Quotes with highest-risk

Quotes 321 till 340 of 354.

  • Barney Frank What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because you have people who don't want to study the social sciences, because it's not profitable, and now Newt, as the highest-paid historian in American history, may be an encouragement to people to study history.
    Barney Frank
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • John Buchan What would you call the highest happiness? Wratislaw was ask. The sense of competence, was the answer, given without hesitation.
    John Buchan
    Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist (1875 - 1940)
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  • Jeanette Winterson What you risk reveals what you value.
    The Passion (2007) 43
    Jeanette Winterson
    English writer (1959 - )
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  • Brene Brown What's the greater risk? Letting go of what people think - or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and who I am?
    Brene Brown
    American professor, lecturer, author (1965 - )
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  • Tony Buzan Whatever your discipline, become a student of excellence in all things. Take every opportunity to observe people who manifest the qualities of mastery. These models of excellence will inspire you and guide you toward the fulfillment of your highest potential.
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  • Bill Engvall When 'Blue Collar TV' was on the 'WB,' we were their second-highest rated show, but they didn't know what to do with us. They had 'Reba,' which was number one, and we were number two, and they didn't want to be known as the hayseed network, so they kind of dropped us, even though we were pulling great numbers.
    Bill Engvall
    American comedian and actor (1957 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Bill Gross When does money run out of time? The countdown begins when investable assets pose too much risk for too little return; when lenders desert credit markets for other alternatives such as cash or real assets.
    Bill Gross
    American investor, fund manager, and philanthropist (1944 - )
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  • Carol Loomis When they are employed wisely, derivatives make the world simpler because they give their buyers an ability to manage and transfer risk.
    Carol Loomis
    American financial journalist (1929 - )
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Caroline Glick When you ignore what people are saying on a daily basis, calling for the annihilation of your country, you are ignoring them at your own risk.
    Reprinted in Alten, Steve (2008)
    Caroline Glick
    American-born Israeli columnist, journalist and author
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  • Ben Horowitz When you look at a company that's already succeeded or is at the very top of its game, it isn't necessarily when it's executing well. It tends to be peacetime - you've defeated the competition, you have the highest margins, the highest multiple.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Atom Egoyan When you make a film like this, you must have the highest expectations of your audience. Having worked in situations where we have the lowest expectations of our audience.
    Atom Egoyan
    Armenian-Canadian stage and film director and writer (1960 - )
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  • Barbara Sher When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we're given.
    Barbara Sher
    American speaker, lifestyle coach, and author (1935 - 2020)
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  • Cate Blanchett When you're stretching yourself, as a role like 'Blue Jasmine' did for me, you risk falling flat on your face.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Tobias G. Smollett Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
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  • Britney Spears With love, you should go ahead and take the risk of getting hurt because love is an amazing feeling.
    Britney Spears
    American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress (1981 - )
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  • Bev Perdue Women have to be very vigilant, and demand the very best in public schools, health care and pay, those things that men and women of this state value are at risk.
    Bev Perdue
    American businesswoman and politician (1947 - )
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  • Katherine Anne Porter You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have to speak clearly and simply and purely in a language that a six-year-old child can understand; and yet have the meanings and the overtones of language, and the implications, that appeal to the highest intelligence.
    Katherine Anne Porter
    American short-story writer (1890 - 1980)
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  • Arundhati Roy You have come to a stage where you almost have to work on yourself. You know, on finding some tranquility with which to respond to these things, because I realize that the biggest risk that many of us run is beginning to get inured to the horrors.
    Arundhati Roy
    Indian author (1961 - )
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