5 Samuel Langhorne Clemens Quotes on Risk

Samuel Langhorne Clemens quotes on risk

5. I'll risk forty dollars that he can outjump any frog in Calaveras county.

130. The Erie railroad kills 23 to 46; the other 845 railroads kill an average of one-third of a man each; and the rest of that million, amounting in the aggregate to that appalling figure of 987,631 corpses, die naturally in their beds! You will excuse me from taking any more chances on those beds. The railroads are good enough for me.

164. All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.

209. A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

211. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.