“Vivien Leigh was a phenomenal actress, a very complicated woman, living on the edge of mental problems, haunted by demons and angels. And though I've never thought of myself like Marilyn Monroe, I was inspired by the tremendous risk she took - of being vulnerable.” ProblemRiskAngelInspiredEdgesComplicatedActressesVulnerableDemonLiving OnPhenomenalLiving On The Edge Author:Rebecca De Mornay
“We've had risk assessments performed by Harvard University, which said that even if we did have a small number of cases in this country that the likelihood of it spreading or getting into any kind of human health problem is very, very small.” IfsHumansKindSaidCountryProblemNumbersCasesRiskUniversityHarvardAssessmentLikelihoodSmall NumbersHealth ProblemsHuman HealthHarvard University Author:Ann Veneman
“Secretary of state Colin Powell himself eloquently pointed out the many ways to get at the root of this problem... economic, diplomatic, legal and political, as well as military. A rush to launch precipitous military counterattacks runs too great a risk that more innocent men, women and children will be killed. I could not vote for a resolution that I believe will lead to such an outcome.” MenWayBelieveWellsChildrenStatesProblemRunningPoliticalI BelieveRiskEconomicMilitaryRootsVoteInnocentOutcomesResolutionSecretaryMen WomenEloquenceDiplomaticInnocent Man Author:Barbara Lee
“To refer even in passing to unpublished or struggling authors and their problems is to put oneself at some risk, so I will say here and now that any unsolicited manuscripts or typescripts sent to me will be destroyed unread. You must make your way yourself. Why you should be so set on the nearly always disappointing profession is a puzzling question.” WayShouldWritingProblemStruggleRiskOneselfProfessionPassingPassingsDestroyedHere And NowDisappointingManuscriptsPuzzling Book:The Amis collection: selected non-fiction, 1954-1990 Source: The Amis collection: selected non-fiction, 1954-1990
“A troop surge in Baghdad would put more American troops at risk to address a problem that is not a military problem.” ProblemRiskMilitaryAddressesTroopsBaghdadAmerican Troops Author:Norm Coleman
“We have parts of our system which are overwhelmed by regulation. It wasn't the absence of regulation that was the problem. It was despite the presence of regulation you got huge risks built up.” ProblemRiskHugeBuiltAbsenceDespiteRegulationOverwhelmed Author:Timothy Geithner
“A plant-based diet is more likely to produce good health and to reduce sharply the risk of heart problems, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, gallstones, and kidney disease.” HeartProblemRiskProduceDiseasePlantCancerDietsGood HealthDiabetesKidneysPlant Based DietOsteoporosisKidney DiseaseHeart ProblemsGallstones Author:T. Colin Campbell
“Regardless of how often the appetite for entertainment violence becomes addictive, increased exposure does risk further desensitizing viewers. And the element of pleasure that they derive may lead them to regard violence as a more acceptable way of dealing with problems, and victimization as more tolerable so long as it befalls others, not themselves.” WayMayLongDoeProblemPleasureViolenceRiskElementsRegardEntertainmentAppetiteAcceptableViewersExposureTolerableVictimizationDealing With Problems Author:Sissela Bok
“There is a problem on the so-called commercial stage in New York. The price of a ticket is exorbitant, and there are no longer original productions possible, apparently, on the commercial stage. They are all plays that were taken from either England or smaller theaters, off-Broadway theaters, and so on. The one justification there used to be for the commercial theater was that it originated everything we had, and now it originates nothing. But the powers that be seem perfectly content to have it that way. They don't risk anything anymore, and they simply pick off the cream.” WayPlayProblemSeemsUsedTakenRiskStageNew YorkPicksEnglandTheaterOriginalsProductionsUsed To BeJustificationCreamTicketsBroadway Author:Arthur Miller
“A bank needs models to measure risk. The problem, however, is that any one bank can measure its risk, but it also has to know what the risk taken by other banks in the system happens to be at any particular moment.” KnowsNeedsMomentsProblemHappensTakenRiskParticularModelsScholes Author:Myron Scholes
“It's bad enough that you have to take market risk. Only a fool takes on the additional risk of doing yet more damage by failing to diversify properly with his or her nest egg. Avoid the problem-buy a well-run index fund and own the whole market.” WellsEnoughWholeProblemRunningFailingRiskFoolInvestingDamageFundEggsNestsIndex FundsMarket Risk Book:The Four Pillars of Investing Source: The Four Pillars of Investing
