"The public totally discounts low-probability high-consequence events. The individual says, it's not going to be this plane, this bus, this time."

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Source : Amanda Ripley (2009). “The Unthinkable: Who survives when disaster strikes - and why”, p.63, Random House

Amanda Ripley

#Risk Quotes #Events Quotes #Management Quotes

“How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause. Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us, thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?”
“I would prefer not to throw myself on a funeral pyre. Please come back to me.”

Source : Eloisa James (2011). “A Kiss At Midnight: Number 1 in series”, p.209, Hachette UK
“Reforms are slow, but they never go backward.”
“I just keep thinking how lucky I am that I haven't had to sacrifice anything.”
“Getting married is an incredible act of hopefulness.”
“Ben Skinner's brains and courage take us into the belly of the beast and expose the ugly truth of modern slavery. Instead of sensation, A Crime So Monstrous gives us desperately needed insight and analysis. This is an important book, the first deep look into America's confused relationship with human trafficking and slavery today. Skinner's balanced dissection of our government's haphazard policies will be controversial, but it can also be the foundation for a new anti-slavery agenda, one that ends the political games being played with the lives of slaves.”
“If you don't hold your team accountable then you will lose credibility and your team will be spoiled.”
“At one O'Clock, Miss Celia comes in the kitchen and says she's ready for her first cooking lesson. She settles on a stool. She's wearing a tight red sweater and a red skirt and enough makeup to scare a hooker.”

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