“I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsEnoughPoliticalPoliticsPeaceEducationPowerSocietyExerciseSafeUltimateEnlightenedRemedyDiscretionFounding Fathers DemocracyConsent Of The GovernedUltimate PowerInformed CitizensEnlightened SocietyGovernment Education Author:Thomas Jefferson
“I think small animals can escape from many kinds of natural disaster more easily. There are just more places for them to hide, and more ways for them to find safe habitats. So this means that rats are set up to rule the Earth, but most of us already knew that. Now you know why.” ThinkingKnowsWayKindMeanEarthNaturalAnimalSafeDisasterRatsHabitatNatural DisasterSmall Animals Author:Annalee Newitz
“As a young female I think it's important that young people know there's nothing wrong with having fun, nobody is telling us to be square or be boring, but we have to be safe.” PeopleThinkingKnowsImportantYoungFunSafeFemaleBoringHaving FunSquares Author:Rihanna
“I think that melodrama is a safe way of suffering, because your suffering is fake. That's why I like melodrama.” ThinkingWaySufferingSafeFakeMelodrama Author:Luis Negron
“And with this sort of increased visibility, there's more money going around in the industry, and it changes a lot, in terms of who gets into the business as a creator, who sticks with it, and who gets pushed out. And I do think it's sort of too bad that what once was a safe haven for truly eccentric, outsider artists is no longer that thing. But there are definitely pros and cons. You could also look at it as bringing in a more diverse crowd.” ThinkingLooksArtistTermHavensIndustrySafeSticksCrowdsCreatorDiverseMore MoneyOutsidersEccentricVisibilitySafe HavenPros And Cons Author:Adrian Tomine
“Though the blame cannot be placed entirely on publishers, I do think a more diverse pool of editors would go a long way toward broadening the perspective. Our role is to work together to create books that act as wide-open doors - books that allow all children to walk through and feel safe enough to stay.” ThinkingWayFeelsChildrenLongBookEnoughTogetherWalksRolesDoorsPerspectiveSafeBlameWideWorking TogetherEditorsPoolDiversePublishersLong Way Author:Jerry Pinkney
“I think in Baghdad, any westerner, journalist or not, has a big dollar sign on his or her forehead. So, first and foremost, you are a ticket to unimaginable wealth. And that makes any trips out of the safe zones very risky.” ThinkingFirstsBigsWealthSafeDollarsJournalistZoneTicketsForeheadsUnimaginableBaghdadWesterners Author:Yaroslav Trofimov
“I think that DDT holds a lot of promise. It hasn't been banned everywhere - obviously it has in the U.S. In fact, about 10 years ago, the WHO came out with a statement promoting it for public health interventions in many countries. It's cheap. It's very, very effective. We've never had an insecticide that has worked so well since. It's also safe. A lot of people don't realize that its toxicity profile for humans is low.” PeopleThinkingYearsHumansWellsCountryFactsRealizingPromiseSafeLowsYears AgoStatementsInterventionPromotingProfilePublic HealthBannedToxicityInsecticidesDdt Author:Laura Harrington
“I think we've got to do more to stop foreign fighters, foreign funding and take ISIS on online, as well as doing everything necessary to keep us safe at home.” ThinkingWellsHomeSafeFighterOnlineFundingIsis Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think that I am the person who can do all aspects of the job. I think I'm the person best prepared to take the case to the Republicans. And I think that at the end of the day, it's not so much electability. It is who the American people can believe can keep them safe, can get the economy moving again, can get incomes rising, can build on the progressive accomplishments of President [Barack] Obama.” PeopleThinkingBelievePersonsEndsJobsMovingPresidentCan DoCasesEconomyRepublicanSafeAspectPreparedIncomeBarackAccomplishmentRisingThe End Of The DayProgressivePresident Barack Obama Author:Hillary Clinton
“All the most prominent Darwinists proclaim naturalistic philosophy when they think it safe to do so.” ThinkingPhilosophySafeProminent Author:Phillip E. Johnson
“I think people are listening to our message of securing the homeland first, keeping the American people safe and improving our economic situation. I think those things are being received well, and we're moving forward here.” PeopleThinkingFirstsWellsMovingSituationEconomicListeningSafeMessagesMoving ForwardImprovingHomeland Author:Chris Christie
“I think it's safe to say that 50% of the record buying metal community is people between the ages of 16 and 25 - people still in their teenage-angsty, early young-adult years.” PeopleThinkingYearsStillsAgeYoungCommunityRecordsSafeAdultsYoung AdultBuyingMetalsTeenage Author:Blake Judd
