“Every historian loves the past or should do. If not, he has mistaken his vocation; but it is a short step from loving the past to regretting that it has ever changed. Conservatism is our greatest trade-risk; and we run psychoanalysts close in the belief that the only "normal" people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anybody else.” PeopleIfsShouldRunningPastBeliefCausesStepsRiskTroubleChangedRegretNormalTradeHistorianMistakenVocationConservatism Author:A. J. P. Taylor
“It is no more easy to make a good picture than it is to find a diamond or a pearl. It means trouble and you risk your life for it.” MeanEasyRiskTroubleDiamondPearls Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“I always felt like hanging around the pocket was trouble, but the truth is, the great players take the beatings in the pocket and expose themselves -- and that is the real risk.” RealFeltPlayerRiskTroubleTruth IsPocketsHanging Around Author:Steve Young
“Our soldiers did not go to some foreign country and risk their lives in vain and defend our Constitution so that decades later you can tell me it's a living document ever changing and is open to interpretation. The guys who wrote it were light years ahead of anyone today, and they meant what they said - now leave the document alone, or there's going to be trouble.” YearsSaidCountryLightTodayGuyRiskTroubleAtheismConstitutionSoldierPositive AtheismDecadesVainInterpretationDocumentsThey SaidForeign CountriesLight Years Author:Ted Nugent
“I'm a very smart guy. I haven't a feeling or a scruple in the world. All I have the itch for is money. I am so money greedy that for twenty-five bucks a day and expenses, mostly gasoline and whisky, I do my thinking myself, what there is of it; I risk my whole future, the hatred of the cops . . . I dodge bullets and eat saps, and say thank you very much, if you have any more trouble, I hope you'll think of me, I'll just leave one of my cards in case anything comes up.” IfsThinkingWorldWholeFeelingsGuyCasesFiveRiskTroubleHavensSmartHatredTwentiesCome UpCardsExpensesCopBulletsGreedyBucksTwenty FiveThink Of MeGasolineSapSaying Thank YouVery SmartWhiskyDodgeScruplesSmart Guy Author:Raymond Chandler
“Tomorrow always arrives. It is always different. And even the mightiest company is in trouble if it has not worked on the future. Being surprised by what happens is a risk that even the largest and richest company cannot afford, and even the smallest business need not run.” IfsNeedsDifferentHappensRunningCompanyRiskTroubleTomorrowSmallest Author:Peter Drucker
“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
“What we see as risk and foolhardiness on the outside, can seem more like constant cohesive drive on the inside that holds to priorities that cannot be discerned by others, because they reside in far too private a chamber of personal experience to be shared easily. To dare everything is not necessarily trouble, but often the opposite. To have faith in a foundation you have discovered in life and which, though it is difficult to describe even to yourself, you refuse to relinquish.” SeemsDifficultRiskTroubleOppositesFoundationConstantDareRefusePrioritiesHave FaithChamberPersonal Experiences Author:David Whyte
“David O. Russell's best films are thrilling high wire acts that run the moment to moment risk of tumbling to the ground. In his latest, "Joy," Russell has more trouble than usual keeping his balance on the wire.” MomentsRunningFilmJoyRiskTroubleBalanceUsualWireThrillingBest FilmTumbling Author:David O. Russell
“The collateralized debt obligation, the CDO, is a structure which allows you to more or less continuously choose how much risk you want to take in a whole batch of securities. And the reason why they got us into so much trouble is that it's hard to figure out how much risk you really are taking.” WantHardReasonWholeRiskTroubleSecurityFiguresStructureDebtObligationReason Why Author:Robert F. Engle
“And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.” IfsLoveLifeInspirationalSuccessWomenLeadershipCreativityCourageRiskTroublePositiveAdventureLibertarianParadoxWant MeStrong WomenEmpowering WomenBeing A WomanBeing LovedBeing StrongSubversiveRisk-takingFamous WomenWomen Empowering WomenInspirational WomenGreat RiskWomen PowerInspire WomenStrong Women And LoveThings You LoveI Am WomanRisk And FailureRisks In LifeYour SoulmateDo You Want MeThose You LoveGift Of LoveWise LoveStrong LoveSoulmate LoveRisking Your LifeWay Of LoveTrue Love Is ForeverCourage And LeadershipI Don't Love YouIf You Love MeThings Worth Fighting ForFlames And LoveFear Of FlyingYou Don't Love MeBrave WomenIs It Worth ItReason And LoveExtraordinary LoveStarting WeekThinking LoveIf You Truly Love Someone Author:Erica Jong