Chuck Feeney Quotes

Courage is willingness to take the risk once you know the odds. Optimistic overconfidence means you are taking the risk because you don't know the odds. It's a big difference.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

It's about getting the right balance and knowing on the pitch when is the right time to take risks.

I've taken considerable gambles on shows, but they're very considered gambles.

Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.

If you have something at risk, you think differently.

I think there's a difference between a gamble and a calculated risk.

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

Creative risk taking is essential to success in any goal where the stakes are high. Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.

Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you don't take chances then you'll never have a winning hand, and I've no regrets.

The man who knows it can't be done counts the risk, not the reward.

I don't think I ever take huge risks, though I'm not scared of doing so.

The risks of inaction are far greater than the risks of action.

Father was bold, and Mother was cautious. They never shouted at each other but argued constantly about strategy, and they taught me very early that before taking big risks, one must carefully figure the odds.

Don't play for one run unless you know that run will win a ballgame.

I do wonder whether the bigger the game is, the more the risks that David Luiz decides to take.

You have to say, 'We think it's going to work. Let's go with it.' Either you're going to kill the world, or you're going to fall on your rear end.

Take calculated risks and limit your downside.

With everything I do, there always seems to be a massive risk involved.

The two great risks are risking too much but also risking too little. That's for each person to decide. For me, not risking anything is worse than death. By far.

I'm not insane, sir. I have a finely calibrated sense of acceptable risk.

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

The difference between a calculated risk and rolling the dice can be expressed in one word: homework.

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.

I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.