Julie Foudy Quotes

Everything in life has some risk, and what you have to actually learn to do is how to navigate it.

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.

Yes, we can make prudent choices as parents, but we can't create an environment where there's zero risk for our children. Not only is that impossible, I don't think it's desirable, either.

People need to learn to live with more risk.

No risk that is preventable is acceptable.

There is a risk between toxicity and hazard. Just because it is a risk doesn't mean you are in danger.

None of us live in a zero-risk world.

People are used to dealing with risk.

People say, 'Are you insane?' But the most successful climbers are the most calculating, with the most refined sense of risk. They're hyper-conscious of safety. They're the least insane people I know.

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?'

The definition of 'safe' is not strictly an engineering term; it's a societal term. Does it mean absolutely no loss of life? Does it mean absolutely no contamination with radiation? What exactly does 'safe' mean?

You can never protect yourself 100%. What you do is protect yourself as much as possible and mitigate risk to an acceptable degree. You can never remove all risk.

Given a choice between being happy or being efficient and safe, I'll take efficient and safe.

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.

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

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.

Strong organizations with strong risk controls will survive and prosper.

In business, you try to minimise risk.

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.

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

If you don't have a voice that forces you back to basics, you're a dangerous person. Or to put it another way: You're at risk, and the people with you are at risk. I'm not a daredevil. I don't fly without a safety net.

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