“I think that the FDA has not been able to catch some of these things as quickly as I expect them to catch and so we’re going to be doing a complete review of FDA operations. At bare minimum, we should be able to count on our government keeping our kids safe when they eat peanut butter. That’s what Sasha eats for lunch. Probably three times a week...” ThinkingShouldGovernmentKidsAbleThreeWeekSafeOperationsReviewsLunchMinimumThree TimesPeanutsPeanut ButterFda Author:Barack Obama
“Grant me the stormy seas over a life of ease, the toil and madness of a life of effort, and adventure , and meaning. The safe harbor is not for me, not for long. Let the fearful stand at the shore and point as we head into the unknown, toward that vast horizon where the bold become legend.” ThinkingLongEffortSeaPositive ThinkingAdventureSafeMadnessEaseGrantsHorizonShoreLegendsFearfulToilHarborsStormySafe HarborStormy Seas Author:Brendon Burchard
“I think there are probably a lot of actors like me who I think probably struggle to feel comfortable in their own lives, and acting in some ways provides a safe context for them to live out emotions that they possibly repress or live out experiences that they are not afforded by virtue of circumstance.” ThinkingWayFeelsActorsActingEmotionStruggleVirtueCircumstancesSafeComfortableLike Me Author:Jesse Eisenberg
“The United States is pushing as policy division of the world into rival currency camps - the dollar area on the one hand, and the Russia-Chinese-Shanghai Cooperation Organization group on the other, especially now that the IMF has changed its rules. People think that if there are rival currency groupings and national currencies are going bust, we might as well use gold as a safe haven.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWellsStatesUseHandsMightUnitedUnited StatesGroupsHavensPolicyChangedSafeAreasGoldOrganizationDollarsRussiaChinesePushingDivisionCampsCooperationCurrencyRivalsSafe HavenShanghaiImf Author:Michael Hudson
“The issues that I think matter, that I think resonate with the voters are, No. 1, defending our freedoms, defending the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. No. 2, lifting the boot of Washington off of the back of the necks of small businesses so that people can have jobs again, wages can come back again, fighting for the working class, you are getting hammered by Washington. And, No. 3, keeping this country safe, a strong commander in chief we can trust to keep us safe. That's what I'm looking for.” PeopleThinkingCountryMatterJobsFightingStrongClassIssuesRightsSafeConstitutionBillsChiefsNecksVotersBootsWorking ClassWagesSmall BusinessCommandersLiftingBack AgainBill Of RightsCommander In ChiefHammered Author:Ted Cruz
“I think it's only fair that Americans take into account who can keep them safe. Who has the best ideas for defeating ISIS. And protecting us here at home. I think I have laid out what I believe would work.” ThinkingBelieveIdeasHomeI BelieveSafeFairsAccountsIsis Author:Hillary Clinton
“It seems safe to say that significant discovery, really creative thinking, does not occur with regard to problems about which the thinker is lukewarm.” ThinkingDoeProblemSeemsPassionCreativityCreativeSafeDiscoveryRegardSignificantThinkerProblem SolvingCreative ThinkingLukewarm Author:Mary Henle
“When you think of a safe and solid arbitration place, you think of Switzerland, Sweden, Canada. Those attributes may be associated with clichés, but I think they resonate with a lot of people and they are a solid base for Canada to co-operate and help others.” PeopleThinkingMayHelpingSafeHelping OthersCanadaAttributesSwedenSwitzerlandArbitration Author:Christine Lagarde
“My dad died when I was a kid, so I think it became a place for me to go where my mom knew that I was safe and taken care of and looked after.” ThinkingCareKidsTakenMomDadSafeDiedMy DadMy MomDad DiedMy Dad Died Author:Zachary Quinto
“The only reason I send a single young man or woman in uniform anywhere in the world is because I think it's necessary to keep us safe.” ThinkingMenWorldReasonYoungSafeYoung ManUniforms Author:Barack Obama
“We're not going to put the cart before the horse and just think by sending more troops, we're automatically going to make Americans safe.” ThinkingSafeHorseTroopsCarts Author:Barack Obama
“Let's face it, we do have this mating instinct that just won't quit, you know? Just when you think it's safe to come out, there it is again. You're driving down the street, and it's the last thing on your mind, and all of a sudden you're like, "Oh, he looks nice," and you're up a lamppost.” ThinkingKnowsMindLooksLastsFacesNiceStreetsSafeInstinctQuittingDrivingMating Author:Chrissie Hynde
