Risk is a function of how poorly a strategy will perform if the 'wrong' scenario occurs.

Embrace error: Create an atmosphere in which prudent risk taking is strongly encouraged.

I'm not really comfortable unless there's some kind of risk - either physical or mental.

If it doesn't make you sweat, it's not worth it. If it's not hard to get, why go for it?

Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to.

If the risk is fully aligned with your purpose and mission, then it's worth considering.

The hardest things to do in any art is to risk failure and put yourself out on the line.

Fear is a part of everything you do ... You have to take great risks to get big rewards.

I spent my life attacking everything because I was too afraid to risk creating anything.

This is the central illusion in life: that randomness is a risk, that it is a bad thing.

I'm not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free.

I don't believe in taking unnecessary risks, but a life without risk isn't worth living.

Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.

Most innovators are successful to the extent to which they define risks and confine them.

With every choice you risk the life you would have had; with every decision, you lose it.

Innovation is a big risk. It can also be a big reward - but a big punishment if you fail.

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

Greatest risk is not development of new product, but development of customers and markets

A lot of people approach risk as if it's the enemy when it's really fortune's accomplice.

We've greatly exaggerated the risk of sinking, without celebrating the value of swimming.

Ours was such a delicious risk. My being abruptly and altogether Ecstatic and be-stilled.

Part of my attraction to ancient art is that there is an element of risk, of speculation.

The reason I fight is to provide for my family, and I cannot risk having that taken away.

There's more at risk in what happens in Microsoft than I could ever bet on a poker table.

You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

As a war correspondent, you have to weigh the risk you run against the story you can get.

A too-swift and easy coalition victory may substantially increase the risk of future wars.

If you want it, go for it. Take a risk. Don't always play it safe or you'll die wondering.

Sometimes I think we can tell how important it is to risk by how dangerous it is to do so.

I remembered the fox. One runs the risk of crying a bit if one allows oneself to be tamed.

I fear the future I wish for my children is at risk, so I'm taking action. Please join me.

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

Be willing to absorb some risk and failures to allow people freedom to express themselves.

You've got to keep fighting - you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

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

My strong suit is that I've been willing to risk on the page to get somewhere interesting.

If you choose to live outside the law, you must obey the law more stringently than anyone.

When work is not underpinned by social protection, people risk falling into poverty traps.

I've been saying this for years: There is no longer such a thing as a safe and secure job.

Apocalypse has become banal, a set of statistical risk parameters to everyone's existence.

A monarch must sometimes rule even himself: he who wants everything must risk very little.

One way to mitigate our risk is to invest in companies with understandable business models.

Like air pollution, flood risk is a threat that government should be protecting us against.

I think pressure when you work is good. It forces you to take risks and to do other things.

A leader must face danger. He must take the risk and the blame, and the brunt of the storm.

You know sometimes you're in a position of risk and you feel that you can turn good or bad.

I'm in love with love, so I'm always taking risks! I think it's part of love, taking risks.

It's always a thrilling risk to say exactly what you mean, to express exactly what you see.

I would risk violence a thousand times rather than risk the emasculation of the whole race.

I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go, you gotta go.

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