“People find it hard to understand how I can risk ruining my career as a musician by injuring myself on the slopes, but I've always been a tomboy.” PeopleI CanHardCareersRiskMusicianSlopes Author:Vanessa Mae
“People at the University of Portland were accepting and loving and open-minded. When you have a safety net, it allows you to take risks.” PeopleAcceptingRiskSafetyUniversityOpen MindedSafety NetPortland Author:Kunal Nayyar
“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.” PeopleMadeGovernmentRiskTaxesIndiaEntrepreneurCompetitionAttractiveInternalsRisk-takingTax System Author:Manmohan Singh
“I think that once people understand the great risks that climate change poses, they will naturally want to choose products and services that cause little or no emissions of greenhouse gases, which means 'low-carbon consumption.' This will apply across the board, including electricity, heating, transport and food.” PeopleThinkingWantMeanLittlesCausesRiskProductsLowsClimateClimate ChangeIncludingBoardsConsumptionElectricityCarbonTransportEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesGreat RiskHeating Author:Nicholas Stern
“We can look back through ice-core data and see over 800,000 years, relationships between carbon dioxide and the temperature of the world. So those people who deny the importance of climate change are just wasting their time. They're also being diversionary because if we don't act the risks are enormous.” PeopleIfsWorldYearsLooksRiskImportanceClimateClimate ChangeDenyCoreEnormousIceDataCarbonTemperatureCarbon Dioxide Author:Nicholas Stern
“Where anti-Semitism persists, the well being of all our people is at risk.” PeopleWellsRiskWell BeingPersistAnti Semitism Author:Paul Sarbanes
“The great majority of people are calm, resourceful, altruistic or even beyond altruistic, as they risk themselves for others. We improvise the conditions of survival beautifully.” PeopleRiskConditionsSurvivalMajorityCalmResourceful Author:Rebecca Solnit
“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
“Believing in yourself and what you do is so important. It took me a long time to find that confidence. If you're an artist and you're taking risks, then you're doing something right if some people don't get it.” PeopleIfsBelieveLongImportantArtistRiskLong TimeBelieve In YourselfTaking Risks Author:Kate Voegele