Michael Arrington Quotes

I am a great believer that the risk should reflect the reward.

Entrepreneurs love to view risk as binary. The more you put on the line, the greater the potential for reward.

I feel like when there's more on the line and there's more risks, that means there's more reward.

The willingness to take risk is largely a function of wealth.

There are some risks we choose to take because the benefits from taking them exceed the possible costs. Optimal behavior takes risks that are worthwhile. This is the central paradigm of finance: we must take risks to achieve rewards, but not all risks are equally rewarded.

If you want the most reward you have to take the most risk.

It's important to understand how people perceive risk, and how that translates into investment behavior.

You have to take risks.

Our entire approach to the banking and financial services business is risk-adjusted returns. We believe that in most parts of the world, and including pockets in India, banking tends to mis-price risk.

As the bull market goes on, people who take great risks achieve great rewards, seemingly without punishment. It's like crime without punishment or sex without sin.

When you have less risk, you have more fun. You can take risks. It's much easier to take risks when there's less money on the line.

You want banks to take some risk, but intelligent risk.

When people take risks and it's not rewarded, in the case of 'Mirror's Edge,' it's makes it harder for others to be comfortable taking risks.

When rewards go up, people are more inclined to take risks.

My whole business philosophy is based on a risk-reward ratio. But it's got to stack up. If it doesn't, don't do it. You might as well go to a casino.

I know many members of our community steer clear of Wall Street because of the perception that the stock market is risky, but I am convinced the biggest risk of all is not taking one.

Just taking risks for risk's sake, that doesn't do it for me. I'm willing to take risks that I think are worth it, and I've worked so hard to make sure that I survive.

You know, when the cost of capital goes down, when credit becomes cheap, people start taking greater and greater risks.

Often you need to take some risk, but it must be a realistic risk, you can't take a crazy risk.

When traders were able to earn a million dollars, of which base pay was $150,000 to $200,000 and the rest was bonus, they would go for it. Now if you're sitting there earning $600,000, you become less risk-seeking. And if you have less risk-seeking, the ability of the market to be incredibly volatile is increased.

If the risk is fully aligned with your purpose and mission, then it's worth considering.

And people who take risk intelligently can usually actually make a lot more progress than people who don't.

There has to be an element of risk-taking for me in my work.

I like to take risks as long as they're healthy, you know. They're good, smart risks.

If you are not making any mistakes, you are being excessively risk-averse. Investing involves risk, and that means you will occasionally be wrong. And although it is okay to be wrong, it is not okay to stay wrong.