“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
“For me, acting is a series of impressions rather than trying to find one line through to the end, which risks becoming more of a presentation.” TryingEndsLinesActingRiskBecomingSeriesImpressionPresentationBecoming MoreOne Line Author:Ken Stott
“I think that persistence and stubbornness and hard work are probably, at the end of the day, more important than the willingness to take a risk.” ThinkingImportantEndsHardRiskHard WorkPersistenceThe End Of The DayWillingnessStubbornness Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“Essentially, not only do we believe in this myth of 'de-risking', but it has become the one overriding goal; de-risking above growth, de-risking above innovation, de-risking above everything else. And we've reached the point where the Fed is using $70 Billion a month to 'de-risk' a largely insolvent banking system. And this can only end badly. The idea that you can do capitalism without risk is ridiculous on its face.” BelieveIdeasEndsFacesGoalGrowthCan DoRiskMonthsCapitalismInnovationMythBillionsRidiculousFedsBankingBanking System Author:Andreas Antonopoulos
“Each precious moment of your life in which you are frozen with fear is a moment when you are not being all you can be. In the end, that hurts more than anything. Succeeding or failing does not determine if we are surviving or living. Rather it is in our ability to reach beyond our present self-imposed definition of who we are, and to risk becoming more, that we are able to feel fully alive.” IfsFeelsDoeEndsSelfMomentsAbleFearHurtAbilityAliveFailingRiskBecomingSucceedDefinitionsDetermineWho We AreFrozenSurvivingBecoming MorePrecious Moments Book:Fearless Living: Live Without Excuses and Love Without Regret Source: Fearless Living: Live Without Excuses and Love Without Regret
“Unlike return, however, risk is no more quantifiable at the end of an investment that it was at its beginning. Risk simply cannot be described by a single number. Intuitively we understand that risk varies from investment to investment: a government bond is not as risky as the stock of a high-technology company. But investments do not provide information about their risks the way food packages provide nutritional data.” WayEndsGovernmentNumbersCompanyTechnologyRiskInformationReturnInvestmentInvestingDataPackagesVaryHigh Technology Author:Seth Klarman
“Almost everything we'll ever do in life that is really powerful, that really produces a result in our lives, that quantum-leaps us to a new level . . . requires us to do something uncomfortable. 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. As former Congressman Ed Forman says, 'Winners are those people who make a habit of doing things losers are uncomfortable doing.' Make today your day to start that uncomfortable new habit.” PeopleKnowsEndsTodayLevelsResultsPowerfulOur LivesRiskAchieveProduceHabitSkillsScaryFormerWinnerUncomfortableLeapLoserQuantumWorth ItCongressmanReally PowerfulNew HabitsQuantum Leap Author:Jack Canfield
“When health workers are infected at work, this puts other healthcare workers at risk, but also can be a risk to all other patients, understanding where the breach in these measures is occurring and taking the steps needed to fully implement infection prevention and control measures can put an end to these ... infections.” EndsUnderstandingStepsRiskHealthNeededWorkersPatientHealthcareInfectionPreventionBreachHealth Workers Author:Keiji Fukuda
“Things might not go as planned, but at the end of the day it’s up to me to take those risks and do what I love most. And I don’t owe anybody an explanation. My journey is my journey.” EndsMightRiskJourneyExplanationThe End Of The DayMy Journey Author:Janelle Monae
