"I would give all of my fame for a pot of ale and safety."
Read quote
13 likes
Safety quotes
Safety
1.1K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Safety
Browse quotes that often appear alongside safety — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Safety quotes (page 5 of 57)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"There is always safety in valor."
Read quote
13 likes
"It appears that there are enormous differences of opinion as to the probability of a failure with loss of vehicle and of human life. The estimates range from roughly 1 in 100 to 1 in 100,000. The higher figures come from the working engineers, and the very low figures from management."
Read quote
13 likes
"Civilized people have exchanged some part of their chances of happiness for a measure of security."
Read quote
13 likes
"I define vulnerability as uncertainty, risk and emotional exposure. With that definition in mind, let’s think about love. Waking up every day and loving someone who may or may not love us back, whose safety we can’t ensure, who may stay in our lives or may leave without a moment’s notice, who may be loyal to the day they die or betray us tomorrow—that’s vulnerability."
Read quote
12 likes
"The cost of solving the Comet mystery must be reckoned neither in money nor in manpower."
Read quote
12 likes
"This is. And thou art. There is no safety. There is no end. The word must be heard in silence. There must be darkness to see the stars. The dance is always danced above the hollow place, above the terrible abyss."
Read quote
12 likes
"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."
Read quote
12 likes
"If you don't think it's safe, it probably isn't."
Read quote
12 likes
"Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built."
Read quote
11 likes
"Cars, toys, aspirin, meat, toasters, water - nearly every product sold has passed basic safety regulations well in advance of being marketed and sold. But consumer credit is a kind of buyer-beware, wild west. That is partly the result of history."
Read quote
11 likes
"Even when adults do feel their safety to be threatened, we may not be able to see this on the surface. Infants will react in a fashion as if they were endangered, if they are disturbed or dropped suddenly, startled by loud noises, flashing light"
Read quote
11 likes
"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."
Read quote
11 likes
"Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety."
Read quote
11 likes
"You cannot come to Christ unless the Spirit of God brings you. But what if you ignore His warnings? Then you are in the gravest danger, for some day God will no longer be speaking to you. Then it will be too late. Come to Christ while there is still time. Christ, God's greater Ark, stands ready to welcome you to safety today."
Read quote
11 likes
"The dream acts as a safety-valve for the over-burdened brain."
Read quote
11 likes
"It is a foolish prince who entrusts the safety of his lands to hired men."
Read quote
11 likes
"The most exquisite pleasure in the practice of medicine comes from nudging a layman in the direction of terror, then bringing him back to safety again."
Read quote
11 likes
"In the years afterward, I fled whenever somebody began to understand me. That has subsided. But one thing remained: I don't want anybody to understand me completely. I want to go through life unknown. The blindness of others is my safety and my freedom."
Read quote
10 likes
"The only assurance of our nation's safety is to lay our foundation in morality and religion."
Read quote
10 likes