“Capital can seldom be made productive, without undergoing several changes both of form and of place, the risk of which is always more or less alarming to persons unaccustomed to the operations of industry; whereas, on the contrary, landed property produces without any change of either quality or position.” PersonsMadeFormQualityRiskPositionProduceIndustryPropertyContraryOperationsProductive Book:A treatise on political economy, or, the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth Source: A treatise on political economy, or, the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth
“How would you describe the difference between modern war and modern industry-between say, bombing and strip mining, or between chemical warfare and chemical manufacturing? The difference seems to be only that in war the victimization of humans is directly intentional and in industry it is "accepted" as a "trade-off." Were the catastrophes of Love Canal, Bhopal, Chernobyl, and the Exxon Valdez episodes of war or of peace? They were in fact, peacetime acts of aggression, intentional to the extent that the risks were known and ignored.” HumansWarFactsSeemsDifferencesKnownRiskModernIndustryTradeEnvironmentalAcceptedChemicalsPollutionEpisodesAggressionWarfareIgnoredCatastropheManufacturingBombingMiningCanalsChernobylVictimizationTrade OffsModern WarChemical Warfare Author:Wendell Berry
“In a country of such recent civilization as ours, whose almost limitless treasures of material wealth invite the risks of capital and the industry of labor, it is but natural that material interests should absorb the attention of the people to a degree elsewhere unknown.” PeopleShouldCountryInterestNaturalWealthAttentionRiskMaterialsIndustryCivilizationDegreesLaborTreasureInvitesElsewhereLimitlessMaterial Wealth Author:Alfred Adler
“As the industry has matured, real estate has become a very accepted investment. Institutions have used core investments to get comfortable with real estate as an asset class, and now that they're comfortable they're moving up the risk spectrum.” RealMovingUsedClassRiskIndustryComfortComfortableInstitutionsInvestmentAcceptedCoreAssetsEstatesSpectrumMaturedMoving Up Author:Richard Price
“But at the same time, the film industry just got torched. The risk tolerance for the types of movies we're talking about is lower, and the reason for that is that the captains of the industry were asleep at the switch when their core business was being disrupted. And they're never getting it back. In a way, it makes it all the more exciting when the good ones get through.” WayReasonFilmTalkingRiskTypeIndustryExcitingCoreToleranceCaptainsFilm Industry Author:Edward Norton
“The controversy over Russian gas deliveries shines a glaring spotlight on the risks involved in this industry. In an energy NATO, EU and NATO member states would guarantee one another assistance in obtaining energy, in any form, but without violence. Of course, we need an additional pipeline system for this purpose.” NeedsStatesFormPurposeCoursesEnergyViolenceRiskIndustryInvolvedMembersShiningGuaranteesGasAssistanceControversyDeliverySpotlightNatoObtainingPipeline Author:Lech Kaczynski
“To allow your organization the permission to fail is a very powerful thing. If we want to really be thought leaders and industry leaders, it doesn't come without taking risks. We're not afraid to take those risks that will get us to a better place.” IfsWantPowerfulLeaderFailingRiskIndustryOrganizationNot AfraidPermissionBetter PlaceVery PowerfulTaking Risks Author:Rick Welts
“Urban America has been redlined. Government has not offered tax incentives for investment, as it has in a dozen foreign markets. Banks have redlined it. Industries have moved out, they've redlined it. Clearly, to break up the redlining process, there must be incentives to green-line with hedges against risk.” Has BeensGovernmentAmericaProcessLinesBreakRiskIndustryTaxesGreenMovedInvestmentDozenUrbanIncentives Author:Jesse Jackson
“When you don't know the rules, you break them all. It's hard to take big risks when you know the history of an industry and what has worked and what didn't.” KnowsHardBigsBreakRiskIndustry Author:Blake Mycoskie
“I believe strongly that we need a finance industry that is good for the economy, and I don't think anybody would argue that during the eight years leading up to the Great Recession, a lot of bets were made [and] risks taken that weren't good for the economy.” ThinkingNeedsYearsBelieveMadeI BelieveEconomyTakenRiskIndustryEightArguingFinanceRecessionsGreat Recession Author:Hillary Clinton
“In my early days, fashion was considered a very high risk industry. The failure rate is very high. Trying to get capital and trying to find people who specialize in that industry is very difficult too.” PeopleTryingDifficultRiskFashionIndustryRateHigh Risk Author:Joe Mimran
“The fact remains, in the wrestling industry there is a very high occurrence of untimely deaths for a lot of different reasons. I feel it's the industry's fault. I don't think these guys and women, but mostly guys are the ones dying inordinately young, I don't think that they are told all the risks of what they're getting into.” ThinkingFeelsDifferentReasonFactsYoungGuyRiskDyingIndustryRemainsFaultsWrestlingUntimely Death Author:Nancy Grace
“It's off the charts - and if you don't believe the scientists, ask the insurance industry, the people we pay to analyze risk in our society.” PeopleIfsBelieveAsksPayRiskIndustryScientistDon't BelieveOur Society Author:Bill McKibben