1,222 Quotes About Risk

  • Author George Steiner
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    To ask larger questions is to risk getting things wrong. Not to ask them at all is to constrain the life of understanding

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  • Author George Soros
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    Hedge funds are a very efficient way of managing money. But there are clearly some risks. Hedge funds use credit and credit is a source of instability. Transactions involving credit should be regulated.

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  • Author James Surowiecki
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    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.

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  • Author John Scalzi
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    I'm not insane, sir. I have a finely calibrated sense of acceptable risk.

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  • Author Jonas Salk
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    Risks, I like to say, always pay off. You learn what to do, or what not to do.

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