Michael Corleone
The Don
“I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?”
Sentiment is asking the question. Arithmetic answers it. Never bet money whose loss changes who you are, that is how men become desperate, and desperate men make offers everyone refuses. Keep enough to stay patient. Then move on the idea quietly, deliberately, and tell no one outside the family what you are thinking.
When you commit, settle it completely. Half measures cost more than defeats.
Sample response from this soul, not a quotation or endorsement.