“Most men either compromise or drop their greatest talents and start running after, what they perceive to be, a more reasonable success, and somewhere in between they end up with a discontented settlement. Safety is indeed stability, but it is not progression.” MenEndsRunningTalentSafetyCompromisePerceiveReasonableContentmentStabilityProgressionSettlement Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.” SchoolAmericaTechnologyEconomyComfortStandardsScientistSafetyMilesCompromiseFuelVehicleEngineeringGallonsMitFuel Economy Author:Ed Markey
“I am ready to compromise, but there is one thing I won't compromise on: the safety of the Israeli people.” PeopleOne ThingReadySafetyCompromiseIsraeli Author:Ariel Sharon
“From this day forward, Flight Control will be known by two words: "Tough" and "Competent." Tough means we are forever accountable for what we do or what we fail to do. We will never again compromise our responsibilities. Every time we walk into Mission Control we will know what we stand for. Competent means we will never take anything for granted. We will never be found short in our knowledge and in our skills.” KnowsMeanTwoFoundWalksResponsibilityKnownForeverFailingSkillsToughSafetyMissionsFlightCompromiseGrantedAviationThis DayCompetentNever Take Anything For Granted Author:Gene Kranz
“I'm not interested in safety. A great risk in writing is imagining you have something to protect. Playing it safe to placate someone or something. People talk about compromise, but often people don't even know when they're compromising, because they're not conscious of contradictions.” PeopleWritingRiskProtectConsciousSafetyCompromiseContradictionNot Interested Author:Lynne Tillman
“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?” HateAnswersWorshipI HateSafetyCompromiseInterfereLoatheSmugnessThoughts Of YouWorship You Book:Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)
“The charged life, then, usually calls to us after we have done what we were supposed to do, become who we thought we were supposed to be, lived as we thought we were supposed to live. Then the safety and comfort and compromise get to us, and a stirring of restlessness and revolution sends us off in search of greater adventures and meaning. From THE CHARGE” DoneGreaterAdventureRevolutionComfortSafetyCompromiseSupposed To BeStirringRestlessness Author:Brendon Burchard
“He knew that we gave constant lip service to the dictates of safety and howled like Christians condemned to the arena if any compromise were made of it. He knew we were seekers after ease, suspicious, egotistic, and stubborn to a fault. He also knew that none of us would have continued our careers unless we had always been, and still were, helpless before this opportunity to take a chance.” IfsMadeStillsChristianOpportunityChanceCareersSafetyConstantFaultsLipsFlightCompromiseEaseAviationHelplessStubbornArenaSeekersTake A ChanceSuspiciousLip Service Book:Fate is the Hunter: A Pilot's Memoir Source: Fate is the Hunter: A Pilot's Memoir