Quotes About Risk-taking

The most resilient companies foster a pervasive culture of innovation at all levels of the organization - one that values risk-taking, embraces experimentation and considers failure an inevitable part of thinking boldly.

The only selfish life is a timid one.

I would work as a cook, get a little money, then open another restaurant.

That's the way it is with entrepreneurial people. You try one thing, it doesn't work, you try another.

My best work is always done... when I'm experimenting. If I stop experimenting I feel it just becomes a drudgery.

If you have the opportunity to try different things, you should try different things and step outside your comfort zone and see what works and what doesn't work.

I just want to work with talented people who are enjoyable to be with, and take big huge risks from high comedy to deep, dark, brooding drama, to thriller. I just want to go back and forth.

People must be free to work, to save, to own their own home, to take risks, to invest in each other and, in essence, to control their own lives.

My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different.

I tend to just do whatever I want on an album and try to make it work. I'm just adventurous. It's most exciting to be at the edge of your abilities. I want to see how far I can push things.

Writing your own jokes, you just kind of keep working on something until you think it might work, and then you try it out and hope for the best.

The dialogue between women is a rich field, but change does not come without a lot of reading, asking, listening, risk-taking and hard work.

I'm not scared of getting hurt. I'm not scared of, pretty much, anything. If you live your life scared, what's the fun in living it? If you were scared of getting hit by a car, would you still cross the street?

I once started a small business when I got out of college and enjoyed the stress of making it work. High-stress situations clear my head, and I love the challenge of getting along with many different kinds of people. I'm scared of routine.

Our boundaries have dissolved, and we're going to still do things that are somewhat familiar that people like, but we're also going to stretch out and take chances beyond what we've done before.

Innovation demands risk-taking - which, in turn, entails redefining failure, stripping away its power to inhibit.

Let's all strive to be more entrepreneurial, and I think we'll all be in a better place.

Some of the screen's best moments were realized because a director went against all reason, all logic. No matter how incredible a story seems, it can be made credible. If you feel an insane idea strongly enough, you've usually got something.

We believe strongly that all meaningful change comes from entrepreneurs.

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

I am a natural optimist, as entrepreneurs tend to be.

I sat down with my agent and went through my youth-team video footage. I saw that when I started, I'd get on the ball and within two touches would turn straight away and look to attack my opponent, but when I got into the first team, I would go for the safer option.

You have to have a cultural ethic that allows for making mistakes. It cannot be that just because you make mistakes, you're out. You have to make mistakes in order to innovate.

Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.