“It's not just: you get off the plane, you're back home, everything's fine. Maybe the physical danger ends, but soldiers are still deeply at risk of being injured in a different way.” WayStillsDifferentEndsHomeRiskDangerFineSoldierPlanesDifferent WaysInjuredBack Home Author:Kevin Powers
“In the end, we may be hurting the very people we should be concerned about - the inner-city poor, those who already have to live with many risks in their daily lives, those who do not have clout here in Washington.” PeopleShouldMayEndsHurtPoorCitiesRiskConcernedDaily LifeInner CityClout Author:Fred Thompson
“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” WayHas BeensEndsRiskWillingDecentLastingIrelandSettlementNorthern Ireland Author:Tony Blair
“It takes risks to achieve. It's often scary. It requires something you didn't know before or a skill you didn't have before. But in the end, it's worth it.” KnowsEndsRiskAchieveSkillsScaryWorth It Author:Jack Canfield
“Risks are a measure of people. People who won't take them are trying to preserve what they have. People who do take them often end up having more.” PeopleTryingEndsRiskPreserves Author:Paul Arden
“There are times when I have started a work with an end in mind, but then, for one reason or another, as my picture unfolded, it emphatically suggested another direction... I always accept the risk and go for it. I'm convinced that at such times my painting is wiser than I am.” MindEndsReasonAcceptingRiskPaintingConvincedWiser Author:Richard Schmid
“We urgently need an end to these false assurances, to the sugar coating of unpalatable facts. It is the public that is being asked to assume the risks that the insect controllers calculate. The public must decide whether it wishes to continue on the present road, and it can do so only when in full possession of the facts.” NeedsEndsFactsWishCan DoRiskAssumingPossessionSugarInsectsAssuranceSilent SpringControllersSugar Coating Book:Silent Spring Source: Silent Spring
“When all of your decisions are based on economics, you end up with a sameness of vision. You're not taking the risks, you're not exploiting the passions of your creators. You're manufacturing product for a huge vending machine.” EndsPassionDecisionVisionRiskProductsHugeEconomicsMachinesCreatorManufacturingSamenessVending Machines Author:Steven Bochco
“There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And it ultimately gets away from them, and they end up spending more money, causing much more damage to the economy.” WantLittlesLongEndsGovernmentWaitingEconomyRiskLessonsCrisisFinancialSpendingDamageGet AwayMore MoneyUnderestimateFinancial Crisis Author:Timothy Geithner
“It's actually a relatively small number of people that really are those risk takers, and a relatively small number of people that end up really having an impact on the world, and it doesn't take a lot of people. We said, 'Well, rather than just sit by and wait, or fold our tent and go do something else, let's keep at it. Maybe we can be the ones who can figure this out,' and eventually we were.” PeopleWorldWellsSaidEndsWaitingNumbersRiskFiguresImpactFoldsTentsSmall NumbersImpact On The World Author:Steve Case