“Treasurys, as low as yields are, are higher than they are in most other developed countries. A foreign investor picks up a yield spread in Treasurys versus their own sovereigns, plus the fact that if the dollar is going to continue rallying - and I think it will because it's a safe haven - then they get a currency translation gain as well.” IfsThinkingWellsCountryFactsHavensHigherSafeLowsPicksGainsDollarsSpreadPlusYieldInvestorsCurrencyVersusTranslationsSafe HavenDeveloped CountryRallying Author:Gary Shilling
“Speaking for me, I think the odds of bankrupting Exxon are pretty small, but I think the odds of politically bankrupting them are higher. I think if we can use this as a vehicle to get out the analysis that these guys have 3-5 times as much carbon in the ground as the most conservative government thinks would be safe to burn, then that politically stigmatises them, makes them into the rogue industry that they are.” IfsThinkingUseGovernmentWould BeGuyIndustryHigherSafeConservativeAnalysisVehicleOddsCarbonRogues Author:Bill McKibben
“I was leaving the Belfast court, where I had been called to answer a very flimsy charge, later dismissed. You're relatively safe in such areas in the Irish community, but to go to downtown Belfast for me is dangerous. My appearance in court had been well advertised by the police. I think it was too much of a coincidence that the people who shot me were just passing by.” PeopleThinkingWellsCommunityAnswersToo MuchDangerousSafeShotsAreasPoliceCourtLeavingAppearancePassingPassingsCoincidenceDowntownPassing ByBelfast Author:Gerry Adams
“Many people think you shouldn't stop kids from being kids, and I agree, but no one wants the worst case scenario on their hands. Better safe than sorry I say.” PeopleThinkingWantHandsKidsCasesWorstSafeAgreeSorryScenariosBeing A KidWorst Case Scenario Author:Raheem Jarbo
“I think that the best guarantee for the Cypriot people to feel safe is the potential of a fair and sustainable solution.” PeopleThinkingFeelsSafeSolutionsFairsGuaranteesCypriots Author:Alexis Tsipras
“I think that we really fool ourselves about our ability to be safe and secure nowadays.” ThinkingAbilityFoolSafeSecure Author:Anna Quindlen
“One night my son was downstairs studying, and he had been up so late all that week, and my husband said, "I feel so sorry for him." I said, "Look, if he's going to become a surgeon" - he is studying to be a doctor - "he's going to have his hard times. I feel sorry for him too, but if he lives in this world he's going to have more hard times. He's going to stay up some more nights." I think we can't shield them from the hard times, even though we'd like to. I say to the children that I teach and to my own - I can't test the ground for you and tell you that's a safe step there.” IfsThinkingWorldFeelsLooksChildrenSaidI CanHardNightMy OwnStepsTeachStudyWeekThis WorldSonSafeHusbandLateDoctorsTestsSorryHard TimesMy HusbandMy SonShieldsOne NightSurgeonsSorry For Him Author:Marva Collins
“The idea of foreign policy realism, I think, fits more neatly with President Trump. And with John McCain, the neoconservative label of let's make the world safe for democracy and we're going to topple every regime hasn't worked.” ThinkingWorldIdeasPresidentDemocracyPolicyTrumpFitSafeLabelsRegimesForeign PolicyRealismMccain Author:Rand Paul
“I think there's a group of students - whether it's the micro-aggression or the safe space or the trigger warning that garner a lot of attention - but that the fundamental issues that they're more interested in are - and I'll be very frank here - how much money do I pay for a unit? And what is that unit going to do for me when I'm graduating?And even though this is mostly in a progressive landscape, they're asking questions that have not been asked of the university. And the university can't supply answers to them.” ThinkingSpaceAnswersPayAttentionIssuesGroupsStudentsSafeAskingFundamentalsUniversityLandscapeProgressiveWarningGraduatesFrankAggressionUnitsTriggersAsking QuestionsSafe Space Author:Victor Davis Hanson
“I know that nobody who hasn't been in battle or under attack can know what war is. But even in terms of being safe at home, it's also true that many Americans who think they know what being at war is, don't. Including, of course, George W. Bush and his people. They don't have a clue.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWarHomeCoursesTermBattleSafeIncludingClue Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“Everybody in the media thinks the New York Times is the bible. So whatever is in it is safe to run and is gospel, and is unchallengeable. It's infallible.” ThinkingRunningMediaNew YorkSafeNew York TimesInfallible Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Washington Post is quickly trying to become the safe space for Donald Trump deniers, for the Trump-won-the-election deniers. I think the Washington Post is establishing itself as the safe space for anti-Trump delicate snowflakes to go.” ThinkingTryingSpaceTrumpSafeElectionPostsDelicateSnowflakeSafe Space Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think that in terms of the American interests, I would feel more safe with a President Trump representing those interests to the world.” ThinkingWorldFeelsPresidentTermInterestTrumpSafeRepresenting Author:Kris Kobach
