Sam Hinkie Quotes

Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you don't take chances then you'll never have a winning hand, and I've no regrets.

Now I ask you to make your sacrifice. Take a gamble. I took the plunge and I'm glad of it.

I think there's a difference between a gamble and a calculated risk.

He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.

The only way to break out is to gamble - take a chance with that first pick if you wanna dramatically improve your team.

I always take bold moves. So it can have great return but with great risk.

Sometimes, you have to take a big risk.

I guess you can say I always liked to take chances. Sometimes it works out. Sometimes it doesn't.

I think when I was younger, I knew I was either going to get a penalty or score a goal. It was a gamble. But it benefited me.

You have to say, 'We think it's going to work. Let's go with it.' Either you're going to kill the world, or you're going to fall on your rear end.

If I got a chance to take one percent of the deal either way, I would make that bet.

You should never hesitate to trade your cow for a handful of magic beans.

It's important to take risks.

If human nature felt no temptation to take a chance there might not be much investment merely as a result of cold calculation.

Before I chose Dauntless...I felt assured of my long lifespan, if nothing else. Now there are no reassurances except that where I go, I go because I choose to.

I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

I've had to make really big decisions, knowing the results were not always in my control. Through these moments, I've learned to be daring and take risks but understand that everything always happens for a reason.

As I look back on my own life, I recognize this simple truth: The greatest opportunities were the scariest lions. Part of me has wanted to play it safe, but I’ve learned that taking no risks is the greatest risk of all.

Research is a way of taking calculated risks to bring about incalculable consequences.

The principal difference between an adventurer and a suicide is that the adventurer leaves himself a margin of escape (the narrower the margin the greater the adventure)

If you don't take the risk, you forfeit the miracle.

I've never launched any initiative or campaign that people thought was a slam dunk.

There is always a chance of failure, of producing something totally unnecessary. But I guess that chance of failure is what makes tightrope walking, race-car driving.

Risk is an essential part of progress.

When someone wants something then they should be aware that they are taking a risk. But this is precisely what makes life interesting.