Demetri Martin Quotes

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

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

Be safe and be realistic. They're both equally important.

Trust, but look for the exits.

Just taking risks for risk's sake, that doesn't do it for me. I'm willing to take risks that I think are worth it, and I've worked so hard to make sure that I survive.

I talk a lot about taking risks, and then I follow that up very quickly by saying, 'Take prudent risks.'

And people who take risk intelligently can usually actually make a lot more progress than people who don't.

I prefer to be alive, so I'm cautious about taking risks.

Risk and failure is a part of our equation, and if you are seeing too little failure, you are actually probably not taking enough risks.

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

I take big risks, but I'm not reckless about it.

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.

If you see how carefully I prepare for any kind of walk, legal or illegal, small or big, you will see that, actually, I narrow the unknown to virtually nothing. And that's when I am ready to walk on the wire.

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

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

I try to be precise with my passes but take some risks as well.

You can't just drive with no brakes and think that everything is going to go great, and the minute something goes bad, you fall apart.

It is not the manager's job to prevent risks. It is the manager's job to make it safe to take them.

You would not get out of bed in the morning if you were constantly worrying about the possibility of something happening to you on your way to work. But it is still something to pay attention to, I think.

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

All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.

Taking risks is not being suicidal. Otherwise, skydivers need serious help.

Everyone in a successful organization must be willing and ready to risk. Risk is like change; it's not a choice.

Is not he imprudent, who, seeing the tide making haste towards him apace, will sleep till the sea overwhelms him?

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time... and you can't see it if you refuse to face the possibility.