Peter Guber Quotes

I'm somebody who takes risks, for better or worse. Fortunately, most of them have been for the better!

In the end, I think that people that are not willing to take the risk to fail are not true entrepreneurs.

I love the business of business; I love the risk raking.

I like to take risks as long as they're healthy, you know. They're good, smart risks.

The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.

Risk isn't a word in my vocabulary. It's my very existence.

I'm just a risk taker. I have gut instincts.

I don't think I ever take huge risks, though I'm not scared of doing so.

My career was always full of risks one way or another, and that's the way I like it.

If you want to avoid all risks, soon you will have no risks to worry about.

Business [compared to government] has an advantage in that we know that if we don’t take risks, it’s about survival … Business has to also stand behind government leaders who take risk.,, That’s what leadership is about.

A successful designer must be a gambler.

At Nintendo, we do not run from risk. We run to it.

I have always taken risks. I like doing films which are different.

Entrepreneurs love to view risk as binary. The more you put on the line, the greater the potential for reward.

I take risks.

I'm quite cautious in most areas of my life, but I'm always happy to gamble when it comes to acting. I'm not frightened of falling on my face.

All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.

A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.

I'm a risk manager, but I'm also a risk taker.

Risk deters those who see what they could lose. Those focused on the gain see it as a necessary part of their journey, even if the possibility of loss exists.

'Why risk?' I responded. 'It should be, why not to risk?'

Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.

One doesn't accept bad challenges. Part of it is always the risk-taking without seeing that the risks are rational and the rewards are commensurate.. are more than commensurate.. with the risks.

Be willing to make bold decisions and be willing to make glorious mistakes. Learn from your mistakes, but you've got to be willing to make them first.