“I believe abortion should be safe, legal, and rare. I do think women should have a choice but also that women should be making responsible decisions.” ThinkingShouldBelieveChoicesI BelieveDecisionSafeShould HaveResponsibleAbortion Author:Hillary Clinton
“It is foolish for people to think they can align themselves and be safe in a police state.” PeopleThinkingStatesSafePoliceFoolishPolice State Author:Naomi Wolf
“It's going to have to come to a point where politicians in their own political self-interest think it's safe and advantageous to come out on the side of drug law reform. Right now, they don't care about drug safety. They just care about their standing with the electorate.” ThinkingSelfCareLawPoliticalSidesInterestPoliticianRight NowDrugSafeStandingSafetyDon't CareReformSelf InterestElectorateDrug Laws Author:Rick Steves
“Families that I lived with a little bit in junior high and quite a bit in high school and college. Just to have a safe, sane space with food and things like that. That's what I needed. And people were really kind and really generous. So I think the world kind of opened up my first years of performing arts, studying classical saxophone with Caesar DiMauro.” PeopleThinkingWorldYearsFirstsKindLittlesArtSchoolBitsSpaceStudyCollegeNeededSafeLittle BitHigh SchoolPerformingGenerousSaneJuniorsSaxophoneJunior HighPerforming Arts Author:Jon Gordon
“I think the primary gift of the animal is offered to writer and non-writer alike; they teach us about love, or attunement, which is love in action. A lot of people have closer relationships with animals than they do with other humans, because real intimacy requires both parties to consistently lean in, and animals are so good at this. They remain consistently, amazingly attuned to us, even when we fail them, and so we stay present, because we sense we're safe.” PeopleThinkingHumansRealActionAnimalPartyTeachFailingSafeIntimacyPrimariesConsistently Author:C.E. Morgan
“There is some argument about who actually invented text messaging, but I think it's safe to say it was a man. Multiple studies have shown that the average man uses about half as many words per day as women, thus text messaging. It eliminates hellos and goodbyes and cuts right to the chase.” ThinkingMenUseHalfStudyCuttingSafeArgumentAverageGoodbyeMultipleAverage ManText Messaging Author:Ashton Kutcher
“I don't think there's going to be a day when I don't think about food or my body, but I'm living with it, and I wish I could tell young girls to find their safe place and stay with it.” ThinkingBodyYoungGirlWishSafeSafe Places Book:Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year Source: Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year
“Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want; they choose what they think is safe.” PeopleThinkingWantChoicesSafePercentEighty Author:Phil McGraw
“I'd do almost anything for love, within safe boundaries. I've flown to places to surprise people, even if it was just for a day. I think it's so important to keep the romance alive and make sure the fun and spontaneity are there.” PeopleIfsThinkingImportantRomanceFunAliveSafeSurpriseBoundariesSpontaneity Author:Brittany Murphy
“I like going to Burning Man, for example. That's an environment where people can try out different things. I think as technologists we should have some safe places where we can try out some new things and figure out what is the effect on society, what's the effect on people, without having to deploy kind of into the normal world.” PeopleThinkingMenWorldShouldTryingWholeEnvironmentEffectsFiguresExampleSafeShould HaveWhole WorldBurningNew ThingsSafe PlacesBurning Man Author:Larry Page
“America is a country founded on guns. It's in our DNA. It's very strange but I feel better having a gun. I really do. I don't feel safe, I don't feel the house is completely safe, if I don't have one hidden somewhere. That's my thinking, right or wrong.” IfsThinkingFeelsCountryAmericaHouseStrangeSafeGunFeel BetterGun ControlDnaPro GunThinking Right Author:Brad Pitt
“I think clothes should make you feel safe. I like clothes you want to go to sleep in. I sometimes stand in front of a mirror and change a million times because I know I really want to wear my nightgown.” ThinkingKnowsWantFeelsShouldSometimesSleepMillionsFrontsSafeClothesMirrorsGoing To Sleep Author:Gilda Radner