Unsystematic Risk Quotes & Sayings

I suppose if I had to give a one-word answer to the question of why I read, that word would be pleasure. The kind of pleasure you can get from reading is like no other in the world. — Wendy Lesser

Never underestimate the power of a loosely knit group working for a good cause. All of us who work for peace together, all of us who pray for peace together, are a small minority, but a powerful spiritual fellowship. Our power is beyond our numbers. — Peace Pilgrim

Pompey bade Sylla recollect that more worshipped the rising than the setting sun. — Plutarch

The human mind has a tendency to observe unsystematic events and assign a pattern to the results. A habitual risk-taker reorganizes the stream of random events and retrospectively attributes the outcome of indiscriminate trials to their own gambling "strategies." We often hear people say that they are lucky or unlucky, when in actuality they can claim no ownership in the occurrence of chaotic outcomes. A false sense of the existence of luck can cause people to discount the value of their actual effort, skill, and training. — Kilroy J. Oldster

I liked that he had hair that was growing without a plan. A grin that came out of nowhere and left the same way. — Cath Crowley

Benazir Bhutto was an inspirational leader and an inspirational woman. — Malala Yousafzai

isn't it true? What you don't have is much less than what you do. from A Love Worth Giving — Max Lucado

There are times when we should, remember, the strange courage, of the second-rate who refuse to quit, when the nights, are black and long and sleepless, and the days are without, end. — Charles Bukowski

I never lost money by turning a profit. — Bernard M. Baruch

I try to be a nice person, but it's difficult sometimes. — Jack Gleeson