Risk quotes

“You risked the lives of some damn fine pilots ... but that's my job!”
Lloyd Bridges - Adm. Thomas 'Tug' Benson

“He didn't teach you how to win, he taught you how not to lose. That's nothing to be proud of. You're playing not to lose, Josh. You've got to risk losing. You've got to risk everything. You've got to go to the edge of defeat. That's where you want to be, boy - on the edge of defeat.”

Laurence Fishburne - Vinnie

“I love this job Roger. I love the power. I love the little badges. I love being a human target for anyone within sniping range of a donut shop.”

Joe Piscopo - Doug Bigelow

“- Johnny Mnemonic: I could die, right?
- Spider: It's gonna kill you anyway. If I take it out, you'll probably survive but lose some fine motor skills. You might not remember anything for more than three minutes.”

Keanu Reeves - Johnny Mnemonic
Henry Rollins - Spider

It ain't "mairzy doats and dozy doats" out there. It's war. You fight Black Death like the Marquis of Queensbury, and you're gonna be carried out in a body bag. But, hey. Good luck!

Robert Loggia - Pappy Jack

“Shadow and Sassy had risked their lives for me. I never knew I'd have friends like that; the feeling was all very new to me... I liked it.”

Michael J. Fox - Chance

“- John Bubber: You sure we can pull this off?
- Bernie LaPlante: John, you're sitting on a ledge about to jump to your doom. I'm about to go to prison. What exactly have we got to lose?”
Andy Garcia - John Bubber
Dustin Hoffman - Bernie LaPlante

“- Nigel: You girls are rank amateurs playing with fire.
- Selena: Because we own the matches.”

Peter Cook - Nigel
Faye Dunaway - Selena

“- David Freeman: If I stay, those scientists will experiment on me like a guinea pig for the rest of my life.
- Max: If I take you back in time, you could be vaporized. It's very risky, David.”
Joey Cramer - David Freeman
Paul Reubens - Max

“- Larn: Not so close, you'll burn it.
- Teegra: I've always lived close to a fire.”
Randy Norton - Larn
Cynthia Leake - Teegra

“- Johner: Hey, Ripley. I heard you, like... ran into these things before?
- Ripley: That's right.
- Johner: Wow, man. So, like, what did you do?
- Ripley: I died.”
Ronald Francis Perlman - Johner
Sigourney Weaver - Ripley

“Well, does it take more guts to twice traverse a staircase in a burning building, or to make a one-time leap into a volcano? Damned if I know, Kemosabe.”
Lloyd Bridges - Graynamore

“- Tina Kalb: Do you worry about the risk factor involved in gay sex?
- Paul Harmon: It may be news to you, but not every gay man has anal sex. That's where a lot of the HIV risk lies.”
Téa Leoni - Tina Kalb
Richard Jenkins - Paul Harmon

“- David Huxley: But Susan, you can't climb in a man's bedroom window!
- Susan Vance: I know, it's on the second floor!”
Cary Grant - David Huxley
Katharine Hepburn - Susan Vance