One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.
Walter Scott

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.
Peter Drucker

People who take risks are the people you'll lose against.
John Sculley

Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.
Mark Twain

Pushing production out of America to nations without our environmental standards increases global environmental risks.
Frank Murkowski

Short stories are wonderful and extremely challenging, and the joy of them, because it only takes me three or four months to write, I can take more risks with them. It's just less of your life invested.
Anthony Doerr

Some studies show that women can be better money managers than men because they tend to be more conservative and do their homework. Men tend to take more risks without the research.
Maria Bartiromo

Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards.
David Soul

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
George S. Patton

Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough.
David Packard

Taking risks gives me energy.
Jay Chiat

Talking from morning to night about sex has helped my skiing, because I talk about movement, about looking good, about taking risks.
Ruth Westheimer

The best roles have risks... and those are the parts I'm interested in.
Brendan Fehr

The doctors must tell you that one of the risks of surgery is that you might die. This poor doctor was talking to an actress. It was very dramatic to me. To him, it was just a thing he had to say.
Patty Duke

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Don't store unnecessary data, keep an eye on what's happening, and don't take unnecessary risks.
Chris Bell

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
Charles de Gaulle

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
John F. Kennedy

There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them.
Friedrich Durrenmatt

There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And it ultimately gets away from them, and they end up spending more money, causing much more damage to the economy.
Timothy Geithner

There is no pressure on me, I can take a lot of risks in the coming weeks. I feel free to ski the way I decide on race-day because the overall title was not my main target this winter.
Hermann Maier