Wendelin Van Draanen Quotes

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

It's the chance of a lifetime in a lifetime of chance, and it's high time you joined in the dance.

Film line is all about chance. I don't think much, I just like to take chances.

Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.

Unwillingness to risk failure is always there, but it gets harder when you feel you have more to lose.

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.

In life you need to take a risk.

I'm not a betting man.

Good parts should always scare you a little bit, and good parts... you might not get advice to do them.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

Whether I fall on my feet or fall on my arse, I dunno. You've got to take those risks.

We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.

Life is a risk.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

My whole life has been about risk and reward.

If we choose to walk into a forest where a tiger lives, we are taking a chance. If we swim in a river where crocodiles live, we are taking a chance. If we visit the desert or climb a mountain or enter a swamp where snakes have managed to survive, we are taking a chance.

Living is risking.

Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.

We respond to the unknown by trying to retreat from it, or trying to comprehend it, or trying to control it. The first approach is evident in longings for return to a simpler "risk-free" life that never was. The second is reflected in the fantasy of synoptic risk assessment: Measure the requisite probabilities and trade-offs, calculate the social risk-benefit function, and the common good will have been defined. The third approach is in the tradition of professional engineering. It serves us well but, as engineers have been among the first to point out, has met its match and more in the complex social problems it increasingly is called upon to address.

It seems at times fate knocks on people's door, and they are too afraid to pursue it.

It's a crazy game. It's a game we all choose to play.

Sometimes, you have to take a big risk.

Sometimes you have to take a risk if you want great things to happen.

Sometimes you've gotta take a risk.