#risks

There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And it ultimately gets away from them, and they end up spending more money, causing much more damage to the economy. ↗

— Timothy Geithner

#basic #causing #crises #damage #economy

In my judgment, the greatest risks are international terrorist groups like al Qaeda and Hezbollah. The war in Iraq has taken our attention off those priorities. ↗

— Bob Graham

#attention #greatest #groups #international #iraq

However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

#foundations #full #however #life #may

Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#completely #different #edge #finnish #here

Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail. ↗

— Ed Koch

#afghanistan #also #being #buddha #clinton

Talking from morning to night about sex has helped my skiing, because I talk about movement, about looking good, about taking risks. ↗

— Ruth Westheimer

#because #good #helped #i #looking

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

If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor. ↗

— Neil Simon

#floor #painted #risks #sistine #took

We are ever mindful the risks our troops face every day and the sacrifices made by the families and the communities that support them as those who have been removed from power seek to delay their inevitable defeat. ↗

— John Warner

#communities #day #defeat #delay #ever

The single biggest reason why the vast majority of people go nowhere in life is because they don't or won't take risks. They take the easy way out, the path of least resistance. You don't make it big that way. Ever. ↗

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

#risks #age