Safety Quotes

A hole in the ice is dangerous only to those who go skating.

Accidents, and particularly street and highway accidents, do not happen - they are caused.

I recognize the Republican Party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.

People developed planes first and then took care of flight safety. If people were focused on safety first, no one would ever have built a plane.

speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.

Not only do happy people endure pain better and take more health and safety precautions when threatened, but positive emotions undo negative emotions.

I believe we're making a mistake if we regard job creation and job safety as mutually exclusive or inherently in conflict; they can and they must go hand-in-hand.

There is absolutely no disconnect between common sense gun safety measures and protecting the Second Amendment rights of gun owners.

In an imperfect world perfection is not instantly available. Railroad safety, for instance, cannot be secured by mechanical devices alone. It is primarily a resultant of care and discipline.

When you have overcome one temptation, you must be ready to enter the lists with another. As distrust, in some sense, is the mother of safety, so security is the gate of danger.

Not responding is a response - we are equally responsible for what we don't do.

I think that America is in danger of losing its adventurous spirit in the cause of some kind of illusion of safety, or substitute of law and order there.

If you don't think it's safe, it probably isn't.

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.

Proper accounting is like engineering. You need a margin of safety. Thank God we don't design bridges and airplanes the way we do accounting.

The investor should be aware that even though safety of its principal and interest may be unquestioned, a long term bond could vary widely in market price in response to changes in interest rates.

He was so crooked, you could have used his spine for a safety-pin.

People in general are not interested in paying extra for increased safety. At the beginning seat belts cost $200 and nobody bought them.

I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.

It seems evident that the basis for civil safety is homogeneity. A culture which is socially uniform is pretty well devoid of informal violence.

It is a foolish prince who entrusts the safety of his lands to hired men.

The dream acts as a safety-valve for the over-burdened brain.

After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone wrong.

What looked safe was not safe. What looked hard and unsafe was probably safer. Anyway, safe was somewhere else in the world.

The only assurance of our nation's safety is to lay our foundation in morality and religion.

Safety is the most unsafe spiritual path you can take. Safety keeps you numb and dead. People are caught by surprise when it is time to die. They have allowed themselves to live so little.

What did I tell you about Mister Safety Catch?' said Vimes weakly. When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend,' recited Detritus, saluting.

Deterrence itself is not a preeminent value; the primary values are safety and morality.

Playing it safe is the riskiest choice we can ever make.

I worship you, but I loathe marriage. I hate its smugness, its safety, its compromise and the thought of you interfering with my work, hindering me; what would you answer?

Goodness has never been a guarantee of safety.

You will go most safely in the middle.

I have flown ValuJet. ValuJet is a safe airline, as is our entire aviation system.

Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.

He that's secure is not safe.

Human beings will generally exercise power when they can get it, and they will exercise it most undoubtedly in popular governments under pretense of public safety.

I am still feeling my calf strain, so I have been unable to train this week. I will again have to sit out the weekend action, but the lads are climbing ever higher to safety.

Through danger safety comes - through trouble rest.

The more men you make free, the more freedom is strengthened, and the more men you give an interest in the welfare and safety of the State, the greater is the security of the State.

The worship of safety emasculates greatness.

In ourselves our safety must be sought. By our own right hand it must be wrought.

There's simply no substitute for experience in terms of aviation safety.

Now our job, our duty, our responsibility to ensure the safety and security of our citizens cannot be complete unless we guarantee health care security for our citizens.

Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.

As climbers, we need to sacrifice our comfort, our safety, and arguably our sanity, as a tithe to the mountain...We need the mountains but the mountains do not need us.

For they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action.

To pray only when in peril is to use safety belts only in heavy traffic.

I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world

I was actually worried about David Ross safety being in Cleveland. I thought I had to be a bodyguard.

Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save one; and that one is his cowardice