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Risk-taking is the essence of innovation. -- Herman Kahn
Risk-taking is my thing... I think of my company as my chip stack. -- Jason Calacanis
Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is. -- Mitt Romney
Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity, there are no surprises. -- Rita Gelman
And the American people are the greatest people in the world. What makes America the greatest nation in the world is the heart of the American people: hardworking, innovative, risk-taking, God- loving, family-oriented American people. -- Mitt Romney
Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast. -- Tom Peters
Necessity is the mother of taking chances. -- Mark Twain
To win without risk is to triumph without glory. -- Pierre Corneille
Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. -- Mitt Romney
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. -- George S. Patton
Yes, risk-taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking. -- Jim McMahon
Don't be afraid to tread new ground, but do a sanity test. -- Sabeer Bhatia
You can only be as good as you dare to be bad. -- John Barrymore
Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down. -- Ray Bradbury
If you want risk taking, set an example yourself and reward and praise those that do. -- Jack Welch
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. -- William James
A ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for. -- Albert Einstein
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. -- Andre Gide
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
Goals may cause systematic problems for organizations due to narrowed focus, unethical behavior, increased risk taking, decreased cooperation, and decreased intrinsic motivation. Use care when applying goals in your organization. -- Daniel H. Pink
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. -- Helen Keller
Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets. -- Victor Kiam
The only sure way to stop excessive risk taking on Wall Street so you don't risk losing your job, or your savings or your home, is to put an end to the excessive economic and political power of Wall Street by busting up the big banks. -- Robert Reich
What leaders have to remember is that somewhere under the somnolent surface is the creature that builds civilizations, the dreamer of dreams, the risk taker. And remembering that, the leader must reach down to the springs that never dry up, the ever-fresh springs of the human spirit. -- John W. Gardner
The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That's the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead! -- George S. Patton
Courage is not an ability one either possess or lacks. Courage is the willingness to engage in a risk-taking behavior regardless of whether the consequences are unknown or possibly adverse. We are capable of courageous behavior provided we are willing to engage in it. Given that life offers few guarantees, all living requires risk-taking. -- Alfred Adler
Pressure to produce over the short term - a gun to the head of everyone - encourages excessive risk taking which manifests itself in several ways - fully invested posture at all times, the use of leverage, and a market centric orientation that makes it difficult to stand apart from the crowd and take a long term perspective. -- Seth Klarman
There has to be an element of risk-taking for me in my work. -- Sigmar Polke
Of course risk-taking does not always pay off, but it's a lot of fun! -- Mary Wesley
We should ban banks from risk-taking because society is going to pay the price. -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures. -- Herbie Hancock
It's all about risk-taking when you're making an album. Don't be scared to do weird things sometimes. -- Vic Fuentes
Sometimes you find that there is better material in small and more independent movies. There's more risk-taking. -- Nick Stahl
I'm incredibly fortunate to have met the intelligent, generous, risk-taking, stimulating man to whom I am married. He's really amazing. -- Cate Blanchett
It seems that not being religious is a form of risk-taking, consistent with other patterns of short-sighted behaviour in men. -- Rodney Stark
Corporations have been killing the risk-taking and exploration that makes software great. They have tried to rip the soul out of development. -- Brian Behlendorf
The American economy has been built and sustained by risk-taking entrepreneurs whose pioneering ideas and hard work gave birth to flourishing businesses. -- Mike Pence
In the future, financial firms of any type whose failure would pose a systemic risk must accept especially close regulatory scrutiny of their risk-taking. -- Ben Bernanke
China has all the advantages in the world. But it doesn't have a history of free thinking, risk-taking pioneers - the kind of people the U.S. is built upon. -- James Dyson
Many people crave security and stability rather than risk-taking, and that doesn't make them any less American. They are the workers rather than the job creators, and all societies need both. -- John Podhoretz
