Risk Adverse Quotes & Sayings

Women are told from their infancy, and taught by the example of their mothers, that a little knowlegde of human weakness, justly termed cunning, softness of temper; outward obedience, and a scrupulous attention to a puerile kind of proptiety, will obtain for them the protection of man; and should they be beautiful, every thing else is needless, for, at least, twenty years of their lives. — Mary Wollstonecraft

He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long. — Horace

Cities are gentrified by the following types of people in sequence: first the risk-oblivious (artists), then the risk-aware (developers), finally the risk adverse (dentists from New Jersey). — Bill Kraus

21 And it shall come to pass that c everyone who calls upon the — Anonymous

I came away from the talk with the perception that the risk of adverse side effects is so much greater than the risk of cervical cancer, I couldn't help but question why we need the vaccine at all. — Joan Robinson

As with Three Mile Island, the hysteria of the media and the political class over the Deepwater spill is likely to lead to increased risk and adverse environmental tradeoffs. — Steven F. Hayward

I've fallen into your life, like a red ROSE from another world. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

The risk of an investment is described by both the probability and the potential amount of loss. The risk of an investment-the probability of an adverse outcome-is partly inherent in its very nature. A dollar spent on biotechnology research is a riskier investment than a dollar used to purchase utility equipment. The former has both a greater probability of loss and a greater percentage of the investment at stake. — Seth Klarman

First, can fetal or childhood exposure to synthetic glucocorticoids have lifelong, adverse effects? Glucocorticoids (such as hydrocortisone) are prescribed in vast amounts, because of their immunosuppressive or anti-inflammatory effects. During pregnancy, they are administered to women with certain endocrine disorders or who are at risk for delivering preterm. Heavy administration of them during pregnancy has been reported to result in children with smaller head circumferences, emotional and behavioral problems in childhood, and slowing of some developmental landmarks. Are these effects lifelong? No one knows. — Robert M. Sapolsky

A lot of people simply don't realize their potential because they're just so risk adverse. They just don't want to take the risk. — Ben Carson

The next time you have a negative thought, say the word "STOP" to yourself and imagine a stop sign. — Peter Jumrukovski

He comes, he sleeps, he goes. So the plot thickens. — Shadowlands

Some philosophers see into themselves, and some into their times; still others forge an alliance with the future. — David Berlinski

While it is said that children accept their circumstances as normal, both Vicky and I understood that we were different. We — Elizabeth Strout

Courage is not an ability one either possess or lacks. Courage is the willingness to engage in a risk-taking behavior regardless of whether the consequences are unknown or possibly adverse. We are capable of courageous behavior provided we are willing to engage in it. Given that life offers few guarantees, all living requires risk-taking. — Alfred Adler

I was eating lots of vegetables and fruit every day during my pregnancy - my baby needed the best of the best, so it was the opposite of overeating. I had this being inside of me, and I was responsible for everything he got. — Gisele Bundchen

The working-class folks and the poor, and those normal people living their lives out in the world without the glitter and the fanfare. There is a lot to learn from them. — Mark Ruffalo

When you see people in middle management dickering with their Fitbits in the elevator, you know the Quantified Self movement is here to stay. The — Christian Rudder