Any time you take a chance you better be sure the rewards are worth the risk because they can put you away just as fast for a ten dollar heist as they can for a million dollar job. - Stanley Kubrick Retribution is tricky.... The insult isn't usually worth the risk of punishment. And eventually one learns that karma has a surprising way of taking care of these situations. All you have to do is sit back and watch. - Candace Bushnell Sometimes it would be nice to just have some red wine with dinner, but it's not worth the risk. I have a great life, a great situation. Why would I want to risk self-destructive behaviour? - Kristin Davis ...decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying... - Amelia Earhart I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: 'Wait a minute - if I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?' And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk. - Craig Ferguson I don...

One can not love without opening oneself, and opening oneself, that's taking the risk of suffering. One does not have control. - Isabelle Adjani I'm not saying that love always takes you to heaven. Your life can become a nightmare. But that said, it is worth taking the risk. - Paulo Coelho What's the bigger risk: Taking the risk, or not taking the risk? What will you accomplish by not taking the risk? What will you accomplish by taking the risk, even if you fail? - Kya Aliana ...passive voice is better than writing out a humongous number and taking the risk that your readers' brains will be numb by the time they get to the verb. - Mignon Fogarty ... To me the offer of certainty, the offer of complete security, the offer of an impermeable faith that can't give way is an offer of something not worth having. I want to live my life taking the risk all the time that I don't know anything like enough yet... that I haven't understood enough... that I can't...

Do you know what's scarier than taking a risk and losing"? I shook my head. "Regret, Joss. Regret does awful things to a person. - Samantha Young Its nothing,' said Horace quietly, 'but if you can think of any nicer way of a man killing himself than taking a risk for you, why that's the way I want to die. - F Scott Fitzgerald Love's easy to learn. It's like taking a risk. You set your mind on it and refuse to be afraid, and in no time you feel terrifically exhilarated and all your inhibitions fly out of the window. - Dick Francis The only one taking a risk here is me, if I get too attached to you. It's not risky for you, as long as you're not confused either." "I'm not." "Of course you aren't." A small smile played on Balthazar's lips. - Claudia Gray It might be scary because you're taking a risk, but at the end of the day you can say you tried. - Julianna Margulies I praise CBS for taking a risk, ...

You must take the risk to disclose yourself in order to become more real, more human. And even if the price is high. - Isabelle Adjani The world lies in the hands of those that have the courage to dream and who take the risk of living out their dreams - each according to his or her own talent. - Paulo Coelho It's a gamble you take, the risk of alienating an audience. But there's a theory - sometimes it's better to confuse them for five minutes than let them get ahead of you for 10 seconds. - Paul Thomas Anderson The question, love, is whether you want me enough to take the risk. - Lisa Kleypas Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can and surely will at times fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk. - Joyce Brothers If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you d...

A venturesome minority will always be eager to set off on their own, and no obstacles should be placed in their path; let them take risks, for godsake, let them get lost, sunburnt, stranded, drowned, eaten by bears, buried alive under avalanches - that is the right and privilege of any free American. - Edward Abbey You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen. - Paulo Coelho You had to take risks, follow some paths and abandon others. - Paulo Coelho You shouldn't have asked," I said. "Love doesn't ask many questions, because if we stop to think we become fearful. It's an inexplicable fear; it's difficult even to describe it. Maybe it's the fear of being scorned, of not being accepted, or of breaking the spell. It's ridiculous, but that's the way it is. That's why you don't ask-you act. As you've said many times, you have to take risks. - Paulo Coelho There are mome...

