Laurie David Quotes

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

I'll take any risk there is.

The boring, safe choices never stand out. Take risks!

I think you make impacts by taking risks.

Fools rush in where incumbents fear to tread.

Believe me - I've done very good stuff and very crazy stuff, and I don't regret the crazy stuff.

I've gone out on limbs, flung far, and Forrest-Gumped my way into the center of the action.

Life is full of risks anyway; why not take them?

It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.

Prudence is not the same thing as caution. Caution is a helpful strategy when you're crossing a minefield; it's a disaster when you're in a gold rush.

He who climbs a cliff may die on the cliff, so what? Always a risk-taker by nature, now I became one by intent.

The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked, don't want to go without guarantee. But that's what's got to happen. You go naked until you die.

I mean, I always think when you're an actor you have to be the guy running into the burning building rather than running out of it, if you want to make some noise as an actor.

Only she who attempts the absurd can achieve the impossible.

I want to show up to work and take risks. I don't ever want to play it safe.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

Daring is not safe against daring men.

If you have to make mistakes, make them good and big, don't be middling if you can help it.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

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

If you're going to be wrong, be dramatically wrong.

When I became leader, I made very clear I was not going to choose the easy life. I have always taken risks. I don't like comfort-zone politics.