Risk is the universe's way of pushing us to become more than what we are. Risk is faith at the edge. Risk is the pulsating nature of life.

You can't think of risks. I have nothing to lose. You either make something that you like, or you don't, and you throw it to the universe.

I've taken challenges with the big risk that it can all go wrong. But that's what I like and I'd rather do that than be safe all the time.

I can tell the negotiators, please, when you consider all the options, do not be constrained by the risk of an oil embargo on Iranian oil.

The writer has to take risks and go somewhere full of mystery and possibility for the novel to deepen over the years it takes to write it.

Our first responders risk their lives to help others. The least we can do is make sure they have the resources they need to do their jobs.

Throughout the ages there have always been those who have been willing to go beyond the norms and reach for that unknown and distant star.

I think Little Nicky was a divergence from the films Adam Sandler was used to doing, and he was taking a risk. I admire him for doing that.

Using volatility as a measure of risk is nuts. Risk to us is 1) the risk of permanent loss of capital, or 2) the risk of inadequate return.

The people who know God well—mystics, hermits, prayerful people, those who risk everything to find God—always meet a lover, not a dictator.

Any time you risk big you often risk losing big. You can win big but you can also lose big, but you have to be willing to take those risks.

It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.

As in the past, the costs and risks of the coming phases of the industrial economy were to be socialized, with eventual profits privatized.

If you work around at-risk teen students, actually tell them you love them and have faith in their success. No one tells them that. No one.

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.

The body is in some sense perennially at risk. The possibility of bodily injury is ever-present, even in the most familiar of surroundings.

I like to take a shot with things. I like to take risks. I'm attracted to things that are different than the average run-of-the-mill stuff.

Audiences arent fools - their judgement really is important. And the true heroes of films are the investors. They take the risk, after all.

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

It's off the charts - and if you don't believe the scientists, ask the insurance industry, the people we pay to analyze risk in our society.

I have said, and I repeat, at the risk of appearing sacrilegious, that the gas chambers are a detail of the history of the Second World War.

Young people are at risk of being disinherited from their community if that community lacks the courage and confidence to teach its history.

They thought we were stupid to do it, (hide Jews) of course; in fact, it was beyond their comprehension that we would risk so much for Jews.

Playing with your spouse on the golf course runs almost as great a marital risk as getting caught playing with someone else's anywhere else.

In general, any productive activity which introduces substances foreign to the natural environment runs a considerable risk of polluting it.

If you decide to do comedy that involves risk, risk means risk, and you can't complain of flesh wounds if you sit down at the table to play.

To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.'

For WhatsApp to become a privacy-oriented service, it has to risk losing entire markets and clashing with authorities in their home country.

If I had known my own limitations, I never would have taken the risk, and the risk led to one my greatest artistic and personal experiences.

Recklessness is almost a man's revenge on his woman. He feels he is not valued so he will risk destroying himself to deprive her altogether.

What shames us, what we most fear to tell, does not set us apart from others; it binds us together if only we can take the risk to speak it.

All the way through, we have been willing to take risks, provided at the end of it we can get a decent lasting settlement in Northern Ireland

The Stroke Association has produced leaflets that set out clearly the health risks associated with stroke that African-Caribbean people face.

Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive - the risk to be alive and express what we really are.

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.

At the risk of saying you should make a self-indulgent film for your first movie: you should make a self-indulgent film for your first movie.

All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.

I'm not a risk taker. I don't do plunging necklines or really short skirts. I try to stay as classy as possible and provide a little mystery.

When my generation was your age, we took crazy risks. The wildest thing was - prepare to be shocked - we deliberately ingested carbohydrates!

There are individuals who can support you, but frequently, you have to risk putting yourself out there - and sometimes you just have to push.

If no pain, then no love. If no darkness, no light. If no risk, then no reward. It's all or nothing. In this damn world, it's all or nothing.

When all feels calm and prices surge, the markets may feel safe; but, in fact, they are dangerous because few investors are focusing on risk.

While many technological measures can be taken to secure safety at nuclear power plants, such measures on their own cannot cover great risks.

The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.

To aim at excellence, our reputation, and friends, and all must be ventured; to aim at the average we run no risk and provide little service.

For to save mankind's future freedom, we must face up to any risk that is necessary. We will always seek peace - but we will never surrender.

All economic activity is by definition "high risk." And defending yesterday--that is, not innovating--is far more risky than making tomorrow.

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people who do will come along.

It doesn't even matter how successful a movie like 'Up' is: you'll never sell a lot of toy walkers. But that's the way we spread out the risk.

Doves oppose war on the grounds that the risks exceed the gains. War with Iraq could be very costly, possibly degenerating into urban warfare.

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