“Man is suddenly becoming aware that by an ill-considered exploitation of nature he risks destroying it and becoming in his turn the victim of this degradation. Not only is the material environment becoming a permanent menace - pollution and refuse, new illness and absolute destructive capacity - but the human framework is no longer under man's control, thus creating an environment for tomorrow which may well be intolerable. This is a wide-ranging social problem which concerns the entire human family.” MenHumansWellsMayProblemTurnsSocialEnvironmentRiskMaterialsBecomingTomorrowCreatingCapacityConcernAbsolutesVictimEnvironmentalIllIllnessRefuseWidePermanentDestructiveDestroyingPollutionExploitationFrameworkDegradationMenaceSocial ProblemsHuman Family Author:Pope Paul VI
“Some countries have good laws, laws which could stem the tide of HIV. The problem is that these laws are flouted. Because stigma gives unofficial license to treat people living with HIV or those at greatest risk unlike other citizens.” PeopleGivingCountryProblemLawRiskCitizensTreatsTidesStemLicenseHivStigma Author:Shereen El Feki
“Among the illusions which have invested our civilization is an absolute belief that the solutions to our problems must be a more determined application of rationally organized expertise... The reality is that our problems are largely the product of that application.” ProblemRealityBeliefRiskProductsCivilizationSolutionsIllusionAbsolutesManagementDeterminedOrganizedApplicationExpertiseRisk Management Author:Voltaire
“Philanthropy is often seen as society's risk capital. That means the onus is on philanthropists, nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs to innovate. But philanthropic innovation is not just about creating something new. It also means applying new thinking to old problems, processes and systems.” ThinkingMeanProblemSocialProcessLeaderRiskCreatingInnovationEntrepreneurSomething NewPhilanthropyPhilanthropicPhilanthropistCreating SomethingNonprofits Author:Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
“Philanthropy should be taking much bigger risks that business. If these are easy problems, business and government can come in and solve them.” IfsShouldProblemGovernmentEasyRiskBiggerSolvePhilanthropy Author:Bill Gates
“The way to get people's votes is to say that all their problems are caused by other people, and that you will stop those other people from giving them trouble. But if you really want to help, then you can tell them the truth and risk losing their votes.” PeopleIfsWayWantGivingHelpingProblemRiskTroubleLosingVote Author:Thomas Sowell
“When we talked about a wall, right, to try to keep out this threat. The problem is that these are ideas. And they are filtering throughout the world. And it was naïve, and I think ultimately, the reason why we, as Muslims, stood on Friday and went to the mosque and took the risks on our own lives, is because we've had enough. I think the world has had enough.” ThinkingWorldTryingIdeasReasonEnoughProblemLife IsRiskWallThreatReason WhyFridayHad EnoughMosques Author:Dalia Mogahed
“One problem that I kept in mind was that in avoiding the BODY BEAUTIFUL as exhibited in the pseudo-lesbians of David Hamilton or J. Frederick Smith, I ran the risk of reinforcing negative myths, i.e. that lesbians are women who cannot attract men because they do not conform to society's standard of beauty.” MenMindProblemBodyBeautifulRiskStandardsNegativeMythRanConformAvoidingPseudoHamiltonStandards Of Beauty Author:Tee Corinne
“According to the CDC, more than one in three women and one in four men in the United States have been victims of domestic violence. It is a widespread public health problem, and every year 1,600 women and 700 men are killed by their intimate partners. One of the biggest risk factors that domestic violence will become fatal is the presence of a gun.” MenYearsHas BeensStatesProblemThreeUnitedUnited StatesFourViolenceRiskGunVictimPartnersFactorsIntimateDomestic ViolencePublic HealthHealth Problems Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“Looking at the individuals who suffered the most during the hurricane, you could see that those with underlying medical problems were at greater risk.” ProblemIndividualGreaterRiskMedicalHurricanesMedical Problems Author:Richard E. Besser
“If one takes the kinds of risks which I took, which are colossal, but taking risks, I was rewarded by being able to contribute in a very substantial fashion to a variety of fields. I was able to reawaken and solve some very old problems.” IfsKindProblemAbleRiskFashionFieldsSolveVarietyTaking RisksColossal Author:Benoit Mandelbrot
