We all get into business, and we take a risk in terms of putting capital.

You have to take risks in order to grow.

You have to be willing to take risks.

Redistricting is a deeply political process, with incumbents actively seeking to minimize the risk to themselves (via bipartisan gerrymanders) or to gain additional seats for their party (via partisan gerrymanders)

I’m always aware that I risk being taken for a neurasthenic prima donna when I explain to someone who wants ‘just a little’ of my time that five minutes of the wrong kind of distraction can ruin a working day.

I stopped showering ever since I realized water causes people to drown. I cannot risk being so close to something that can murder me. Do you let killers into your house? Oh, but you let a murderer come out of your own faucet. Hypocrite.

Because to confide a part of your soul to something that can think and move for itself is obviously a very risky business.

Doing films in Latin America is like an act of faith. I mean, you really have to believe in what you’re doing because if not, you feel like it’s a waste of time because you might as well be doing something that at least pays you the rent.

It is up to the directors to take risks in telling a story and if they want to experiment, they should work with the right kind of people

There’s nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.

J.P. Morgan learned to fish in troubled waters.

To hope is to risk frustration. Make up your mind to risk frustration

Do not be one of those who, rather than risk failure, never attempts anything

There is a theory that bravery and intrepidness and extreme risk taking are all sorts of madness, and that only one person in 1,000 or 100,000 is born without the normal safety rail of self-preservation, the pressing need to turn around and go home when it’s dark, cold and frightening.

If we can possibly avoid wrecking this little planet of ours, we will, But—there must be risks! There must be. In experimental work there always are!

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

A great leap in the dark

Don’t be afraid to take risks and step out of your comfort zone.

We need to regularly stop and take stock; to sit down and determine within ourselves which things are worth valuing and which things are not; which risks are worth the cost and which are not. Even the most confusing or hurtful aspects of life can be made more tolerable by clear seeing and by choice.

In order to achieve greatness, you have to be willing to take risks.

Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk, whether it’s starting a new business, entering into a serious relationship, or jumping out of an airplane.

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

Before you’ll change, something important must be at risk.

I’ve put myself in this position where I haven’t set myself up with a Plan B. I don’t have a safety net; it’s all in.

I think it’s important to evolve and grow and take risks creatively, instead of repeating yourself and doing the same thing over and over.

To beat opposing teams, you have to attack, and to attack, you have to take risks.

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

There is a time when one must decide either to risk everything to fulfill one’s dreams or sit for the rest of one’s life in the backyard.

You are protected. But if you don’t take risks, God will retreat and become only a subject of philosophical speculation.

The warrior of light only risks his heart for something worthwhile.

There is no perfect strategic decision. One always has to pay a price. One always has to balance conflicting objectives, conflicting opinions, and conflicting priorities. The best strategic decision is only an approximation – and a risk.

There is the risk you cannot afford to take, and there is the risk you cannot afford not to take.

People 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.

To live greatly, you have to risk greatly.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

There can be no great accomplishment without risk.

That specific disease in which the suspension of the whole nervous system on a chance or risk becomes as necessary as the dram to the drunkard.

If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.

I believe that one of life’s greatest risks is never daring to risk.

The greatest risk in life is to risk nothing.

I think women are much stronger than men in society. We take more risks than they do in general.

I am proud to be part of a species where a subset of its members willingly put their lives at risk to push the boundaries of our existence.

There is no such thing as a low risk lap in Monaco. It doesn’t exist if you want to be fast, because you have to be on the limit.

Can’t be afraid to take risks; that’s how you grow.

Death can happen anywhere, but kids in Chicago, like 4 years old, can get shot. You don’t really hear that in too many places.

I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we’re talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime ‘associates,’ food, for me, has always been an adventure

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

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

Be content with what nature made you, or run the risk of earning contempt by trying to be what you’re not

Business is a money game with few rules and a lot of risk.

To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.

My friends have named me the person they least want to do extreme adventures with, because I always seem to be very close to being part of a disaster. If a cat has nine lives, I think I’ve used a few.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there’s no risk of accident for someone who’s dead.

To create today is to create dangerously

Life ain’t worth living if you’re not taking risks

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.

Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day

I like taking risks. I like trying new things, whether it be style or restaurants or whatever.