Risks Quotes

The rain does not fall on one roof alone

I've had plenty of big hits and plenty of big misses.

We had hoped that the white men would not be willing to travel beyond the mountains. Now that hope is gone. They have passed the mountains, and have settled upon Cherokee land. They wish to have that action sanctioned by treaty. When that is gained, the same encroaching spirit will lead them upon other land of the Cherokees. New cessions will be asked. Finally the whole country, which the Cherokees and their fathers have so long occupied, will be demanded, and the remnant of Ani-Yunwiya, THE REAL PEOPLE, once so great and formidable, will be compelled to seek refuge in some distant wilderness. There they will be permitted to stay only a short while, until they again behold the advancing banners of the same greedy host. Not being able to point out any further retreat for the miserable Cherokees, the extinction of the whole race will be proclaimed. Should we not therefore run all risks, and incur all consequences, rather than submit to further loss of our country? Such treaties may be alright for men who are too old to hunt or fight. As for me, I have my young warriors about me.

There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.

I had flops, I had success.

A single courageous state can if its citizen’s choose, serve as a laboratory…. One of the happy incidents of the federal system … novel social and economic experiments can be tried without risk to the rest of the country.

'Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame' tells it like it really was in America's early space program - the adventure, the risks, and the rewards.

Think very carefully about what you want in life. Reckon with the risks.

There is a risk between toxicity and hazard. Just because it is a risk doesn't mean you are in danger.

sleepin with strangers will have you waking with enemies!

He who speaks the truth must keep one foot in the stirrup.

At the end of the day, there are risks; there's no question - in any sport, any activity.

There will always be some corners which are challenging and more dangerous than others.

... the rising costs and risks of these fossil fuels are undercutting the security and prosperity they have enabled. Each day, the United States spends about $2 billion buying oil and loses another $4 billion indirectly to the macroeconomic costs of oil dependence, the microeconomic costs of oil price volatility, and the cost of keeping military forces ready for intervention in the Persian Gulf.

I tried phone sex - it gave me an ear infection.

Politicians worry about downside political risks. Generally speaking, they are risk minimizers.

If your life is free of failures, you're not taking enough risks.

Where there is a problem, the risks to the public are greater than they've ever been before.

Having my son made me grow up. I'm keeping my dangers in the movies.

The officials responsible for acquisitions [at the Pentagon] are loathe to take risks, since they can be held personally accountable if something goes wrong.

As long as we can outproduce the world, can control the sea and can strike inland with the atomic bomb, we can assume certain risks otherwise unacceptable in an effort to restore world trade, to restore the balance of power —military power—and to eliminate some of the conditions which breed war.

I am guilty of no crime save that of being an Italian like yourself. I have risked my life for Italy, and your duty is to do good to those who have suffered for her

While we talk about successes, I think it's also important to talk about all the failures. Like, for every Netflix special, there's things that don't work.

Freedom has its risks.

I have more concerns about potential risks and vulnerabilities than most people.