The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
Edgar Watson HoweWhen we allow ourselves to become vulnerable, to take chances, and to risk our pride, that is when we find our own glory.
Richard CormanAs our society progresses and genuine experience becomes a riskier and riskier enterprise, so the desire for it will increase.
Kathryn BigelowGreat deeds are usually wrought at great risks
HerodotusThe moment somebody says 'this is very risky' is the moment it becomes attractive to me.
Kate CapshawI've been popular and unpopular, successful and unsuccessful, loved and loathed, and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore, I feel free to take whatever risks I want.
MadonnaIn America any boy may become president, and I suppose that's the risk he takes.
Adlai E StevensonSome pretty senior young individuals in and around the Cabinet should share the responsibility for talking up an election and referring publicly on the radio to where the risk lies.
David WinnickCreativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.
Mary L CookThe trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
Erica JongLet me advise thee not to talk of thyself as being old. There is something in Mind Cure, after all, and if thee continually talks of thyself as being old, thee may perhaps bring on some of the infirmities of age. At least I would not risk it if I were thee.
Hannah Whitall SmithI have a problem with censorship by the lawyer - by legal people by the publishing firm, and I may be changing publishers. They don't seem to want to take too many risks with living people.
Kenneth AngerTo introduce something altogether new would mean to begin all over, to become ignorant again, and to run the old, old risk of failing to learn.
Isaac AsimovThey [governing bodies] have to do something, otherwise more and more referees will be forced out of the game. [after the retirement of Anders Frisk]
Urs MeierDuring the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.
Soren KierkegaardI risked getting my tyres nicked by going to Robbie Fowler's home in Liverpool!
Kevin KeeganI must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you hear it. If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake. Never be afraid to dare.
Vladimir HorowitzHesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.
Ernest HemingwayPeople are talking about the move being a risk but I know what Andy Farrell is about. I know my attitude and record. If I was a betting man I would back myself.
Andy FarrellIf we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.
Al GoreDevout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one.
Anatole FranceIt is vital that we raise awareness of the risks faced by drug misusers.
Ian McCartneyOnly those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
T S Eliot'Looking at cleavage is like looking at the sun. You can't stare at it long, it's too risky. You get a sense of it then you look away.'
Jerry SeinfieldCriticism is a life without risk
John LahrOften the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act.
Maxwell MaltzIn plucking the fruit of memory one runs the risk of spoiling its bloom (The Arrow of Gold)
Joseph ConradHere are a list of Quotes from the delightful Northern Irish Comedian Danny McCrossan
Even the most powerful lie detector invented couldn’t drag a secret out of a woman, however, women rarely have lunch with lie detectors… - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian
See women need to talk because they feel like they have to have adequate levels of communication in order to sustain a healthy and open relationship, whereas men are only driven to speak because of matters beyond their control, like not being able to find clean socks. - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
In Pagan times, uninspired people made sacrifices at the altar, and today, thanks to marraige, many still do. - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
When women are bored they do the usual things, they eat, they go shopping, they neurotically judge the looks of other women, but men, men invade another country! - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
Anything that I’ve ever done that ended up worthwhile, initially scared me to death. Wether it was walking out on stage for that very first time, or asking a girl to include me in her plans for the future, but you know what, You have to risk everything sometimes or you risk even more. It’s not the challenges we face that define us, it’s the actions we take. - Danny McCrossan -Northern irish Comedian.
Everyone had big plans for me when I was younger, it was a cliche “Danny can do anything he wants to do” So I did the only thing I ever thought was worthwhile, bring laughter into the world. How I came to been seen as somewhat of a dissapointment to all those people who had made plans for me, well that still makes me chuckle. - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
You learn alot in your teenage years, for instance I learned that if you’re ever being chased by a police dog, try not to go through a little tunnel, then onto a mini seesaw and then jump through a ring of fire, they’ve trained for that y’see. - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
Asking people in Northern Ireland what they think of politics is like asking the Jews what they think of Hitler. - Danny MCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
There are too many warnings on packaging these days - defrost before eating - Use as directed - I mean, what’s next, you buy a packet of condoms, warning - may contain nuts! - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
I say don’t conform, don’t allow yourself to be pigeon holed, it’s no good for the soul, and the pigeon doesn’t enjoy it either. - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
I remember how nervous I was my very first gig and I remember when I walked out on stage and spoke those words, how the audience laughed and laughed. I swore, there and then, that one day I would have my revenge. - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
The sign said “This door to remain closed at all times” Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t that defeat the purpose of a door? - Danny McCrossan - Northern Irish Comedian.
Danny McCrossanThere is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event it's a thing I need.
William FaulknerThe biggest risk in life is to risk nothing at all
Anonymous'With love, you should go ahead and take the risk of getting hurt because love is an amazing feeling.'
Britney SpearsAt the risk of sounding ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by feelings of love.
Che GuavaraRisk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
Warren BuffettLet us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.
Theodore RooseveltTo save all we must risk all.
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why superiority has been accorded in humanity not to the sex that brings forth but to that which kills. (Le deuxieme sexe)
Simone De BeauvoirProgress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first base.
Frederick WilcoxThere are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.
J P GettyAndrew [Lloyd-Webber] you have taken a great risk... who is going to be your Joseph? [the unknown being hiring a former understudy and getting the BBC to give weeks and weeks of free publicity to the show therefore guaranteeing its success]
Graham NortonThe most threatened group in human societies as in animal societies is the unmated male: the unmated male is more likely to wind up in prison or in an asylum or dead than his mated counterpart. He is less likely to be promoted at work and he is considered a poor credit risk.
Richard Brinsley SheridanExcessive distrust is not less hurtfJul than its opposite. Most men become useless to him who is unwilling to risk being deceived.
Luc De VauvanarguesThat's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people who do will come along.
Lisa AltherOne should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit.
Jean De La BruyereOur lives improve only when we take chances and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
Walter AndersonWe must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.
Maxwell MaltzTo be alive at all involves some risk.
Harold McMillanDecision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.
Paul TillichEvery good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.
Andrew JacksonEvery noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other
MetastasioAnd the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
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