Quotes About Safety

Now I lay me down to sleep my bomb proof cellar's good and deep but if I'm killed before I wake remember god it's for your sake amen.

There's no place like home. No place safer. No place scarier.

Your timing could have been better,' he snapped. 'That thing nearly turned me into paste!' 'An unforgivable breach of duty, my lord,' Hauclir muttered darkly. 'Part of the wall fell on me and I selfishly tried to free myself instead of immediately seeing to your safety.

If security were all that mattered, computers would never be turned on, let alone hooked into a network with literally millions of potential intruders

never to take candy from strangers

Fires are dangerous so firemen must work as a team to put fires out.

He knew what he wanted. He wanted Jess safe, and he wanted her back in his arms.

she knew part of what made Facebook—and the internet, really—addicting was simultaneously indulging your own obsessions while mocking (deriding, denouncing even) the obsessions of others from the safety of your screen.

In your strength I can crush an army; with my God I can scale any wall. He makes me as surefooted as a deer, leading me safely along the mountain heights. —2 Samuel 22:30, 34

The women who got implants sued Dow Corning because they felt betrayed by their implant company. Betrayed? "What, you mean I can't put a petroleum by-product in a baggie and insert it in my chest cavity, safely? I am shocked! And betrayed!"

There's no fun in playing safe or by the rules, but it's not fun being hit by a semi-truck either.

We've said the whole way through – this (Covid-19) is like a public health bushfire. And just like a bushfire, there's steps we can all take to keep ourselves and our homes safe.

In other words, a small thank-you caused people to behave far more generously to a completely different person. This is because thank-yous aren't only expressions of gratitude; they're crucial belonging cues that generate a contagious sense of safety, connection, and motivation.

Create Safe, Collision-Rich Spaces:

Cohesion happens not when members of a group are smarter but when they are lit up by clear, steady signals of safe connection.

Aim for Candor; Avoid Brutal Honesty: Giving honest feedback is tricky, because it can easily result in people feeling hurt or demoralized. One useful distinction, made most clearly at Pixar, is to aim for candor and avoid brutal honesty. By aiming for candor—feedback that is smaller, more targeted, less personal, less judgmental, and equally impactful—it's easier to maintain a sense of safety and belonging in the group.

small thank-you caused people to behave far more generously to a completely different person. This is because thank-yous aren't only expressions of gratitude; they're crucial belonging cues that generate a contagious sense of safety, connection, and motivation.

Keenly attend to team composition and dynamics. • Define, reinforce, and relentlessly protect the team's creative autonomy. • Make it safe to fail and to give feedback. • Celebrate hugely when the group takes initiative.

This idea – that belonging needs to be continually refreshed and reinforced – is worth dwelling on for a moment. If your brains processed safety logically, we would not need this steady reminding. But our brains did not emerge from millions of years of natural selection because they process logically. They emerged because they are obsessively on the lookout for danger.

One of the most vital moments for creating safety is when a group shares bad news or gives tough feedback. In these moments, it's important not simply to tolerate the difficult news but to embrace it.

Safety is not mere emotional weather but rather the foundation on which strong culture is built.

This idea—that belonging needs to be continually refreshed and reinforced—is worth dwelling on for a moment. If our brains processed safety logically, we would not need this steady reminding.

belonging cues can't be reduced to an isolated moment but rather consist of a steady pulse of interactions within a social relationship. Their function is to answer the ancient, ever-present questions glowing in our brains: Are we safe here? What's our future with these people? Are there dangers lurking?

The key to creating psychological safety, as Pentland and Edmondson emphasize, is to recognize how deeply obsessed our unconscious brains are with it. A mere hint of belonging is not enough; one or two signals are not enough. We are built to require lots of signaling, over and over. This is why a sense of belonging is easy to destroy and hard to build.