Risk Quotes - page 10

The world cracks open for those willing to take a risk. (Frances Mayes)

The story of human intimacy is one of constantly allowing ourselves to see those we love most deeply in a new, more fractured light. Look hard. Risk that.

Cheryl Strayed

The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.

Barry Eisler

If you risk nothing you gain nothing.

Bear Grylls

Clearly independent journalists - domestic journalists - run a high risk if they dare to take on serious investigative work.

David Remnick

Lack of confidence, sometimes alternating with unrealistic dreams of heroic success, often leads to procrastination, and many studies suggest that procrastinators are self-handicappers: rather than risk failure, they prefer to create conditions that make success impossible, a reflex that of course creates a vicious cycle.

James Surowiecki

Political risk is hard to manage because so much comes down to the personal choices of policymakers, whether prime ministers or heads of central banks.

James Surowiecki

There's something about seeing a guy's feelings written down, something about him taking that risk and committing that heart to paper, that means so much more than anything he could just say.

E. Lockhart

Random distributions are not good things, because people are risk-averse, and this risk adversely affects their welfare. If you get too much price uncertainty, all kinds of long-term, mutually beneficial contracts can't be entered into.

Edward C. Prescott

Would you risk your life for love?

Amy Plum

We and other groups are seeing clear statistical links between telomere shortness and risk for a variety of diseases that are becoming very common, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and certain cancers. (Elizabeth Blackburn)

There's no safety in love. You risk the whole of life. But the great thing is to risk -to believe, and to risk everything for your belief.

Elizabeth von Arnim

Like me, he has a searing belief that books are sacred. They might not be to other people, but when you have a passion, you hold on to it. You defend it. You dont pretend it isn't important at the risk of offending others." -Carrie.

Candace Bushnell

Retribution is tricky. . . . The insult isn't usually worth the risk of punishment. And eventually one learns that karma has a surprising way of taking care of these situations. All you have to do is sit back and watch.

Candace Bushnell

I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in life.

Alice Hoffman

You can never protect yourself 100%. What you do is protect your self as much as possible and mitigate risk to an acceptable degree. You can never remove all risk.

Kevin Mitnick

It's actually a smarter crime because imagine if you rob a bank, or you're dealing drugs. If you get caught you're going to spend a lot of time in custody. But with hacking, it's much easier to commit the crime and the risk of punishment is slim to none.

Kevin Mitnick

Everything worth doing involves risk.

Linda Lael Miller

Our stories remind us how precious and fragile life can be-- and that we must risk our hearts everyday to know happiness.

Luanne Rice

Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.

Denis Waitley

You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together. (Earl Nightingale)

When the script for 'Once' came my way, I had the thought that maybe it will last only a season. But I was willing to take that risk.

Lana Parrilla

...the moon that hung over the garden like some great priceless pearl, flawed and blemished with grey shadowy ridges as only a very great beauty can risk being.

Anita Desai

The risk of just one terrorist with just one nuclear weapon is a risk we simply cannot afford to take.

John O. Brennan

I feel like I am floating in plasma I need a teacher or a lover I need someone to risk being involved with me. I am so vain and I am so masochistic. How can they coexist?

Francesca Woodman

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