Anne McClain Quotes

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

When I take a risk, I like it to be a calculated risk, meaning I make it as small as possible.

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

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.

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

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

I think that we have to be constantly asking ourselves, 'How do we calculate the risk?' And sometimes we don't calculate it correctly; we either overstate it or understate it.

The ability to calibrate risk doesn't happen rationally.

The best approach to risk is to identify and manage it.

Keeping the risk management plan up to date can transform it from a door stop into a vital project management tool. Remember: what you don't know can kill your project.

However much risk we are taking, we can and probably should take more.

Often you need to take some risk, but it must be a realistic risk, you can't take a crazy risk.

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.

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.

I like to control the risk I take. And when risk is taken out of my hands, it frustrates me.

In business, you try to minimise risk.

Some of the most interesting research that I did was about risk assessment and how ordinary citizens like me handle risk assessment and how irregular our risk assessments are.

People need to learn to live with more risk.

There is no elimination of all risks.

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

None of us live in a zero-risk world.

In any endeavor, you have to understand your tolerance for risk. What's a failure you can afford?

People say I take too many risks. But the fact is, there is risk involved in every shot. You can get out trying to defend a ball as well.

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