Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.
Interpretation
Taking risks is essential for growth and innovation; sometimes you have to leap before you're fully prepared.
This quote by Ray Bradbury emphasizes the significance of embracing uncertainty and taking risks in life. By suggesting that one must 'jump off the cliff' symbolizes the act of stepping into the unknown, while 'building your wings on the way down' signifies the process of gaining skills and confidence through action. It encourages individuals to trust in their ability to adapt and find solutions even when they begin a journey without a clear plan.
In practice
Using this quote in a motivational speech to inspire students to take risks in their careers.
I've written about 2,000 short stories; I've only published 300 and I feel I'm still learning. Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer. Ray Bradbury, 1967 interview (Doing the Math - that means for every story he sold, he wrote six "un-publishable" ones. Keep typing!)
I never went to college, so I went to the library.
There must be something in books, something we canβt imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You donβt stay for nothing.
I think the sun is a flower, That blooms for just one hour.
The first thing a writer should be is - excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms. Without such vigor, he might as well be out picking peaches or digging ditches; God knows it'd be better for his health.
You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.
Down South, there was the old 'ladies-don't-do-such-things' way of thinking. You couldn't be a lady and a good athlete at the same time.
I do not murmur, even if my heart break.
If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.
People think you get tired quickly when you are a diabetic. But I have taken about 190 wickets in One Day International matches after I was diagnosed for diabetes, and lots even in Test cricket, and never got tired.
It needs courage to be afraid.
I've had two cancer bouts in my years on the Court, and the first one, Justice O'Connor told me, 'Now, you do the chemotherapy on Friday because you'll get over it during the weekend and you can be back in court on Monday.'
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