Salman Rushdie Quotes

I like people who try to do big things.

I've done a lot of different things in my life. I've parachuted, done some deep-sea diving. Inasmuch as it's safe to do, I can do it.

Great victory requires great risk. -Hera

I sought excitement and, taking chances, I was all ready to fail in order to achieve something large.

I think the folks who go after grand challenges are impatient.

Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose?

I take on daunting tasks.

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

Adventure without risk is Disneyland.

Daring is not safe against daring men.

Against the bold, daring is unsafe.

Over the next four years, we will be bold. We will be willing to experiment. We will not fear failure.

It's because I have no sense of shame that I'm always willing to give things a go: I've ridden horses naked into the sea, I've climbed rocks, all kinds of things.

I never woke up and thought, 'I really want to live a bold life.'

Always there should be a little mistake here and there - I am for it. The people who don't do mistakes are cold like ice. It takes risk to make a mistake. If you don't take risk, you are boring.

I like risky stuff.

I'd rather go down with an almighty bang than play it safe.

I like to fly close to the edge. I like to play with fire.

I need guys who are dangerous to go out and have my best performance.

Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not to suffer.

Far from a Harvard student, just had the balls to do it

And If I fly or if I fall, at least I can say I gave it all.

A well-defined backup plan is sabotage waiting to happen. Why push through the dip, why take the risk, why blow it all when there's the comfortable alternative instead? The people who break through usually have nothing to lose, and they almost never have a backup plan.

A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.

I would rather fail trying than succeed at doing nothing.