“Every human being experiences risks; some of the risks are common to all humans, and some are unique to the life each of us has been given to live. But I know for certain that risk – both it's shadow and its reality – has shaped my life inside and out.”

—  Ben Carson

Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 68

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Every human being experiences risks; some of the risks are common to all humans, and some are unique to the life each o…" by Ben Carson?
Ben Carson photo
Ben Carson 191
17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urb… 1951

Related quotes

Simone de Beauvoir photo
Frans de Waal photo

“To endow animals with human emotions has long been a scientific taboo. But if we do not, we risk missing something fundamental, about both animals and us.”

Frans de Waal (1948) Dutch primatologist and ethologist

"Are We in Anthropodenial?" in Discover magazine (July 1997) http://discovermagazine.com/1997/jul/areweinanthropod1180

Fred Rogers photo
Michael Douglas photo

“I'm a risk-taker. Most of my career has not been a joyful experience, but it has been challenging. I like the dangers.”

Michael Douglas (1944) American actor and producer

As quoted in "Michael Douglas: ‘I’m an optimistic guy I am going to beat this’" in The Palm Beach Post (16 September 2010) https://www.palmbeachpost.com/article/20100916/ENTERTAINMENT/812018115

Lev Grossman photo
Leo Buscaglia photo
Ryszard Kapuściński photo
Pat Conroy photo

Related topics