A Quote by Paul Buchheit

If everything you do works, then you're not taking many risks and probably aren't innovating either. — © Paul Buchheit
If everything you do works, then you're not taking many risks and probably aren't innovating either.
Many cities end up putting off things because they want to understand everything. They don't understand that innovating is about starting. Taking care of a city is a process that you start, and then give the population space to respond.
When people in organizations feel too secure, it's because there aren't any significant outcomes as a result of what they do. Whatever you do, nothing much different happens. This also means there are no important pay-offs if you risk by innovating. As there are no rewards for taking risks, then there's no sense of push in that institution's culture.
Life is full of risks, and you don't want to raise someone who's afraid of taking risks, either physically or emotionally.
Without competition, Silicon Valley will stop taking risks and will stop innovating.
I talk a lot about taking risks, and then I follow that up very quickly by saying, 'Take prudent risks.'
There are some risks we choose to take because the benefits from taking them exceed the possible costs. Optimal behavior takes risks that are worthwhile. This is the central paradigm of finance: we must take risks to achieve rewards, but not all risks are equally rewarded.
Rennes wanted me at one point, but in France they have a problem - they don't like taking risks. But if you don't take risks, you don't get anywhere. You pass by the periphery of many things, like life and football.
I have never shied away from taking risks in my career, and I would not do that in the future either.
Everyone that works behind a desk wants to know how many bones I've broken and how much money I make. It seems that people who've never experienced the excitement of sport seem to think the only thing worth taking risks for is money.
Nothing's about taking risks as much as doing stuff that other people haven't done before. Just like in racing, it's not about taking risks but trying to figure out how to be faster.
I always think it's silly when people talk about works of culture taking risks. Because there's not any risk involved.
If designers are willing to take risks, I think buyers should take risks, as well with press taking risks.
The trick is to take risks and be paid for taking those risks, but to take a diversified basket of risks in a portfolio.
Some people revel in taking risks, and some go through life taking no risks at all.
On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space?
When it comes to storytelling, not taking risks is riskier than swinging for the fences. I have very simple ambitions when it comes to taking risks in storytelling and programming. I try very hard to avoid the expected.
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