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

-- Neil Simon

#Motivational Quotes #Risk Quotes

“Probably the first time I was a boss was when I was associate dean of the graduate school at the University of Southern California. I was in my early 30s.”
“I regret the whole worlds that will never come into existence, the children, the grandchildren, all the human possibilities that never were and never will be.”
“We are speeding up our lives and working harder in a futile attempt to buy the time to slow down and enjoy it.”
“America does not at the moment have a functioning democracy.”
“In seminary he had been taught that God had completely stopped any overt communication with moderns, preferring to have them only listen to and follow sacred Scripture, properly interpreted, of course. God's voice had been reduced to paper, and even that paper had to be moderated and deciphered by the proper authorities and intellects. It seemed that direct communication with God was something exclusively for the ancients and uncivilized, while educated Westerner's access to God was mediated and controlled by the intelligentsia. Nobody wanted God in a box, just in a book.”
“Remember that the six most expensive words in business are: 'We've always done it that way'”
“Not only should we observe moderation with food, but we must also abstain from every other sin so that just as we fast with our stomach, we should fast with our tongue. Likewise, we should fast with our eyes; i.e. not look at agitating things, not allow your eyes freedom to roam, not to look shamelessly and without fear. Similarly, arms and legs should be restrained from doing any evil acts.”
“Journalists who are devoted to strictly factual reporting take particular pleasure from satirical news outlets that have the liberty to laugh and even mock the hypocrisy that reporters and editors must simply observe without comment.”

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