Relative Risk Aversion

Famous quotes containing the words relative, risk and/or aversion:

    It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    It’s a funny thing, the less people have to live for, the less nerve they have to risk losing—nothing.
    Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)

    My true friends have always given me that supreme proof of devotion, a spontaneous aversion for the man I loved.
    Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)