Mike Nichols Quotes

It's the old adage, 'Nothing ventured, nothing gained, ... While this is unique, we consider ourselves unique.

Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

For an actor who has the ability to take a chance, which may make him look like a fool, but may end in the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow so to speak. So you have to take chances to be a bit dangerous and a bit silly every now and then and playful.

I like taking risks and I decided to put every bit of me into the role.

The most dangerous thing you can do in life is play it safe.

Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail.

If you don't take risks you won't achieve anything.

Live dangerously and you live right.

The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.

Some people revel in taking risks, and some go through life taking no risks at all.

Those who won't take a chance don't have a chance.

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. You won't find glory at the center of safety, but at its edge. You won't find love at a place where you are covered, but in the space where you are exposed. You gotta take some risks. You have to not only pick up the dice, but roll'em. So go ahead, take the gamble. You have nothing to lose except the chance to win. Life is not long enough to spend it on the sidelines.

Venture nothing, and life is less than it should be.

Take risks ... be willing to put your mind and your spirit, your time and your energy, your stomach and your emotions on the line. To search for a safe place, to search for an end to a rainbow, is to search for a place that you will hate once you find it. The soul must be nourished along with the bank account and the resume. The best nourishment for any soul is to create your own risks.

It's way easier to stay in the comfort zone, especially when things are going good than to go out on a limb and take some risks. My philosophy is exactly the opposite: Sometimes it's risky not to take a risk.

Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.

I've never been averse to a little risk - after all, writing without risk is not really writing at all. Sometimes one has to just let fly with a high concept piece and see where the pieces fall. As it generally turns out, the central story is familiar, but just with different rules of engagement.

But I didn’t dare. That has always been my trouble. I’ve never dared enough.

It is necessary to DARE what must be attempted.

Those who play a safe game die very safely.

If you want to be successful, you have to jump, there's no way around it. When you jump, I can assure you that your parachute will not open right away. But if you do not jump, your parachute will never open. If you're safe, you'll never soar!

If your life is ever going to get better, you'll have to take risks. There is simply no way you can grow without taking chances.

I'm a risk-taker. It's where my passion lies, so I don't want to play it safe. That means I'm going to fail sometimes.

No worthwhile life can be lived without risks, despite current American superstitions to the contrary.