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.
We had to fight the enemy without in the Falklands. We always have to be aware of the enemy within, which is much more difficult to fight and more dangerous to liberty.
Cover a war in a place where you can't drink beer or talk to a woman? Hell no!
God is my witness that up to now, my only aspiration in life is to be a useful element within the army! I have for long been convinced that, to safeguard the country and give happiness to the people, it is necessary first of all to prove once more to the world that our army is still the old Turkish army.
While my speech is getting better every day, throughout my recovery, I have been able to sing to some extent.
The fiercest serpent may be overcome by a swarm of ants.
My dad prepared me for the worst of times while also enabling me to succeed in the best. He taught me to confront the insidiousness of racism head on, no matter what the ramification, so it will not fester. Defeat it and get past it. That was The Talk. Nothing scared me after that.
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