risk Quotes

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense.

I have no need for good souls: an accomplice is what I wanted.

If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.

I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.

The middle of the road is where the white line is - and that's the worst place to drive.

Exploration is an oft-lauded human activity, and one that resonates in the same way that music and good stories do. It's hard-wired into our species (and into many others), no doubt because it has survival value. Exploration occasionally rewards those who accept its risks, usually with new resources.