My mom started an air-freight company; my grandmother built a golf course. I have a certain degree of entrepreneurial risk-taking in my family history. Maybe that eventually rubbed off on me a little bit. -- Brian Acton
In some ways, risk-taking is the ultimate act of self-indulgence, an obscene insult to the preciousness of life. And yet, how can one dismiss something that persists despite every reasonable theory that it shouldn't? -- Sebastian Junger
I'm a capitalist by conviction and profession. I believe the best economic system is one that rewards entrepreneurship and risk-taking, maximizes customer choice, uses markets to allocate scarce resources and minimizes the regulatory burden on business. -- Gary Hamel
We got government off the backs of the people of India, particularly off the backs of India's entrepreneurs. We introduced more competition, both internal competition and external competition. We simplified and rationalized the tax system. We made risk-taking much more attractive. -- Manmohan Singh
The actions taken by central banks and other authorities to stabilize a panic in the short run can work against stability in the long run if investors and firms infer from those actions that they will never bear the full consequences of excessive risk-taking. -- Ben Bernanke
I moderated a panel focusing just on women and the specific challenges that women entrepreneurs face. And we found that around the world, the challenges are the same, whether it is gaining access to capital, risk-taking, or the ability to expand beyond a small business and grow. -- Valerie Jarrett
Just as Wall Street needs to break the hold of the bonus culture, which drives risk-taking that is rational for individuals but damaging to the financial system, so science must break the tyranny of the luxury journals. The result will be better research that better serves science and society. -- Randy Schekman
The failure of national economic policy is costing us more than jobs; it has begun to weaken that uniquely American spirit of risk-taking, large ambition, and optimism about the future. We must rally them now to bold departures that rebuild our national morale as well as our material prosperity. -- Mitch Daniels
Publishers are very risk-averse, so they lean towards licenses and sequels. But the fact is that even those are not guaranteed hits. So, if 'playing it safe' does not guarantee hits, they might as well leave it up to the really creative, risk-taking people, because they couldn't do any worse. -- Tim Schafer
I do like the thrill of risk-taking, but it's always carefully calculated. I have done many high risk undertakings, but I have always measured the stakes. Not feeding the fear nor the doubt. But I also believe that you need to fuel passion in whatever you do. This is what I am trying to teach my children today. -- Guy Laliberte
What we're going to do is redouble our efforts on financial regulatory reform, because that has in it sensible things like say on pay, so at least the shareholders are minding the store, sensible things like saying, for heaven's sakes, compensation should be focused on - on long term, so that you don't have rewards for short-term risk-taking. -- Christina Romer
Being a star requires risk-taking shoes. -- Sarah Dessen
You can't lead without taking risk. -- Andy Stanley
The greatest risk is not taking one. -- Tim Fargo
The greatest risk is not taking any. -- Tim Fargo
There is no knowledge without risk taking. -- Terence McKenna
True entrepreneurshi p comes only from risk-taking. -- Dhirubhai Ambani
To quit taking risks is a serious risk! -- Donald Keough
The ultimate risk is not taking a risk. -- James Goldsmith
The biggest risk is not taking any risk. -- Mark Zuckerberg
The biggest risk of all is not taking one. -- Mellody Hobson
Success comes from delegating, risk-taking and having a good TEAM! -- Richard Branson
All growth, including political growth, is the result of risk-taking. -- Jude Wanniski
Life is all about taking risk to get what you want. -- Adam Lambert
To Jim Duggan, taking a shower is a high risk maneuver. -- Bobby Heenan
But it's always taking a risk, when you ... kiss someone new. -- Scott Westerfeld
Business is all about risk taking and managing uncertainties and turbulence. -- Gautam Adani
It's the adventure, the adrenaline-flowing, risk-taking in outdoor activities that attracts me. -- Baba Kalyani
Sometimes it is worth taking a risk, no matter what the consequences. -- Emily Arden
Not taking a risk is a risk. That's how I see it. -- Robert Redford
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For early employees you want people that have somewhat of a risk-taking attitude. -- Sam Altman
Don't be afraid to take chances. The biggest risk is not taking any risk. -- Nicky Hilton
The only risk is not taking the risk. You've got to take that step. -- Jaycie Phelps
Writing a novel that crosses genres is a risk, but one well worth taking. -- Chet Williamson
I don't want someone taking half a sentence or paraphrasing me... Just too much risk. -- Jason Calacanis
I don't believe in taking unnecessary risks, but a life without risk isn't worth living. -- Charles Lindbergh
'Taking charge of one's life' involves risk, because it means confronting a diversity of open possibilities. -- Anthony Giddens
