Dar Williams Quotes

It's better to go into the world half-cocked than not to go into the world at all.

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.

I'm all about taking chances. You have to ask yourself, if you're not taking any chances, are you actually even living? Every time you walk out of your door and you're out in the world, you take a chance on not coming back. That is the danger and the dynamic of being alive.

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know.

You can prepare all you want, but if you never roll the dice you'll never be successful.

You got to risk it if you want the biscuit.

Try stuff. I also used to believe that it's better to be smart than lucky because if you're smart you can out-think the competition. I don't believe that anymore-this is not to say that you should strive for a high level of stupidity. My point is that luck is a big part of many successes, so (a) don't get too bummed out when you see a bozo succeed; and (b) luck favors the people who try stuff, not simply think and analyze. As the Chinese say, "One must wait for a long time with your mouth open before a Peking duck flies in your mouth."

One of the things I've learned in my life is that sometimes you've got to take a chance.

Well, what was luck for if it was never to be tempted?

I wish to hazard my soul to opportunity.

Bad chances were better than no chances.

All significant achievement comes from daring from experiment from the willingness to risk failure.

No worthwhile life can be lived without risks, despite current American superstitions to the contrary.

I am going to seek a grand perhaps.

Remember that nothing really important ever happens until someone takes a chance.

We don't want to be afraid to make a choice because we're afraid to make a mistake because most decisions aren't final. Feelings change all the time. You can always change your mind and taking risks and making choices is what makes life so exciting because we never know what's going to happen. Every day something new comes our way.

Lette me stande to the maine chance.

In order for people to be happy, sometimes they have to take risks. It's true these risks can put them in danger of being hurt.

The main trouble with this civilized world isn't that we adventure too much, but that we fail to adventure enough.

Only those who never step, never stumble.

As you get ready to walk out under the bright lights of the improvisational stage of the rest of your life... be bold. Don't always worry about what your next line is going to be.

Today, not starting is far, far worse than being wrong. If you start, you've got a shot at evolving and adjusting to turn your wrong into a right. But if you don't start, you never get a chance.

Don't be afraid to do something unconventional, to take a chance, to risk something.

If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.