Quotes About Security

but love was undependable, it came and then it went, so it was good to have a money value, because then at least those who wanted to make a profit from you would make sure you were fed enough and not damaged too much.

She sighed. "You were such a sensitive child. So easily wounded. So I told you those things. I didn't want you to feel defenseless in the face of life. Life can be harsh. I wanted you to feel protected, and to know that there was a greater power watching over you. That the Universe was taking a personal interest.

There were places you didn't want to walk, precautions you took that had to do with locks on windows and doors, drawing the curtains, leaving on lights. These things you did were like prayers; you did them and you hoped they would save you.

Although I'm afraid of this idea and ashamed of it, and although in the daytime I find it melodramatic and ludicrous and refuse to believe in it, I also cherish it. It's like the secret bottle stashed away by alcoholics: I may have no desire to use it, right now, but I feel more secure knowing it's there. It's a fallback, it's a vice, it's an exit. It's a weapon.

And did you feel protected?

But they will not be, primarily because the most salient characteristic of the victim-prone person is the conviction that he or she is watched over and protected by the Sun, the Moon, the Wind Goddess, and St. Christopher; and, in short, that it could never happen to him or to her.

Shepherds often slept across the openings of their homemade sheepfolds, guarding the animals from predators and thieves with their own bodies. When Jesus describes himself as "the door" of the sheepfold in John 10:9, he is painting a rich portrait of being both protector and provider.

As long as the sun rose each day, as long as they could behold it, there life was secure.

3053Geography also gave Russia a rich choice of potential enemies.

Having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night is a very old human need.

He was so tender, so infinitely soothing, she longed to stay in his arms forever. With such strong arms about her, surely nothing could harm her.

always save something to fear, even as you save something to love.

But if true love carries any weight with you, you can be certain Miss Suellen will be rich in that if nothing else.

without knowing why, she found it comforting to be in his presence.

Well, yes. You see, I've invested a good deal of money in you, and I'd hate to lose it.

Complexity kills. It sucks the life out of developers, it makes products difficult to plan, build and test, it introduces security challenges, and it causes end-user and administrator frustration.

Spelling is a way to make words safe, at least for now, until another technology appears to soften attacks launched from the mouth.

It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state.

This is why I loved technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy.

We're in a new world. We're in a world in which the possibility of terrorism, married up with technology, could make us very, very sorry that we didn't act.

The surveillance state has run amok. Technology that's enabled us to send selfies 24/7 - not that valuable - has also enabled us to be spied upon us 24/7.

They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction.

Very interested in any technology that can help create a safer and more secure America.

There are cameras nowadays that have been developed to tell the difference between a squirrel and a bomb.