Quotes About Safety

As cynic H. L. Mencken once pointed out, "The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.

Bad things had a way of happening to people who opened their mouths in the Murder Capital of the United States.

Sometimes, the greatest safety can be found in taking the right risk. Whether it be an individual, a community or a country, when faced with tragedy or fearful uncertainty, we either become bigger and enter life more fully, or else we accept a diminished life and resign ourselves to a smaller way of being.

The one common thread from these incidents has been the complete lack of regard for personal safety.

Ditto for the eleven people killed in Antelope Canyon. Venturing into these canyons during the afternoon or evening is significantly more risky.

My mom put me and my sisters in the water to feel comfortable, to have water safety.

Is it safe?" Evadne asked. "In the heart of the lair of prehistoric people who eat humans? Probably not." Pg 197

Is it safe?" Evadne asked. "In the heart of the lair of prehistoric people who eat humans? Probably not.

Falling in love is more than infatuation. It is the need to feel whole, to feel safe, to be healed, to join together with someone, heart and soul.

Life brings only so much luck which when used up leaves you without a safety net.

He who retreats lives longer.

really didn't care [about nuclear plant safety] because there are too many people in the world anyway. . . . I think that playing dirty, if you have a noble end, is fine.

In other words, a gun is twenty-two times more likely to be used in a criminal assault, an accidental death or injury, a suicide attempt, or a homicide than it is for self-defense.67

because they reminded them of the unpleasant fact that they lived in a dangerous world with wolves in it. And that they could only go about their lives safely under the watchful eyes and guns of the sheepdogs.

All paths cause pain, so to chose the safe over the audacious will not give you less pain, only less beauty.

One reason you get groggy, long-distance driving, is that you don't move your face.

Not with your carbon, though, unless you like skin burns, convulsions, and liver damage.)

Las gotas golpeaban la tela con un ruido sordo, a pocos centímetros de su cara; pero él estaba a salvo del contacto. De repente tuvo el presentimiento de que su vida entera iba a parecerse a ese momento. Se movería entre las emociones humanas, y a veces estaría muy cerca de ellas; otros conocerían la felicidad o la desesperación; pero nada de eso tendría que ver jamás con él, ni podría alcanzarle

In my new, crisp undergarment, I felt safe, knowing I was protected from bullets, fire, knives, and all manner of evil-and more importantly, from Satan, the destroyer.

Everybody knows you don't hit from behind. It's the number-one rule in hockey. We even have stop signs sewn on the back of our jerseys to remind us. More kids have gotten hurt being checked from behind than anything else in hockey.

Lord bless this land, and all who inhabit it. Bless the earth. 'Tis borrowed from you after all. Let the work be fit worship to You. Grant us safety as we work. Grant us favor against any untoward spirits. Jealousy. Greed. Bigotry." Chance paused. "Even such as shadows my own heart. Forgive my tresspasses as I forgive.

The suburbs are a scary place. I'm glad I live in New York City, where crime is more predictable.

Maybe if everyone walked around being in touch with each other's hidden pain it could work out and even be beautiful, but it doesn't feel safe to be the only compassionate person on the planet.

rather not give a serial killer a second chance in life, for he might be giving someone else a first chance of losing his life.