Top Items About Risk
Type | Title | Teaser | Author | Views | Rating |
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| Anecdotes | Small business: Canada vs U.S. | Peter Hays: "I was director of a small literary publishing company in Vancouver, British Columbia, called Talon Books.... | root | 52 | |
| Anecdotes | Richard Branson on taking risks | Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson: "You have to stick your neck out on occasion. You have to make bold moves,... | root | 43 | |
| Anecdotes | Nuts? | Some time before the Manhattan Project was launched, Leo Szilard sent Isidor Rabi to solicit fellow physicist Enrico... | Anonymous | 24 | |
| Anecdotes | Interlude for Piano and Fungus? | Scheduled to play a concert in Buffalo one evening, the eccentric composer John Cage arranged to stay at Robert... | Anonymous | 20 | |
| Anecdotes | Opportunity Knocks | Despite their position in Boston society, the Cabots were not held in high esteem by Amy Lowell, who often... | Anonymous | 18 | |
| Jokes | Joke about Absurdity, Humor and Water | `They say we`re 98% water. We`re that close to drowning... [picks up a glass of water]... I like to live on the edge.`... | Anonymous | 15 | |
| Trivia | Trivia about Victory, Risk | `To win without risk is to triumph without glory.` - Pierre... | Anonymous | 13 | |
| Anecdotes | Collision Course | "Two battleships assigned to the training squadron had been at sea on maneuvers in heavy weather for several days. I... | Anonymous | 12 | |
| Anecdotes | Groucho Marxist? | The noted humorist Robert Benchley once applied for a bank loan - and was horrified when his request was promptly... | Anonymous | 11 | |
| Quotes | Quote about Advice, Success and Metaphors | `Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.` - James B. Conant, president of Harvard... | Anonymous | 9 |
