Brainy quotes on Risk

“Risk isn’t a word in my vocabulary. It’s my very existence.”  Slash

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”  Anais Nin

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”  T. S. Eliot

“Creative people who can’t help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just as someone who climbs a mountain is more at risk than someone who just walks along a village lane.”  R. D. Laing

“I have long understood that losing always comes with the territory when you wander into the gambling business, just as getting crippled for life is an acceptable risk in the linebacker business. They both are extremely violent sports, and pain is part of the bargain. Buy the ticket, take the ride.”  Hunter S. Thompson

“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”  Jim Rohn

“To believe in love, to be ready to give up anything for it, to be willing to risk your life for it, is the ultimate tragedy.”  Leonardo DiCaprio

“I don’t feel like I have anything to lose, so I don’t really understand what I’m putting at risk.” Heath Ledger

“Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.” Eric Clapton

“Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?”  Jean-Jacques Rousseau