When all is said and done, cheap gas is an illusion, because our reliance on gas creates a whole series of costs that aren’t factored in to the pump price – among them congestion, pollution, and increased risk of accidents. – James Surowiecki
Some people feel affronted when something they thought to be true doesn’t happen. If that’s the case, then your sense of risk is much higher, and that leads to risk aversion. You need to be able to be comfortable in uncertainty. – James Mattis
I had accumulated some capital and was at an age at which I was interested in generating income. But even though I was risk averse, I was interested in growth stocks. – James MacArthur
It is better, however, for his own reputation that the story-teller should risk a few actions for libel on account of these unfortunate coincidences than that he should adopt the melancholy device of using blanks or asterisks. – James Payn
One of the things that I’ve always not liked is the modern players have always concentrated on dancing in the end zone and BSing when serious things were going on in this country that needed to be changed. So my opinion is that when these young people stand up and risk their careers, that’s a good sign for everything and all of us. – Jim Brown
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
I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don’t deny the past, but it’s a page to turn. – Juliette Binoche
I don’t want someone taking half a sentence or paraphrasing me… Just too much risk. – Jason Calacanis
When you have risk aversion in Japan, the normal day-to-day outflows that happen in a normal market environment slow down. – Jens Nordvig
Regulation is necessary, particularly in a sector, like the banking sector, which exposes countries and people to a risk. – Christine Lagarde
Often we women are risk averse. I needed the push. Now, more than ever, young women need more seasoned women to provide that encouragement, to take a risk, to go for it. Once a glass ceiling is broken, it stays broken. – Jennifer Granholm
We must always remember that all medical interventions have risk, and very little can be asserted with 100 percent certainty. – Joel Fuhrman
I am not brave enough to not pay my income tax and risk going to jail. But I can say rather freely what I want to say with my art. – Corita Kent
It’s hard to take people seriously who say you’re totally irresponsible if you go out and climb mountains when you have kids, because they clearly don’t understand the circumstances. You can’t impose your own acceptance of risk on other people – that’s not fair. – Jimmy Chin
You don’t break ground by doing the same thing over and over and over. That’s like standing in place. You have to risk to gain it all. – Corey Taylor
To be sure, the provision of liquidity alone can by no means solve the problems of credit risk and credit losses; but it can reduce liquidity premiums, help restore the confidence of investors, and thus promote stability. – Ben Bernanke
The biggest profit center for investment banks is the hefty fees they charge for underwriting stock offerings and giving financial advice, and analysts put those profits at risk if they publish negative conclusions about the companies that pay the fees. – Alex Berenson
You have to make a decision: Am gonna be the person that takes the risk? Am I gonna be the person that says I’m gonna start this business and I’m gonna follow through with it no matter what the obstacles? – Joy Mangano
At the World Cup, there is a constant risk that you might find a bag or some object that has been left behind, and no one is quite sure what it is. To bring in a full bomb-disposal team for each item can be very time-consuming. The PackBot can go over rough terrain, climb stairs, pick things up, and also be operated from a safe distance. – Colin Angle
Don’t let a lack of big company names on your resume get you down, but also, don’t let it feed a Silicon Valley ego. Oftentimes, the best candidates come from startups or smaller companies. It shows they are open to risk and can keep up with the long hours and occasional harsh demands. – Brit Morin
On average, African-American women are 4 times as likely to die from pregnancy related complications. Latina women are at 2 times greater risk. – Christy Turlington
Psychoanalysis is a terribly efficient instrument, and because it is more and more a prestigious instrument, we run the risk of using it with a purpose for which it was not made for, and in this way we may degrade it. – Jacques Lacan
We’ve had risk assessments performed by Harvard University, which said that even if we did have a small number of cases in this country that the likelihood of it spreading or getting into any kind of human health problem is very, very small. – Ann Veneman
Your insurance broker has your telephone number, but your insurance broker doesn’t have your Facebook ID. I think they are very different modes of communication. Commingling them can come with risk and peril. – Brian Acton
As I began to take risks, leaving my very comfortable and secure job and taking this first leap into fashion, every subsequent risk became easier to take because I began to see the kind of opportunity and excitement that risk-taking offered. – Imran Amed
Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss. – Charles Duhigg