Arpad Busson Quotes

In business, you try to minimise risk.

Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.

The risks are 'How country can you go?' rather than 'How rock can you take it?'

You can never protect yourself 100%. What you do is protect yourself as much as possible and mitigate risk to an acceptable degree. You can never remove all risk.

If you have something at risk, you think differently.

I like to control the risk I take. And when risk is taken out of my hands, it frustrates me.

I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.

When I take a risk, I like it to be a calculated risk, meaning I make it as small as possible.

Some of the most interesting research that I did was about risk assessment and how ordinary citizens like me handle risk assessment and how irregular our risk assessments are.

People need to learn to live with more risk.

I think we need to think beyond the issue of absolute risk.

The concept of insurance is not to share risk but to avoid risk.

There is no elimination of all risks.

We always take acceptable risks in our society.

People are used to dealing with risk.

In any endeavor, you have to understand your tolerance for risk. What's a failure you can afford?

People say I take too many risks. But the fact is, there is risk involved in every shot. You can get out trying to defend a ball as well.

We necessarily operate in an environment in which there's a great deal of uncertainty. In such an environment, it makes sense to use a risk-management approach to identify and avoid the big mistakes. That's one reason I favor a cautious approach.

People need to take a little bit more risk.

As an industry, we have a responsibility to manage risk in a way that is prudent.

It's only a risk if you think there's a chance of failure.

It is not the manager's job to prevent risks. It is the manager's job to make it safe to take them.

I'm generally risk averse, and most great entrepreneurs I know are as well.

I think people overestimate the risk of high-risk projects.

Risk taking in business is one thing. Risk taking in your personal safety is a different thing.