Be cautious and content with low positive returns in 2015. The time for risk taking has passed, -- Bill Gross
Taking charge of one's life' involves risk, because it means confronting a diversity of open possibilities. -- Anthony Giddens
In today's rapidly changing world, the people who are not taking risk are the risk takers. -- Robert Kiyosaki
Disruption is about risk-taking. But then you become a Fortune 500 company, which is about risk mitigation -- Steve Case
Survival in the demand economy depends on and requires experimentation, risk taking, and trial and error. -- Kevin Allen
Risk taking and the drive to pursue innovative ideas are the fuel that stokes the entrepreneurial spirit. -- Daniel Goleman
I have always felt better taking a risk than an easier route for what I believe in. -- Ernst Haas
Promotion should not be more important than accomplishment, or avoiding instability more important than taking the right risk. -- Peter Drucker
Self-confidence is something caught and not taught. And, risk-running and chance-taking are the only ways to catch it. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
There has always been a part of me that saw wilderness and risk-taking as the path to freedom. -- Sam Keen
If you ask me, taking on risk and being more daring is a real important part of creativity. -- Deborah Meier
But despite the fact that life is full of risk, yet without taking risk, we stand a greater risk. -- Sunday Adelaja
I'm lucky to have family around me. Otherwise, I'll be taking the risk of falling in love with myself. -- Shakira
The fact is that trauma and risk taking hadn't become scarier over the years; it had become more normal. -- Lynsey Addario
I'm a writer and I also do a lot of professional speaking on risk taking and creativity as well. -- William Gurstelle
We can bring together rich natural resources, innovative research and development, smart investors, and risk-taking farming and manufacturing entrepreneurs. -- Anthony Pratt
Every risk is worth taking as long as it's for a good cause, and contributes to a good life. -- Richard Branson
Life is all about toiling and labor. But obviously I get great joy in confronting challenge and taking risk. -- Sufjan Stevens
If you push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking risk, really amazing things can happen. -- Marissa Mayer
I fear the future I wish for my children is at risk, so I'm taking action. Please join me... -- Madonna Ciccone
I don't feel like myself without the red lip. I feel like I'm taking a risk or something without it. -- Rita Ora
I always think it's silly when people talk about works of culture taking risks. Because there's not any risk involved. -- Daniel Handler
You must take risks, both with your own money or with borrowed money. Risk taking is essential to business growth. -- J. Paul Getty
The risk of sudden death is miniscule, overstating this risk is not going to stop them from taking the drug. -- Peter Jennings
Taking away the risk from the financial sector and taking it on to the public shoulders is not the right approach. -- Jeroen Dijsselbloem
Writing is taking a risk, and it is actually fighting invisible and invincible enemies. They are over-confidence, stupidity, expectation and narcissism. -- Andrea Hirata
One can not love without opening oneself, and opening oneself, that's taking the risk of suffering. One does not have control. -- Isabelle Adjani
When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we're given. -- Barbara Sher
It might be scary because you're taking a risk, but at the end of the day you can say you tried. -- Julianna Margulies
Personal style is about taking a risk, trying something unexpected, and having fun with fashion, but always being true to yourself. -- Ralph Lauren
Companies are increasingly taking responsibility for the safety of the food they sell, rather than risk their brand on a large recall. -- Andy Kennedy
When someone wants something then they should be aware that they are taking a risk. But this is precisely what makes life interesting. -- Paulo Coelho
I've arrived at the place if I'm not taking a career risk, I'm not happy. If I'm scared, then I know I'm being challenged. -- Jim Carrey
No matter what your decisions are, no matter what your votes are, if youre not playing by the rules, youre taking a big risk. -- Shelley Moore Capito
No matter what your decisions are, no matter what your votes are, if you're not playing by the rules, you're taking a big risk. -- Shelley Moore Capito
The dialogue between women is a rich field, but change does not come without a lot of reading, asking, listening, risk-taking and hard work. -- Hazel Hawke
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
Market risk is like taking a plunge into a cool pool ... a lot of people are finding out right now what their risk tolerance is. -- William J. Bernstein
Risk and failure is a part of our equation, and if you are seeing too little failure, you are actually probably not taking enough risks. -- Peter Barris
I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk. -- Paulo Coelho
You have chosen the wrong path if it's not fun. And you are probably not taking enough risk if it's not hard and rocky sometimes. -- Marc Benioff

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