Drake Quotes

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

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

I'm not a big risk-taker - being bad just wasn't worth my time or the risk of having the consequences for it. So maybe I'm a little bit lame for that.

I'm not a risktaker. I'm the total opposite.

I play low to the ice and that's a way I've protected myself in the past - I just felt that it was better to be safe than sorry.

When I might be on a business trip, a lot of people are partying and they may be drunk or under the influence of something that I'm not under the influence of, and that might influence their actions. I'm not even blaming them, but being in the club and not knowing what everybody's motives are, I have to take precautions damn near every week, especially when I go out of town.

The more men have to lose, the less willing are they to venture.

I stick to safe, controlled movement. If it's not safe, I just won't do it.

Better overcautious than missing a jugular vein, as the saying goes." That was a very morbid saying. Maybe only vampire said it.

Dare we linger, dare we skate? Dare we laugh or celebrate, knowing we may strain the ice? Preserve the ice at any price?

Even those who venture to dip a toe in the pond of risk never allow themselves to get used to the water.

A good motto to live by: "Always try not to get killed.

During the first period of our lives the greatest danger is not to take the risk. When once the risk has been taken, then the greatest danger is to risk too much. By not risking at first one turns aside and serves trivialities; in the second case, by risking too much, one turns aside to the fantastic and perhaps to presumption.

Don't be too brave. Bravery is a fine thing on some occasions, but sometimes it can be quite a dangerous thing. The stiff upper lip is not always the best.

I'm afraid to live any place but in expectation. I'm no life-risk.

Two rules: 1. Preserve the principal 2. When in doubt, see Rule #1.

The step between prudence and paranoia is short and steep. Prudence wears a seat belt. Paranoia avoids cars. Prudence washes with soap. Paranoia avoids human contact. Prudence saves for old age. Paranoia hoards even trash. Prudence prepares and plans, paranoia panics. Prudence calculates the risk and takes the plunge. Paranoia never enters the water.

Don't be ashamed to play safe.

I have more respect for somebody who's like, 'Yeah I like to party, so screw off,' then for Tara , who talks about not partying and ends up passed out underneath a Subway, not a subway station, but the actual sandwich shop - two days later.

He who is not a bird should not build his nest over abysses.

Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and often miscarriages, but seldom reaches either power or honor.

Beware of lawyers and consultants and people who do not take risks and who do not get their hands dirty.

As there are some faults that have been termed faults on the right side, so there are some errors that might be denominated errors on the safe side. Thus we seldom regret having been too mild, too cautious, or too humble; but we often repent having been too violent, too precipitate, or too proud.

When safety is our priority, we live our lives being very, very careful, and we wind up having no lives

Our culture rightly admires risk-takers, but we need our 'heed-takers' more than ever.