Risk Quotes - Page 5

When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience, and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; culture-death is a clear possibility.

I'm more than ever of the opinion that a decent human existence is possible today only on the fringes of society, where one then runs the risk of starving or being stoned to death. In these circumstances, a sense of humor is a great help.

When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, Dance with me, dance with me into the colors of the dusk.

The risk climate of modernity is thus unsettling for everyone: no one escapes.

May we never risk the life of our souls by being resentful or by bearing grudges.

Their argument is that most shows are losers, which is true, but it's also disingenuous to say, 'We are not going to take the risk unless it is totally covered by the few successful shows that are out there.'

The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light of the complete finality of the death sentence.

I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I'm not afraid of falling into my inkpot.

Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk. If you twist it into something it was never meant to be, it can make you a doormat or an insufferable manipulator. Forgiving seems almost unnatural. Our sense of fairness tells us people should pay for the wrong they do. But forgiving is love's power to break nature's rule.

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.

You have to risk failure to succeed. The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize the future.

The most dangerous risk of all - the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.

Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail.

The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you're just boring.

I'm mischievous. The idea of taking risks and having real-world consequences energizes me.

It is far better to do the right thing wrong than to do the wrong thing right.

Trust firmly in your luck, cling to your happiness, and dare to take risks.

I don't believe in pitfalls. I believe in taking risks and not doing the same thing twice.

An essential element of any art is risk. If you don't take a risk then how are you going to make something really beautiful, that hasn't been seen before?

If nuclear power plants are safe, let the commerical insurance industry insure them. Until these most expert judges of risk are willing to gamble with their money, I'm not willing to gamble with the health and safety of my family.

Successful investing is about managing risk, not avoiding it.

Nowadays, saying what you really think can be a serious error since one risks being misunderstood.

People who refuse to step out and be used by God become the critics of those who do. Risk takers, the ones who thrill the heart of God, become the targets of those who never fail because they seldom try.

The world is full of people who want to play it safe, people who have tremendous potential but never use it. Somewhere deep inside them, they know that they could do more in life, be more, and have more -- if only they were willing to take a few risks.

At every concert I leave a lot to the moment. I must have the unexpected, the unforeseen. I want to risk, to dare. I want to be surprised by what comes out. I want to enjoy it more than the audience. That way the music can bloom anew. It's like making love. The act is always the same, but each time it's different.