Jess Glynne Quotes

Life is for the living. I was a little scared before surgery 'cause of the release you sign that says there's always a very small percent chance that you'll die during the operation.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

All of life is the exercise of risk.

Let's face it, making movies is all risk. Most of the time, batting average-wise, the reward does not outweigh the risk.

You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together.

Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.

I am always worried when someone says, 'This is perfect.'

Whenever things are good, I always worry about what could go wrong.

My safety and my family's safety are not guaranteed even now.

We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck, and, ask anyone, the house is never burgled, and the ship never goes down.

I worry about the many things that could happen to the people I love.

There's horror in your life, believe me, whether it's coming, or you've just been lucky to miss it today.

We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.

Even when one is doing well, one still worries that things might go badly again in the future. This is an old observation based on human experience.

If there is a 50-50 chance that something can go wrong, then 9 times out of ten it will.

I figure lots of predictions is best. People will forget the ones I get wrong and marvel over the rest.

My whole life has been about risk and reward.

Uncertainty's not good for anybody.

Uncertainty is everywhere and you cannot escape from it.

We respond to the unknown by trying to retreat from it, or trying to comprehend it, or trying to control it. The first approach is evident in longings for return to a simpler "risk-free" life that never was. The second is reflected in the fantasy of synoptic risk assessment: Measure the requisite probabilities and trade-offs, calculate the social risk-benefit function, and the common good will have been defined. The third approach is in the tradition of professional engineering. It serves us well but, as engineers have been among the first to point out, has met its match and more in the complex social problems it increasingly is called upon to address.

I hope, George, that you know what you're doing.

I’m concerned about all areas of uncertainty.

Companies don't like uncertainty; travelers don't like uncertainty.

It's only a risk if you think there's a chance of failure.

You are always, always overwhelmed by positive response because you know it can go either way.