I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.
Anais NinHesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.
Ernest HemingwayIt 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 BeauvoirCreativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.
Mary L Cook'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 SeinfieldWhen we allow ourselves to become vulnerable, to take chances, and to risk our pride, that is when we find our own glory.
Richard CormanIt is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.
PlutarchCosts merely register competing attractions. (Risk, Uncertainty and Profit)
Frank H KnightI 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 AngerExcessive distrust is not less hurtfJul than its opposite. Most men become useless to him who is unwilling to risk being deceived.
Luc De VauvanarguesWe 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 MaltzEvery 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 JacksonOnly those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
T S EliotAs our society progresses and genuine experience becomes a riskier and riskier enterprise, so the desire for it will increase.
Kathryn BigelowRisk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.
Katherine MansfieldRisk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
Warren BuffettIt's going to be a season with lots of accidents, and I'll risk saying that we'll be lucky if something really serious doesn't happen.
Ayrton SennaThe 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 SheridanI went to Ft Bragg and learned that Delta was indeed gearing up for the rescue. Still I was concerned the Reagan staff would not be willing to take the risk of sending an official military force into Laos.
Bo GritzIf we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.
Al GoreSome 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 WinnickDecision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.
Paul TillichAnyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.
Vaclav HavelOur lives improve only when we take chances and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
Walter AndersonEvery noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other
MetastasioWe Americans know - although others appear to forget - the risk of spreading conflict. We still seek no wider war.
Lyndon JohnsonThe risk presented by these lethal wastes is like no other risk, and we should not be expected to accept it or to project it into the future in order for manufacturers and utilities to make a dollar killing now.
David BrowerI 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 HorowitzTake calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
George PattonThe policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
Jawaharlal NehruGreat deeds are usually wrought at great risks
HerodotusPeople who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
Peter F DruckerMany a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.
J B PriestleyLet us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.
Theodore RooseveltTo 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 AsimovAt the risk of sounding ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by feelings of love.
Che GuavaraA woman simply is, but a man must become. Masculinity is risky and elusive. It is achieved by a revolt from woman, and it is confirmed only by other men. Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
Camille Paglia If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman.
Samuel JohnsonTo be alive at all involves some risk.
Harold McMillanAnd the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Anais NinThere 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 Faulkner'With love, you should go ahead and take the risk of getting hurt because love is an amazing feeling.'
Britney SpearsAndrew [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 NortonLet 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 SmithOften 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 MaltzTo get rich never risk your health.
Richard BakerHe who spends time regretting the past loses the present and risks the future.
QuevedoIt is vital that we raise awareness of the risks faced by drug misusers.
Ian McCartneyAt the risk of sounding naff, it is having hope fulfilled [idea of happiness]
Brenda BlethynDuring the investigation evidence of the vulnerability of women in the modelling profession was startling and models are at high risk of eating disorders.
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