#risk

My parents grew that small business from one 18-year-old guarding a bingo to more than 125 employees in three states. And sure, there was help along the way. But my parents took the risk. They stood up. And you better believe they built it. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#believe #better #bingo #built #business

Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking. ↗

— Jim McMahon

#inherently #otherwise #risk #taking #would

To be brutally honest, it's simple economics. If they want to come into cycling, sponsors need to know the team they are funding is clean, otherwise the risk is just too great. ↗

— David Millar

#clean #come #cycling #economics #funding

The Church became both more accessible and less imposing. It threw itself open to risk. ↗

— Lance Morrow

#became #both #church #imposing #itself

Once my doctor began treating my kidney disease, my greatest challenge was the constant exhaustion. Fortunately, my doctor explained that anemia was causing my exhaustion and that people with serious illnesses, like kidney disease, may be at increased risk for anemia. ↗

— Alonzo Mourning

#causing #challenge #constant #disease #doctor

Let me be very clear: We monitor the risks of violent extremism taking root here in the United States. We don't have the luxury of focusing our efforts on one group; we must protect the country from terrorism whether foreign or homegrown, and regardless of the ideology that motivates its violence. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#country #efforts #extremism #focusing #foreign

There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community. ↗

— M. Scott Peck

#life #peace #risk #ultimately #vulnerability

While I do not hesitate to applaud certain aspects of the resolution honoring the sacrifices of our courageous soldiers who are risking their lives in Iraq, I cannot be supportive of capitalizing on these very sacrifices for political gain. ↗

— Ed Pastor

#aspects #cannot #certain #courageous #gain

It seems that the small movies are a little more risky and cutting-edge. You've got your big commerce and you've got your small films that you're more passionate about. ↗

— Robert Patrick

#big #commerce #cutting-edge #films #got

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

#actions #adopt #asterisks #better #blanks