“Today, whether it is a student who holds a sit-in to get the army recruiters off his campus, or the mother of a dead soldier who refuses to leave the front gate of the president's ranch, we continue to be saved by brave people who risk ridicule and rejection but end up turning huge tides of public opinion in the direction of righteousness. We owe them enormous debts of gratitude. It is not easy to stand up for what is right, especially when everyone else is afraid to leave the comfortable path of conformity.” PeopleEndsTodayMotherEasyPresidentOpinionPathRiskFrontsStudentsHugeGratitudeComfortableArmyBraveSoldierRefuseDebtSavedEnormousRejectionGatesRighteousnessConformityTidesRidiculePublic OpinionCampusDebt Of GratitudeDead Soldiers Author:Michael Moore
“Beyond that is the fear that the United States will end up negotiating and agreeing to a deal with Iran. The Israelis do not like that either because they fear the deal will come at the expense of Israel's security interests. From an Israeli perspective, the NIE makes the risk of some sort of settlement much greater.” EndsStatesInterestUnitedDealsUnited StatesGreaterRiskSecurityPerspectiveIsraelIranExpensesIsraeliSettlementNegotiating Author:Trita Parsi
“America has its roots in a tradition of risk-taking pioneers. In more conservative Europe, if you fail in business or actually end up going to jail for it, you're finished as a businessman for good.” IfsEndsAmericaFailingRiskEuropeTraditionRootsConservativeFinishedJailBusinessmanPioneersRisk-taking Author:Stelios Haji-Ioannou
“I think if your goal is for everything to be okay, that's a mistake. To achieve that goal, the only obstacle you'd have to face tomorrow is to eliminate all risk ... I've made the decision that I'm never trying to make everything okay. I'm trying for there to be more loose ends, not fewer loose ends.” IfsThinkingTryingMadeEndsFacesGoalDecisionMistakeRiskAchieveTomorrowOkayObstaclesFewerLoose Ends Author:Seth Godin
“My husband's the first one to say, "This is not the end of the world." We're doing what we want to do - what we have chosen to do - and we know the risks involved.” KnowsWorldWantFirstsEndsRiskInvolvedHusbandChosenMy HusbandEnd Of The World Author:Cindy McCain
“While it is tempting to play it safe, the more we're willing to risk, the more alive we are. In the end, what we regret most are the chances we never took.” EndsPlayChanceAliveRiskWillingRegretSafeTempting Author:Kelsey Grammer
“The majority of short term trading results are just random. In the long term the money ends up with those that can trade and manage risk.” LongEndsTermResultsRiskTradeMajorityManageLong TermTradingShort Term Author:Steve Burns
“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.” WayEndsHomeBigsJobsPoliticalRiskEconomicStreetsWallLosingSavingSavingsPolitical PowerRisk-takingBusting Author:Robert Reich
“The only victory that really counts in prison is survival. But survival means more than simply being alive. It's not just the body that must survive a jail term; the spirit and the will and the heart have to make it through as well. If any one of them is broken or destroyed, the man whose living body walks through the gate, at the end of his sentence, can't be said to have survived it. And it's for those small victories of the heart, and the spirit, and the will that we sometimes risk the body that cradles them.” IfsMenWellsHeartMeanSaidEndsSometimesBodySpiritTermWalksAliveRiskHe ManBrokenVictorySurvivalPrisonSentencesDestroyedGatesJailSurvivedCradleSmall Victories Author:Gregory David Roberts
“We may anticipate a state of affairs in which two Great Powers will each be in a position to put an end to the civilization and life of the other, though not without risking its own. We may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life.” MayTwoEndsStatesRiskPositionCivilizationCapableKillingAffairBottlesAnticipateGreat PowerScorpions Author:J. Robert Oppenheimer
“Had today's technophobic zealots [environmental activists] been in charge in previous centuries, we would have to roll human progress back to the Middle Ages - and beyond, since even fire, the wheel and organic farming pose risks, and none would have passed the "absolute safety" test the zealots demand. Putting them in charge now would mean an end to progress, and perpetual deprivation for inhabitants of developing nations.” HumansMeanEndsAgeTodayNationsFireProgressRiskMiddleCenturyDemandTestsAbsolutesSafetyEnvironmentalDevelopingWheelsActivistPerpetualFarmingMiddle AgesDeprivationHuman ProgressZealotOrganic Farming Author:Paul Driessen
