Quotes about risk
59 quotes from 51 people
O, the blood more stirs
To rouse a lion than to start a hare!
William Shakespeare1564–1616Henry IV, Part 1 (c. 1597), Act I, Scene III, spoken by HotspurIn context- William Shakespeare1564–1616Henry IV, Part 1 (c. 1597), Act II, Scene III, spoken by HotspurIn context
George Sorosborn 1930Soros on Soros (1995)The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
Tacitus55–120Annals (117), Book XV, 50, in his account of Subrius Flavus’ passing thought of assassinating Nero while the emperor sang on stage.Rank beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause.
Nassim Nicholas Talebborn 1960The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2007), p. 203A man is honorable in proportion to the personal risks he takes for his opinion.
Nassim Nicholas Talebborn 1960Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012), p. 147It does not matter how frequently something succeeds if failure is too costly to bear.
Nassim Nicholas Talebborn 1960Fooled by Randomness (2001)A true Englishman doesn’t joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager
Kurt Vonnegut1922–2007Player Piano (1952), Chapter 9 (p. 86)Risk is what separates the good part of life from the tedium.
