I am the most conservative person you will ever come across, and that’s because I’m good at reducing risks while leaving the potential rewards high.
We have to take risks in British television. It has to stop playing to the lowest common denominator and patronising people.
I’m definitely a gambler, as exemplified by the massive risks I’ve taken.
Better educating our college students on the risks of high student debt and helping them to find alternatives to taking out student loans would help make the difference to their financial future.
I think I have an incredible group of people that I work with and people I’m inspired by and community I’m inspired by, and I just want to see us all win and continue to grow and flourish and do incredible things and tell stories in the way they’ve never been told. Take risks, be bold, and be smart.
The risks of piracy spreading beyond the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, off the Somali coast, and in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore and beyond are substantial.
There was unprecedented elite condemnation of the plans to invade Iraq. Sensible analysts were able to perceive that the enterprise carried significant risks for U.S. interests, however conceived.
Save enough that you can live off of. Then that’s when you take your risks.
Erasing the ALJ process, even if it takes legislation, will not deny anyone due individual process, generate added litigation risks or substantially increase workloads for commissioners or staff.
To beat opposing teams, you have to attack, and to attack, you have to take risks.
It’s always fun to take risks.
Because of my own experience with market fluctuation, I recognize the great risks one takes on investments. This converts the Social Security safety net into a risky proposition many cannot afford to take.
Being a musician in Texas had its own set of risks.
Large companies and government agencies have a lot to protect and therefore are not willing to take big risks. A large company taking a risk can threaten its stock price. A government agency taking a risk can threaten congressional investigation.
I have always taken risks. I like doing films which are different.
The federal government needs a strategic approach that includes strong leadership and the ability to manage weather related risks. The challenge of developing such an approach is complex: It must not only encompass all levels of government but must also be developed in a bipartisan manner.
I realise that a novel and a film are different mediums. As artistes, we need to respect other artistes. It also needs a lot of courage to take risks to experiment and interpret known literary works.
If designers are willing to take risks, I think buyers should take risks, as well with press taking risks.
The only hard-and-fast rules a Perot must operate under are getting a sound education; being honest and ethical in our business dealings; treating the people who work for us with respect and dignity; and, finally, a Perot cannot be afraid to take risks when appropriate.
I want the biggest fights, the biggest risks, the biggest money. All the titles. That’s what I want.
If you don’t take risks, you won’t be able to do anything. I was confident I could use my experience to change and improve the way Macau worked.
Like so many new moms, I felt anxiety over the impending birth of my daughter. However, most of the anxiety I felt was around the idea of raising a child. I wasn’t focused on potential risks to my health or hers that could occur during the actual birth.
Italy remained attached to conservatism. It had a political class that lived in the past and didn’t build the future. The past is our strength, but it risks becoming our ruin if we walk with our heads turned backwards.
You really should not do this job unless you’re willing to put in that enormous amount of effort. You should not do the job unless you’re willing to take risks. And you shouldn’t do the job unless you’re willing to lose the job, too.
True, foolish risks can lead to difficult consequences. But having said that, don’t be so scared of failure and disappointment that you fail to dream.
If you want to succeed, you have to take the necessary risks and the occasional leap in the dark.
The social risks that worry us are not a random bundle of frights.
If one wants to change the way things are, one has to take risks and be part of different kinds of cinema, despite not knowing how it will be received. That’s what thrills me.
We are always in a state of flux, and taking risks is important.
We now have the economics confirming that not only is climate action required to reduce climate risks, but that it is vital to building long-term, sustainable economic growth.
I realized – I’ve been an opposition journalist in Russia for a long time. And I’ve often considered how real risks are and how much of a risk I can take.
Whistleblowers often take very significant efforts to bring us material and often at very significant risks.
I truly believe that the great heroes that create the history of architecture are people who take risks and write to tell about it.
Everybody fails, its no big deal. Its what being human is. Dont let that stop you from taking risks.
In the media business and as a creative executive, if you don’t take risks, you’re dead in the water. Calculated risk taking is essential for success. No one said it was easy.
The one I liked to watch and follow was Iniesta, because Iniesta is a mix between an eight and a 10. It is a way I can do better, between eight and 10. It is the guy who always likes to have the ball, take the risks, and I think Iniesta was one of the best in the world.
I try to be precise with my passes but take some risks as well.
A lot of people are willing to pray or to put in work, but they’re not willing to take true risks.
There’s so many guys skiing so fast right now that you really have to be willing to take a lot of risks if you want to give yourself a chance to win. I’m prepared to do it; it’s just a matter of if I can make it work.
Are we still a country that takes risks, that innovates, that believes anything is possible? Or are we a country that is resigned to whatever liberty the government decides to dish out?
Luxembourg has a track record of being successful when it takes risks. You need to take on risks to be successful.
I know that I often take risks, but it is always for the purposes of the team.
Father was bold, and Mother was cautious. They never shouted at each other but argued constantly about strategy, and they taught me very early that before taking big risks, one must carefully figure the odds.
There’s a widening of an idea of what a TV show can be or how it can be told, and that’s partially in the diversity of the creators and the stories. Because there are so many new networks and streaming services popping up every day that need more content, there are more opportunities to take risks.
I regret waiting until my mid-twenties to really start seeing the world. I think I should have taken more risks when I was younger and worried less about being ready to grow up.
The American public has a right to know the truth about the risks they face in their daily lives and how we are responding.
In my view, Asian countries have learnt the lessons from the past and significantly enhanced their capabilities to fend off risks.
Without industry, finance and government consciously and collaboratively ensuring that capital flows to where it is needed in order to ensure the scaling up of climate change solutions, whatever deal is agreed risks never being realised.
When you have less risk, you have more fun. You can take risks. It’s much easier to take risks when there’s less money on the line.
While many technological measures can be taken to secure safety at nuclear power plants, such measures on their own cannot cover great risks.
Liberalism regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situation, in which there is no guarantee that the new will always be the good or the true, in which progress is a precarious achievement rather than inevitability.
The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
Women don’t take enough risks. Men are just ‘foot on the gas pedal.’ We’re not going to close the achievement gap until we close the ambition gap.
If someone is always to blame, if every time something goes wrong someone has to be punished, people quickly stop taking risks. Without risks, there can’t be breakthroughs.
Taking risks gives me energy.
When people hear the phrase ‘risk-taker’, two images come to mind. One is the negative idea of someone who’s reckless and unpredictable, sometimes succeeding and at other times crashing out. The other is a more positive view of a fearless innovator who takes risks when others nervously stand back.
That’s the Apple I want – I want an Apple that’s bold and taking risks and being aggressive.
Culture’s worth huge, huge risks. Without culture we’re all totalitarian beasts.
The pilgrims on the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock. To my knowledge, they didn’t wait around for a return trip to Europe. You settle some place with a purpose. If you don’t want to do that, stay home. You avoid an awful lot of risks by not venturing outward.
