Knowing Risk...

"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so."

Mark Twain
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Risk or Uncertainty...

"Risk is measurable uncertainty, Uncertainty is unmeasurable risk"

Author Unknown
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The unexpected...

"One should expect that the expected can be prevented, but the unexpected should have been expected"

Augustine Law XLV
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Risk Management is...

"Risk Management is about 'failing better than anyone else."

Jos Berkemeijer
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Round numbers...

"Round numbers are always false"

Samuel Johnson
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My left brain is...

"My left brain is always right!"

Joshua Maggid
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Law of High Impact...

"In case of high Impact, Probability is irrelevant"

Jos Berkemeijer
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Certainty...

"A reasonable probability is the only certainty."

E. W. Howe
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Survival rate...

"On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero."

Zero Hedge
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Average...

"When she told me I was average, she was just being mean."

Mike Beckman
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Confused...

"If you are not completely confused by Risk, you do not understand it."

Jos Berkemeijer
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Chaos...

"Chaos is Unrecognized Order"

Jos Berkemeijer
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Safety...

"The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety."

Goethe
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Theory or Practice...

"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is."

Yogi Berra
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Predictions...

"You should never make predictions, especially about the future."

Samuel Goldwyn
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Counted...

"Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted."

Albert Einstein
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Too Cautious...

"The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all."

Jawaharlal Nehru
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Learning...

"Not learning by doing, but learning by risking."

Toba Beta (Master of Stupidity)
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Stupidity...

"Intelligence minus purpose equals stupidity."

Toba Beta (Master of Stupidity)
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Risk Management...

"Risk Management: the art of foreseeing hindsight."

Jos Berkemeijer
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