“When we strive to remove all risk from childhood we also remove the foundations of a rational adulthood, and we eliminate the very experiences that will help kids grow up to be the empowered, creative, brave problem-solvers that they can and must be.” HelpingProblemKidsGrowsCreativeGrowing UpRiskChildhoodFoundationBraveStriveRationalRemoveAdulthoodEmpoweredProblem Solvers Author:Gever Tulley
“In an election like this one [in 2016], not only are voters dissatisfied, but where the foundations of our economy, our democracy, our ecosystem, and international war and peace are really crumbling and are really at grave risk for failing in many ways, we need desperately to have an honest public conversation about both the track record of where we've been, what are the critical problems we are facing and what it will take to solve them.” WayNeedsWarProblemEconomyDemocracyRecordsFailingRiskHonestConversationElectionFoundationInternationalTrackSolveCriticalGravesVotersEcosystemsDissatisfiedCrumblingTrack Record Author:Jill Stein
“The court was unable to rule on all circumstances in which nuclear weapons might be used, and it said in view of the problems, the risks posed by nuclear weapons, and in view of the lack of certainty of the law in all circumstances, the best course is fulfilling the obligation of good faith negotiations of nuclear disarmament contained in the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.” SaidProblemMightLawUsedCoursesViewsRiskCircumstancesWeaponsCourtNuclearObligationCertaintyNuclear WeaponsFulfillingNegotiationTreatiesDisarmamentProliferationGood FaithNuclear DisarmamentProliferation Treaty Author:John Burroughs
“This is a massive crisis for the press, and the degree now that the press revs up its scrutiny and its opposition to Donald Trump, as opposed to being neutral and fair to Donald Trump - they will compound their own problem, because Republicans don't trust them, independents largely don't trust them, and the press risks just being credible to only one party in America.” ProblemAmericaPartyRiskTrumpRepublicanDegreesFairsCrisisPressesOppositionMassiveJust BeingCompoundsDon't TrustScrutinyCredible Author:Ari Fleischer
“It's true that this is one of the problems which often arises among my radical, revolutionary feminist friends: Do you have to join the system or not? On the one hand, if you don't, you risk being ineffectual. But if you do, from that moment on, you place your feminism at the service of a system which you want to take apart.” IfsWantMomentsProblemHandsRiskFeminismFeministAriseRadicalRevolutionaryThat Moment Author:Simone de Beauvoir
“Obviously cheap sentimentality isn't something any good novelist wants to traffic in, but I think it's a problem if you consider it to be the most egregious of all creative sins. I think it's a problem if you consider it the thing to be avoided at all cost. I think it's a problem of you're not willing to risk the consequences of that kind of emotionalism under any circumstances. Then you wind up in the cul-de-sac of irony.” IfsThinkingWantKindProblemSinCreativeRiskWillingWindCircumstancesCostConsequenceIronyNovelistsTrafficAvoidedSentimentality Author:Steve Erickson
“It is now widely and rightly accepted that we live in a world which is more interdependent than ever before, and that problems are increasingly global in character. At the risk of stating the obvious, I would say that when governments realize that certain problems are beyond their powers, it is clear that the United Nations has an irreplaceable role to play.” WorldPlayCharacterProblemGovernmentCertainNationsRealizingUnitedRolesClearRiskObviousAcceptedUnited NationsIrreplaceableStating The Obvious Author:Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
“The thing I think I have learned from Wittgenstein is the importance of not making things up: philosophers should not invent problems, and they should also be conscious of the risk of inventing pointless 'technical' machinery which do not offer real explanations, but often just re-state the known facts in a more complex way.” ThinkingRealProblemRiskConsciousImportancePhilosopherExplanationI Have LearnedPointless Author:Tim Crane
“Some major problems can be solved by our political process and our leaders. Others can be solved only when there is popular demand and insistence and politicians feel at risk of unemployment if they ignore the groundswell.” ProblemPoliticalLeaderRiskPoliticianInsistence Author:James Stone