Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape a fire is guilty of suicide?
It is so tempting to try the most difficult thing possible.
Any life truly lived is a risky business and if one puts up too many fences against the risks one ends by shutting out life itself.
Do not be too timid and squeamish. ... All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
If you're going to lead a space frontier, it has to be government; it'll never be private enterprise. Because the space frontier is dangerous, and it's expensive, and it has unquantified risks. And un...
It is the risk element which ensures security. Risk brings out the ingenuity and resourcefulness which ensure success.
Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risks.
That's the good part of dying; when you've nothing to lose, you run any risk you want.
Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile ... initially scared me to death.
Our whole way of life today is dedicated to the removal of risk. Cradle to grave we are supported insulated and isolated from the risks of life- and if we fall our government stands ready with Band...
Life is either always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.
The rewards go to the risk-takers those who are willing to put their egos on the line and reach out to other people and to a richer fuller life for themselves.
You shouldn't have asked, I said. Love doesn't ask many questions, because if we stop to think we become fearful. It's an inexplicable fear; it's difficult even to describe it. Maybe it's the fear of...