If you never take a risk, you will never know what changes you need to make. - Paulo Coelho To be honest," I halfwhispered, "I don't feel as safe with him as I do with you." "I know." A ghost of a smile touched my lips. "How do you know?" "Think about what safety is, Ella." "Trust?" "Yes, partly. But also an absence of risk." He unstuck a strand of hair from my damp cheek and tucked it back. "Maybe you need to take a risk. Maybe you need to be with someone who rattles you a little. - Lisa Kleypas There were times in life when you had to take a risk that might end in failure. Because otherwise you would be haunted by what you hadn't done... the paths you hadn't taken, the things you hadn't experienced. - Lisa Kleypas It was satisfying to take a risk and see it pay off. - Kenny Chesney Maybe sometimes you have to take a risk without worrying about the potential disaster. - Eileen Cook George Lucas...

...Writings can be stolen, or changed, or used for evil purposes. But isn't the risk worth taking? The more people who share knowledge, the greater safeguard for it. Isn't there more danger in ignorance than knowledge? - Lloyd Alexander I realized if something happens to him, it happens to me, too. If I love myself, I love him, for we are one. That makes it a risk worth taking for me - it wouldn't be for anyone else, unless they loved him. - Abraham Verghese

What's the bigger risk: Taking the risk, or not taking the risk? What will you accomplish by not taking the risk? What will you accomplish by taking the risk, even if you fail? - Kya Aliana 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. - Gary Ryan Blair Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking. - Jim Mcmahon I'm just being practial. I knew someday I might have to bare my throat to you. Pete and I discussed that very possibility. As for the danger and risk taking, that's what Pete pays me to do. And you and I both know he inteneds to get his money's worth." Jasmine, I cannot-" Why not!" Because you are not food!" I stared at him for a minute; the I started to grin. I couldn't help it. Vayl...

I'm a risk taker and I've always been like that, especially when it comes to fashion. - Christina Aguilera I'm not a risk taker. I don't do plunging necklines or really short skirts. I try to stay as classy as possible and provide a little mystery. - Kristen Bell I wasn't popular in the home office because I wasn't chicken. I'm just a risk taker. I have gut instincts. - Gary Gygax Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets. - Victor Kiam I'm a high-risk taker on the court in the sense of trying to squeeze things in there. - Jason Kidd If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business. - Ray Kroc

There's another problem," Percy said. "I'm not good with air travel. It's dangerous for a son of Neptune." "You'll have to risk it...and so will I," Frank said. "By the way, we're related." Percy almost stumbled off the roof. "What? - Rick Riordan That was kind of scary. You got the sense as a little kid that you might be at risk now, and then you're like, 'Why are we at risk? It's because my grandfather is in charge of all of this.' You can't really realize the magnitude of a job like that when you are eight. - Lauren Bush Circle me and the needle moves gracefully Back and forth, if my heart was a compass you'd be North Risk it all cause I'll catch you if you fall Wherever you go, if my heart was a house you'd be home. - Owl City Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment. - Stephen Covey The one girl I tho...

Do you really think... that it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations that it requires strength, strength and courage, to yield to. To stake all one's life on a single moment, to risk everything on one throw, whether the stake be power or pleasure, I care not -- there is no weakness in that. - Oscar Wilde I thought, transgender people are much worse off than I am. That's why they're willing to risk everything to be who they are. But the older I got, the harder it got to stay in my body. - Chastity Bono I couldn't look at her. I'd been jealous and hurt, and I had dragged Liv into the middle of my own broken mess of a life. All because I thought Lena didn't love me anymore. But I was stupid, and I was wrong. Lena loved me so much, she was willing to risk everything to save me. I had given up on Lena, after she had refused to give up on me. I owed her my life. It was as simple as that. - Kami Garcia Women want the ...

Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values. - Warren E Burger At this stage in my career, I don't have to take any big risks. You want to take a calculated risk, not one that leads to people saying 'yes, but there was that one time when she made that big mistake.' It's always a shame when that happens, especially if you've gotten by for decades without anything hugely tragic. - Renee Fleming We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness. - Maxwell Maltz Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act. - Maxwell Maltz Life is a series of calculated risks, James. I happen to think that this one is worth it. - Lish Mcbride I think there's a difference between a gamble and a c...