Risk Quotes

Scotland forms a crucial part of our Armed Forces which should not be jeopardised by rushed cuts or a rush to the exit from the U.K. Defence jobs are vital to the Scottish economy and yet independence puts thousands of jobs at risk.

In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy.

Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.

The man who knows it can't be done counts the risk, not the reward.

Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture; and we are impelled to make the venture by the affinity and attraction which we feel in ourselves.

Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk.

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

Psychoanalysis is a terribly efficient instrument, and because it is more and more a prestigious instrument, we run the risk of using it with a purpose for which it was not made for, and in this way we may degrade it.

Risk is at the heart of jazz. Every note we play is a risk.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

I had accumulated some capital and was at an age at which I was interested in generating income. But even though I was risk averse, I was interested in growth stocks.

To be alive at all involves some risk.

Film is the most expensive, highest risk industry in the world.

You can feel as brave as Columbus starting for the unknown the first time you enter a Chinese lane full of boys laughing at you, or when you risk climbing down in a Tibetan pub for a meal of rotten meat.

The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.

Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure.

We have at least 125 communities in Arizona at risk from wildfire, not because of review processes or litigation delays but because of a lack of federal funding on the ground to actually begin the projects.

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

You have to be aware. Like, I'm not going to do any downhill skiing. It looks like a whole lot of fun, but I'm not going to risk breaking a leg. I want to be dancing the way I'm dancing now for 30 more years.

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

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

If you're not staying on top of your money, you are putting your financial well-being at risk.

Entrepreneurs are great at dealing with uncertainty and also very good at minimizing risk. That's the classic great entrepreneur.

People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.

The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.

It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.

If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure.

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.

In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.

There's always a risk if you don't do things the way you've done things before.

Where anti-Semitism persists, the well being of all our people is at risk.

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.

I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting.

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community.

I think that if your approach is one where you don't want to alienate anybody, you're going to have to soften the viewpoint or the information that you're offering to such an extent that it doesn't have the power to make any difference. You have to take that risk.

I have to say that in this particular cow that we're dealing with, those parts of the cow were removed, and so we don't think there's any risk or very negligible risk to human health with this particular incident.

I think audiences ultimately want something new. I think the business model for a franchise is such that it's very low risk because you have data and studios love data.

The rise of childhood obesity has placed the health of an entire generation at risk.

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard.

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

The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.

As the head of security for an airline, I can't ask my passengers to risk their lives and jump on a terrorist. This is why we need air marshals on every flight.

Inequality has risen to the point that it seems to me worthwhile for the U.S. to seriously consider taking the risk of making our economy more rewarding for more of the people.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

Once you are a victim of a bombing, you enter a risk group to which they will not sell insurance.

I seek as much as I can to mitigate risk.

It's a gamble you take, the risk of alienating an audience. But there's a theory - sometimes it's better to confuse them for five minutes than let them get ahead of you for 10 seconds.

Life is a risk.

We have to think outside the box, inside the Constitution, find ways to do things that will elevate our security, reduce the risk of the incidence of terrorist attack.

Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of risk and the world in our continent was another world of risk.

A controlled carbohydrate lifestyle really prevents risk factors for heart disease.

There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.

To walk across the street is a risk.

The risk of the Holocaust is not that it will be forgotten, but that it will be embalmed and surrounded by monuments and used to absolve all future sins.

I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.

I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They thought it was just European hysteria. Then the terrorist attacks happened and there was a complete conversion. Suddenly terrorism was the central risk.

Hope is a risk that must be run.

If we don't continue to pursue alternative, emissions-free energy sources like nuclear fuel, we are at risk of increasing our dependence on costly natural gas.

I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.

I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn.

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

Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure.

The 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.

What's the greater risk? Letting go of what people think - or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and who I am?

Vulnerability is basically uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure.

Often you need to take some risk, but it must be a realistic risk, you can't take a crazy risk.

I didn't cry when I left free-booting, smash-and-grab papers that would have appeared to be far more natural homes for me and, at the risk of being vulgar, paid far better for my services.

If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.

Fluorine has a protecting action against caries, but this is a local effect. If you drink it, you are running the risk of all kinds of toxic actions.

Well, I always run the risk of falling on my face, which has in fact happened.

A lot of people simply don't realize their potential because they're just so risk adverse. They just don't want to take the risk.