Michael Lewis Quotes

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

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

I'm just a risk taker. I have gut instincts.

If you want to avoid all risks, soon you will have no risks to worry about.

Luxembourg has a track record of being successful when it takes risks. You need to take on risks to be successful.

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

I take risks.

Take calculated risks and limit your downside.

People say they want to be in risky environments and do all kinds of exciting stuff. But they don't actually know what risk means: that risk actually does bring failure and mistakes.

I don't believe in taking unnecessary risks, but a life without risk isn't worth living.

Risk is good. Not properly managing your risk is a dangerous leap.

Risk is the salt and sugar of life.

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.

I'm a risk manager, but I'm also a risk taker.

By definition, risk-takers often fail. So do morons. In practice it's difficult to sort them out.

Indeed, better risk management may be the only truly necessary element of success in banking.

It's important to take risks.

I think risk is important. I don't care if it's a great financial risk or a physical risk. You only get out of something what you put into it and the fact that you are willing to risk something means that you are going to get a lot more out of it.

'Why risk?' I responded. 'It should be, why not to risk?'

There is no discovery without risk and what you risk reveals what you value.

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.

I talk a lot about taking risks, and then I follow that up very quickly by saying, 'Take prudent risks.'

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

Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee.

I'm not really comfortable unless there's some kind of risk - either physical or mental.