Quotes by Risk It is never easy to define what is moral, particularly in foreign policy. But at the risk of being simplistic, it appears to me that a foreign policy that is morally right protects human rights everywhere. Arthur Goldberg moral risk rights 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. Arthur Rubinstein risk making-love different You want a valve that doesn't leak and you try everything possible to develop one. But the real world provides you with a leaky valve. You have to determine how much leakiness you can tolerate. Arthur Rudolph risk real trying You have come to a stage where you almost have to work on yourself. You know, on finding some tranquility with which to respond to these things, because I realize that the biggest risk that many of us run is beginning to get inured to the horrors. Arundhati Roy risk running quiet Fluorine has a protecting action against caries, but this is a local effect. If you drink it, you are running the risk of all kinds of toxic actions. Arvid Carlsson toxic risk running As a war correspondent, you have to weigh the risk you run against the story you can get. Asne Seierstad risk running war The judgment means a lot. As a journalist being accused of invading someone's privacy, there is always a risk that it will stick to your name. Asne Seierstad risk names mean Sometimes we can offer a cure, sometimes only a salve, sometimes not even that. But whatever we can offer, our interventions, and the risks and sacrifices they entail, are justified only if they serve the larger aims of a person's life. When we forget that, the suffering we inflict can be barbaric. When we remember it the good we do can be breathtaking. Atul Gawande sacrifice risk suffering Checklists turn out...to be among the basic tools of the quality and productivity revolution in aviation, engineering, construction - in virtually every field combining high risk and complexity. Checklists seem lowly and simplistic, but they help fill in for the gaps in our brains and between our brains. Atul Gawande engineering risk brain A failure often does not have to be a failure at all. However, you have to be ready for it-will you admit when things go wrong? Will you take steps to set them right?-because the difference between triumph and defeat, you'll find, isn't about willingness to take risks. It's about mastery of rescue. Atul Gawande triumph risk differences One of the consequences of if the Affordable Care Act is repealed, is that all of us now are at risk of being a preexisting - of having a preexisting condition waiting to happen. Life, increasingly, is a preexisting condition waiting to happen, now that we have more and more of this data available. Atul Gawande risk care waiting No British Government ever will and ever can risk the bones of a British grenadier. Austen Chamberlain bones risk government The technical explanation is that the market-sensitive risk models used by thousands of market participants work on the assumption that each user is the only person using them. Avinash Persaud assumption risk management Even if smog were a risk to human life, we must remember that life in nature, without technology, is wholesale death. Ayn Rand environmental risk technology It's going to be a season with lots of accidents, and I'll risk saying that we'll be lucky if something really serious doesn't happen. Ayrton Senna risk lucky serious At the risk bragging, one of the things I'm best at is riding coattails. Behind every successful man is me, smiling and taking partial credit. Aziz Ansari risk successful men I think we all have our own mission, duty, fate in life so for me somehow I think I am always walking on the edge of life and take risks. Bai Ling fate risk thinking Many of the things that bring delight should not be owned. They are more enjoyed if another's, than if yours; the first day they give pleasure to the owner, but in all the rest to the others: what belongs to another rejoices doubly, because it is without the risk of going stale and with the satisfaction of freshness. . . the possession of things not only diminishes their enjoyment, but augments their annoyance, whether shared or not shared. Baltasar Gracian delight risk giving Many pleasant things are better when they belong to someone else. When things belong to others, we enjoy them twice as much, without the risk of losing them, and with the pleasure of novelty. Baltasar Gracian novelty risk losing Never risk your reputation on a single shot, for if you miss the loss is irreparable. Baltasar Gracian risk missing loss «56789101112131415»
