Quotes with safer

  • Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

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  • Oscar Wilde As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Ben Bernanke As we try to make the financial system safer, we must inevitably confront the problem of moral hazard.
    Ben Bernanke
    American economist (1953 - )
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  • Armstrong Williams At the end of the day, there is no doubt that the unique spirit embodied by this country has worked, not just to make the world safer, but to make it better.
    Armstrong Williams
    American political commentator, entrepreneur and author (1962 - )
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  • Ban Ki-moon Do not hide behind utopian logic which says that until we have the perfect security environment, nuclear disarmament cannot proceed. This is old-think. This is the mentality of the Cold War era. We must face the realities of the 21st century. The Conference on Disarmament can be a driving force for building a safer world and a better future.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Bob Ehrlich Every Maryland family wants financial security, schools that work, quality healthcare, safer neighborhoods, and ever-expanding economic opportunity. These are the building blocks of a superior quality of life.
    Bob Ehrlich
    American lawyer and politician (1957 - )
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  • Marguerite Duras For that's what a woman, a mother wants to teach her children to take an interest in life. She knows it's safer for them to be interested in other people's happiness than to believe in their own.
    Marguerite Duras
    French author and filmmaker (1914 - 1996)
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  • Kofi Annan If our hopes of building a better and safer world are to become more than wishful thinking, we will need the engagement of volunteers more than ever.
    Kofi Annan
    Ghanaian diplomat (1938 - 2018)
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  • Beeban Kidron If Twitter is worth seven billion next month, I'm happy for them to be worth six billion and spend a billion making it safer for people, for example.
    Beeban Kidron
    British filmmaker (1961 - )
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  • John Kenneth Galbraith In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • Burt Rutan In the coming era of manned space exploration by the private sector, market forces will spur development and yield new, low-cost space technologies. If the history of private aviation is any guide, private development efforts will be safer, too.
    Burt Rutan
    American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur (1943 - )
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  • Thomas à Kempis It is much safer to obey, than to govern.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • John Kenneth Galbraith Man, at least when educated, is a pessimist. He believes it safer not to reflect on his achievements; Jove is known to strike such people down.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • Machiavelli Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • E. M. Cioran Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth.
    E. M. Cioran
    French-Romanian philosopher (1911 - 1995)
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  • Ashleigh Brilliant The entire universe will eventually disintegrate but by then I hope to be in a safer place.
    Ashleigh Brilliant
    American author and cartoonist (1933 - )
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  • Bob Barr The world is undoubtedly a safer, freer place because Thatcher - like Reagan - refused to back down when it came to defending freedom.
    Bob Barr
    American attorney and politician (1948 - )
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  • Derek Jarman Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea. Understand that your morality is not law. Understand that we are you. Understand that if we decide to have sex whether safe, safer, or unsafe, it is our decision and you have no rights in our lovemaking.
    Derek Jarman
    British movie maker, artist, writer (1942 - 1994)
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  • Ban Ki-moon We have a legal and moral obligation to rid our world of nuclear tests and nuclear weapons. When we put an end to nuclear tests, we get closer to eliminating all nuclear weapons. A world free of nuclear weapons will be safer and more prosperous.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Kurt Vonnegut We would be a lot safer if the Government would take its money out of science and put it into astrology and the reading of palms. Only in superstition is there hope. If you want to become a friend of civilization, then become an enemy of the truth and a fanatic for harmless balderdash.
    Kurt Vonnegut
    American writer (1922 - 2007)
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  • Bruce Schneier When people are scared, they need something done that will make them feel safe, even if it doesn't truly make them safer. Politicians naturally want to do something in response to crisis, even if that something doesn't make any sense. But unfortunately for politicians, the security measures that work are largely invisible.
    Bruce Schneier
    American cryptographer, computer security professional and writer (1963 - )
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