to see what it's like. I just want to do it,because the more I know you aren't supposed to do something, the more I want to do it.

We're skateboarders, we have rebellious ways.

As you get older, you overthink and can talk yourself out of anything. It's good to be a bit reckless and experimental.

I'm a bit of a reckless driver.

There are places in the Knobs where well just make stuff up at the end of a song. Maybe we wont end it. Maybe well go on another three minutes and see what the guitar does. You go into it with reckless abandon and hope that some kind of magic might happen. And usually it does.

I came to San Antonio, and it's known for the River Walk. So I was just doing some sightseeing, I looked at the bridge and I thought, 'Man, if I do a flip off this bridge, that would be super-cool.' I don't recommend anybody jump off that bridge.

I started my own record label.

That's been the secret to 'Gas Monkey': Move fast. I opened the first restaurant within a year and a half. Most people wait five years. I always move quickly, and in today's market, no matter what you're in, you can recover from a mistake faster than you can recover from not doing.

Overall, we've lost risk-takers on the red carpet at the Academy Awards. All too often, stars play it safe.

What is special about 'Hannah' is she's complex. She takes risks and she's smart, and she has a lot of love for people.

Blueprints are for Harvard MBAs. I dropped out of college.

I want to play some really good, interesting, crazy characters. I want to take some chances. I want to take risks. I want to have fun and just keep working. That's all I really care about.

How to get over the river was the bother. At last, after thinking a heap about it, I came to the conclusion that I always did: that the boldest plan is the best and safest.

Successful hedge funds will be entrepreneurial; it is the essence of the craft.

I am convinced by my style of play, so I take risks without much hesitation.

I was a scam artist in high school for a while.

I started Oyo right out of my high school, with limited resources.

I base jumped off one of the highest buildings in the world.

I graduated high school a year early and moved to Los Angeles to go to acting school, which is hilarious.

Good novels are written by people who are not frightened.

Do all the other things, the ambitious things — travel, get rich, get famous, innovate, lead, fall in love, make and lose fortunes, swim naked in wild jungle rivers (after first having it tested for monkey poop) – but as you do, to the extent that you can, err in the direction of kindness.

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.

I'm an off-road racecar driver. And I think every woman in my life has told me that's not a sensible hobby. But when I was growing, even more than I wanted to be funny, I wanted to be a racecar driver. That's all I thought about. I worked for a race team when I was 15 and I traveled with them.