“It is about something personal and specific, because when the John McCain campaign in 2008 decided to elevate Sarah Palin from total obscurity to make her his vice presidential running mate, they knew they were making a big strategic gamble.They knew they were taking a big risk and it turned out in the end to be a bad choice. It hurt John McCain`s chances.” EndsBigsRunningChoicesHurtChanceRiskDecidedVicesCampaignsPresidentialMatesIt HurtsStrategicObscurityGambleVice PresidentMccainPalinBad Choices Author:Rachel Maddow
“Only as long as we believe in our own identity over time does it make sense for us to make future plans, avoid risks, and treat our fellow human beings fairly - for the consequences of our actions will, in the end, always concern ourselves.” BelieveHumansLongDoeEndsActionHuman BeingsPlansRiskIdentityConsequenceConcernTreatsFellowsMake SenseOur ActionsFuture PlansConsequences Of Our Actions Author:Thomas Metzinger
“If I don't commit to fighting for the future, 20 years later, 30 years later, after the end of the expiration date of the joint declaration, Hong Kong will be more at risk and in greater danger.” IfsYearsEndsFightingGreaterRiskDangerCommitDeclarationJointsHong Kong Author:Joshua Wong
“I think poetry will survive and I don't think it will be the end of poetry. Our tremendous onslaught of mass media all the time that we're suffering and we don't really know how to think about, I think that puts certain things at risk.” ThinkingKnowsEndsCertainSufferingKnow HowRiskMediaMassMass Media Author:Edward Hirsch
“The risk pertinent to a particular attempt (and to its evaluation as an attempt of its sort) is the risk that the agent will fail to attain the end constitutive of that attempt. This risk of failure is coordinate with how likely or unlikely it may be that the agent will then succeed.” MayEndsFailingRiskParticularSucceedAgentsUnlikelyEvaluationCoordinatesPertinent Author:Ernest Sosa
“If the agent aims to make the attempt if and only if it would be apt, then a distinctive element of risk assessment becomes relevant: How probably would the agent succeed in attempting that fuller end?” IfsEndsWould BeRiskSucceedElementsAimAgentsRelevantAttemptingAssessmentDistinctiveIfs And Author:Ernest Sosa
“My decision to end my marriage was such a risk to lose ratings and lose my fan base. I had to take that risk for my inner peace and to be happy with myself.” LifeEndsSuccessLosesDecisionRiskFansInner PeaceRating Author:Kim Kardashian
“Just think of the trust that often exists in soldiers. Within their own unit, you could say they have to trust each other. A spirit of camaraderie builds up and, in the end, they will risk their lives for each other. They may even go so far as to dehumanise the other, enemy group - a mechanism you can also observe in chimps.” ThinkingMayEndsSpiritEnemyRiskGroupsSoldierMechanismUnitsCamaraderie Author:Jane Goodall
“At the end of the day, capital is a coward. It's going to flee from wherever it perceives risk to be present in the marketplace.” EndsRiskPerceiveThe End Of The DayCowardMarketplace Author:Jon Huntsman, Jr.
“For example, you have these grotesque, hilarious, profane ghosts in the book [Lincoln in the Bardo]. Even the concept of talking ghosts is, from an aesthetic point of view, grotesque. But you seem compelled by that risk in order to get to the other end of the equation.” BookEndsSeemsOrderViewsTalkingRiskExampleConceptsPoint Of ViewGhostAestheticCompelledEquationsGrotesqueProfane Author:Zadie Smith
“When I moved into one of the worst inner-cities in America to do missionary work I had to do risk assessment, and It was a risk. My family could have been in danger, house could get robbed at any minute but I count it all as nothing compared to knowing Jesus it was all worth it at the end of the day.” Has BeensEndsAmericaHouseJesusCitiesKnowingRiskMinutesWorstDangerMy FamilyMovedThe End Of The DayMissionaryWorth ItCould Have BeenAssessmentInner CityMissionary WorkKnowing Jesus Author:LeCrae