"When you go out on a limb, that's when you really know you're living"
About this Quote
Coming from Robin Quivers, the intent lands less like self-help wallpaper and more like lived broadcast philosophy. Her career has been built in a medium that punishes hesitation: live radio rewards speed, candor, and the willingness to be the person who says the thing first and cleans it up later. The subtext is about refusing the safe, professionally managed version of the self. Go out on a limb, and you stop curating your life for approval; you start testing it for truth.
It also reframes fear as evidence, not enemy. If you feel that wobble, you’re at the edge of your script, outside routine and reputation. Quivers isn’t promising success; she’s promising sensation, agency, the reminder that you can still surprise yourself. In a celebrity culture that often looks like risk-free branding, the line quietly argues for something messier: being seen trying, and being willing to fail where people can watch.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Quivers, Robin. (2026, January 18). When you go out on a limb, that's when you really know you're living. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-you-go-out-on-a-limb-thats-when-you-really-20752/
Chicago Style
Quivers, Robin. "When you go out on a limb, that's when you really know you're living." FixQuotes. January 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-you-go-out-on-a-limb-thats-when-you-really-20752/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"When you go out on a limb, that's when you really know you're living." FixQuotes, 18 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-you-go-out-on-a-limb-thats-when-you-really-20752/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.





