Reid Hoffman Quotes

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

The ability to calibrate risk doesn't happen rationally.

We live in a world where there are many risks, and it's high time we start taking seriously which ones we should be worried about.

When I take a risk, I like it to be a calculated risk, meaning I make it as small as possible.

Some of the most interesting research that I did was about risk assessment and how ordinary citizens like me handle risk assessment and how irregular our risk assessments are.

People need to learn to live with more risk.

I think we need to think beyond the issue of absolute risk.

None of us live in a zero-risk world.

I think that we have to be constantly asking ourselves, 'How do we calculate the risk?' And sometimes we don't calculate it correctly; we either overstate it or understate it.

People are used to dealing with risk.

I think people overestimate the risk of high-risk projects.

When something looks really risky from the outside, what people are doing on the inside - they're not professional risk takers. But they're probably professional risk mitigators.

There's risk in everything that you do. It's up to you to measure those risks and do what you want to do.

Often you need to take some risk, but it must be a realistic risk, you can't take a crazy risk.

Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.

The risks are 'How country can you go?' rather than 'How rock can you take it?'

If you have something at risk, you think differently.

I like to control the risk I take. And when risk is taken out of my hands, it frustrates me.

I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.

In business, you try to minimise risk.

The concept of insurance is not to share risk but to avoid risk.

We always take acceptable risks in our society.

In any endeavor, you have to understand your tolerance for risk. What's a failure you can afford?

People say I take too many risks. But the fact is, there is risk involved in every shot. You can get out trying to defend a ball as well.

As an industry, we have a responsibility to manage risk in a way that is prudent.