A Quote by Ken Livingstone

The civil service are risk averse.

Ken Livingstone

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Ken Livingstone
English - Politician
Born: June 17, 1945

I don't think the government should touch art. Governments are risk averse. They encourage risk-averse personalities to be artists.

Dave Hickey

If you think in terms of major losses, because losses loom much larger than gains - that's a very well-established finding - you tend to be very risk-averse. When you think in terms of wealth, you tend to be much less risk-averse.

Daniel Kahneman

Increase your company's average talent with each hire - founders tend to be pretty smart but willing to take on risk. Employees should be a lot smarter and less risk averse.

Michael Seibel

Canada has a real civil service, which the United States doesn't have, an independent civil service. Canada also has a stronger federal system.

David Frum

Random distributions are not good things, because people are risk-averse, and this risk adversely affects their welfare. If you get too much price uncertainty, all kinds of long-term, mutually beneficial contracts can't be entered into.

Edward C. Prescott

People who are over-educated become risk-averse.

Tamara Mellon

I think there's a danger in politics of being too risk-averse.

Liz Truss

I know what my strengths and weaknesses are on the pitch. My duty is to be risk averse.

Xabi Alonso

We've become a country that is often risk averse. That's not the way to succeed.

Jerry Moran

There's no question that women are more risk averse, thoughtful, and deliberative.

Dan Abrams

If you are not making any mistakes, you are being excessively risk-averse. Investing involves risk, and that means you will occasionally be wrong. And although it is okay to be wrong, it is not okay to stay wrong.

Barry Ritholtz

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

Jason Fried

Publishers are very risk-averse, so they lean towards licenses and sequels. But the fact is that even those are not guaranteed hits. So, if 'playing it safe' does not guarantee hits, they might as well leave it up to the really creative, risk-taking people, because they couldn't do any worse.

Tim Schafer

I've never been averse to a little risk - after all, writing without risk is not really writing at all. Sometimes one has to just let fly with a high concept piece and see where the pieces fall. As it generally turns out, the central story is familiar, but just with different rules of engagement.

Jasper Fforde

Term limits would make Congress bolder, more independent, and less risk-averse.

George Will

Often we women are risk averse. I needed the push. Now, more than ever, young women need more seasoned women to provide that encouragement, to take a risk, to go for it. Once a glass ceiling is broken, it stays broken.

Jennifer Granholm

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