Frank Abagnale Quotes

The advantage of knowing about risks is that we can change our behavior to avoid them. Of course, it is easily observed that to avoid all risks would be impossible; it might entail no flying, no driving, no walking, eating and drinking only healthy foods, and never being touched by sunshine. Even a bath could be dangerous.

No risk that is preventable is acceptable.

Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.

I seek as much as I can to mitigate risk.

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.

Even with good maps, there's no guarantee that the public will get the word about landslide hazards, or that state and local governments will take action to discourage or prevent building in dangerous areas.

I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They thought it was just European hysteria. Then the terrorist attacks happened and there was a complete conversion. Suddenly terrorism was the central risk.

None of us live in a zero-risk world.

Our risk systems and processes - we keep investing and improving them.

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.

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

In my view, Asian countries have learnt the lessons from the past and significantly enhanced their capabilities to fend off risks.

Could we have prevented in 100% certainty? I don't think anything is that certain. However, we would have had a very, very good chance for preventing it.

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.

People need to learn to live with more risk.

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

There is no elimination of all risks.

Risk analysis can cater to any sort of hazard, but their profession owes its existence to a relatively narrow band of possible dangers.

People are used to dealing with risk.

Get the entire team involved in identifying and evaluating project risks. Everyone looks at the project differently, and sometimes the input from the student intern can be vital.

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.

It is not the manager's job to prevent risks. It is the manager's job to make it safe to take them.

Risk taking in business is one thing. Risk taking in your personal safety is a different thing.