Famous Quotes & Sayings

Julian Barnes

We thought we were being mature when we were only being safe. We imagined we were being responsible but were only being cowardly. What we called realism turned out to be a way of avoiding things rather than facing them.

Maggie Stiefvater

Is this thing safe?" "Safe as life," Gansey replied.

Greg Behrendt

Sometimes we become attached to what's familiar, and sometimes we hold on to things that are safe and predictable, even if they are bad for us.

John Marston

Through danger safety comes - through trouble rest.

John Maynard Keynes

An investor who proposes to ignore near-term market fluctuations needs greater resources for safety and must not operate on so large a scale, if at all, with borrowed money.

Judy Blume

I can't let safety and security become the focus of my life.

Lanford Wilson

Nobody's safe around a writer.

Julianna Margulies

You do your best work when you feel safe.

Martin O'Malley

We took out the safe haven in Afghanistan, but now there is, undoubtedly, a larger safe haven and we must rise to this occasion in collaboration and with alliances to confront it, and invest in the future much better human intelligence so we know what the next steps are.

Martin Luther

It is neither right nor safe to go against my conscience.

Martin Luther

Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason-I do not accept the authority of popes and councils, for they have contradicted each other-my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen.

Martin Luther

I cannot choose but adhere to the word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I possibly, nor will I even make any recantation, since it is neither safe nor honest to act contrary to conscience! Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise, so help me God! Amen.

Nick Bostrom

We would want the solution to the safety problem before somebody figures out the solution to the AI problem.

Ovid

The most wretched fortune is safe; for there is no fear of anything worse. [Lat., Fortuna miserrima tuta est: Nam timor eventus deterioris abest.]

Ovid

Let others seek safety. Nothing is safer than misfortune, Where there's no fear of greater ill to come.

Paul Feig

What I do as a director is really create a safe environment that everyone can feel very comfortable in and experiment within so that they don't hold back anything. You never ever want someone to go, 'Oh I shouldn't have done that.' There isn't anything you shouldn't try. If it's terrible, who cares?

Martha Beck

The way out of fear isn’t safety. It’s freedom.

Marion Nestle

Meat is produced under HACCP plans. Meat and poultry are required to be produced under standard food safety plans and they have been since the mid-'90s, and there are now fewer problems with meat than there used to be. That's on the USDA's side.

Juno Temple

For me, there is safety in playing a woman that is very sexualized and having a woman direct you with that.

Judd Gregg

Whether or not you have good consumer protection has a big effect on safety and soundness of the banking community, especially smaller banks.

Nevil Shute

Everybody pays lip service to the safety of the aeroplane, but nobody is prepared to pay for it.

Nhat Hanh

Earth will be safe when we feel in us enough safety.

Mike Nichols

The only safe thing in filmmaking is to take a chance.

Mike Pence

The true legacy of 9-11 cannot be found among political leaders of the day, but in the citizen soldiers and public safety personnel who answered that day with courage and selflessness.

John Ashcroft

The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved,

Mary Schiavo

I go out of my way to stay off commuter planes. I have skipped conferences because I would not fly on marginal airlines (and because of many mishaps, I also avoided flying on ValuJet).

Mary Roberts Rinehart

It's the safety valve of middle life, and the solace of age.

Nikki Sanderson

I get really irritated with crap drivers, so the last time I got cross was probably behind the wheel. I'll shout from the safety of my car, with the window up, but if anyone ever got out and challenged me I'd be terrified.

Nicola Formichetti

My uniform is usually just comfortable clothing. Being a stylist, you spend most of the day at photo shoots covered in safety pins.

Nicki Minaj

Stay fly, you can call me Have a Safe Flight

Matt Bomer

Without a safe haven, one of the most authentic parts of who you are, who you love, felt invisible to the world.

Nicholas Sparks

I just tell people what they already know, but are afraid to admit to themselves.

Nicholas Sparks

Maybe I don't want to be defined by what I do. Maybe I'd like to be defined by what I am.