John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes

The larger the corporation, the greater the risk that you are flying blind.

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

There is no progress without risk, and in an environment where change is accelerating, risks are multiplying and businesses are increasingly complex, companies need strong, innovative partners to help manage their risk. Our brand clearly sets XL apart as the strong, innovative partner needed in today's market.

In business, you try to minimise risk.

Great interests demand great safeguards.

There is no elimination of all risks.

No risk that is preventable is acceptable.

None of us live in a zero-risk world.

I think the people who've been the most overconfident in our business in the last decade have been the people that called themselves risk managers.

If you don't invest in risk management, it doesn't matter what business you're in, it's a risky business.

I compensate for big risks by always doing my homework and being well-prepared. I can take on larger risks by reducing the overall risk.

All of life is the management of risk, not its elimination.

The risk of a business being hit by a low probability, high impact event is far higher than most boards realize because the number of potential wild cards is so great.

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.

Not taking a risk is a risk. That's how I see it.

As an adventurer...I try to protect against the downside. I make sure I have covered as many eventualities as I can. In the end, you have to take calculated risks; otherwise you're going to sit in mothballs all day and do nothing.

One doesn't accept bad challenges. Part of it is always the risk-taking without seeing that the risks are rational and the rewards are commensurate.. are more than commensurate.. with the risks.

And then at the end of the day, the most important thing is how good are you at risk control. Ninety-percent of any great trader is going to be the risk control.

The cost of assessing risk is now often greater than the cost of failing.

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.

There is the risk you cannot afford to take, and there is the risk you cannot afford not to take.

Risk is the price you pay for opportunity.

Risk always looks different when you're beating the system than when you've been beaten.