“Being tame is what we're taught: ... put the crayons back, stay in line, don't talk too loud, keep your knees together, nice girls don't... As you might know, nice girls DO, and they like to feel wild and alive. Being tame feels safe, being wild, unsafe. Yet safety is an illusion anyway. We are not in control. No matter how dry and tame and nice we live, we will die. And we will suffer along the way. Living wild is its own reward.” KnowsWayFeelsMatterMightTogetherSufferingDiesGirlLinesNiceAliveTaughtSafeIllusionSafetyRewardsLoudKneesDryUnsafeCrayonNice Girl Author:Sark
“When someone else's safety and acceptance in society is on the line, your personal discomfort comes in a very distant second.” LinesAcceptanceSafetyDiscomfort Author:Courtney Milan
“Sure, you can choose the safety and predictability of the cage, forfeiting the adventure God has destined for you. But you won't be the only one missing out or losing out. When you lack the courage to chase the Wild Goose, the opportunity costs are staggering. Who might not hear about the love of God if you don't seize the opportunity to tell them? Who might be stuck in poverty, stuck in ignorance, stuck in pain if you're not there to help free them? Where might the advance of God's kingdom in the world stall out because you weren't there on the front lines?” IfsWorldHelpingMightPainOpportunityLinesPovertyMissingFrontsIgnoranceAdventureCostLosingSafetyStuckKingdomsGod LoveCagesDestinedGeeseStaggeringMissing OutPredictabilitySeize The OpportunityOpportunity CostWild GeeseLosing Out Author:Mark Batterson
“Everything is un-American that tends either to government by a plutocracy or government by a mob. To divide along the lines of section or caste or creed is un-American. All privileges based on wealth, and all enmity to honest men merely because they are wealthy, are un-American-both of them equally so. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.” MenFirstsGovernmentAmericaLinesWealthRichHonestDutyTheorySafetyPrivilegeProsperityWealthyDividesCreedsSectionsGet RichHonest ManEnmityCastesPlutocracyGet Rich QuickTheory Of LifeSafety First Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“In the west, Apollo and Dionysus strive for victory. Apollo makes the boundary lines that are civilization but that lead to convention, constraint, oppression. Dionysus is energy unbound, mad, callous, destructive, wasteful. Apollo is law, history, tradition, the dignity and safety of custom and form. Dionysus is the new, exhilarating but rude, sweeping all away to begin again. Apollo is a tyrant, Dionysus is a vandal.” FormLawEnergyLinesVictoryCivilizationTraditionDignitySafetyMadWestStriveBoundariesOppressionDestructiveCustomsTyrantsConventionsRudeApolloConstraintsSweepingExhilaratingBegin AgainCallousDionysusUnboundVandals Book:Sexual Personae Source: Sexual Personae
“I can't help but react to the painful realities of the two-tiered society we live in, where the signs of poverty and inequity are everywhere. Almost twenty five percent of our children live at or below the poverty line. We expect the no-option life cycle of the poor to be interrupted by the weak social safety net and then wonder why building more jails doesn't solve the problems.” ChildrenI CanTwoHelpingProblemRealitySocialLinesPoorWonderPovertyFiveBuildingPercentWeakTwentiesOur ChildrenSafetyPainfulSolveCyclesJailTwenty FiveInterruptedSafety Net Author:Peter Yarrow
“Before he died, Harry said that his wife knew everything about every trick that he did, and that she knew how they all worked. It was interesting to play with that idea, and to find the places where she really was afraid for his safety and where she was playing along. I had to find that line between what's a performance and what's real, and that's so much of what magic is, as well. It was really, really fun. They were really partners, in every sense of the word.” WellsSaidIdeasRealPlayFunLinesInterestingWifeMagicPerformancesDiedSafetyPartnersTricks Author:Kristen Connolly
“There's a real careful line you have to walk there because your first job [therapist] is to create safety for the client to feel safe enough to turn their vision in towards themselves and their experience in the moment and to reveal things that usually carry a lot of shame or that kind of stuff around.” FeelsFirstsKindRealEnoughMomentsJobsTurnsStuffLinesWalksVisionSafeShameSafetyCarefulClientsTherapists Author:Kelly Carlin-McCall
“Every person with a pulse has a responsibility to stand in solidarity with the Muslim community that is on the front lines fighting against groups like ISIS, both militarily and ideologically, every day, and now on the front line of standing up for civil liberties and civil rights to make America great. [They] are the best insurance for the safety of all Americans.” PersonsAmericaFightingCommunityLinesResponsibilityLibertyRightsGroupsFrontsStandingSafetyCivil RightsSolidarityIsisPulseCivil LibertiesMuslim Community Author:Van Jones
“I think that when we start thought-policing people and idea-policing people, then that's crossing a line. And I think, you know, everybody's so afraid of this imaginary line of thought police that they forget their own personal safety.” PeopleThinkingKnowsIdeasLinesForgetPoliceSafetyImaginaryCrossingsThought PolicePersonal SafetyImaginary Lines Author:Ashton Kutcher
“Q: What’s hard for you? A: Mostly I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane. Math is hard. Reading a map. Following orders. Carpentry. Electronics. Plumbing. Remembering things correctly. Straight lines. Sheet rock. Finding a safety pin. Patience with others. Ordering in Chinese. Stereo instructions in German.” MenNeedsHardRealityRememberOrderReadingImaginationLinesRocksFindingsSafetyBlindFollowingMathChineseMapsInstructionSheetsMy ImaginationPinsStraight LinesBulbsElectronicsBlind ManPlumbingCarpentryFollowing OrdersSafety Pins Author:Tom Waits
“I have never believed we had to choose between either a clean and safe environment or a growing economy. Protecting the health and safety of all Americans doesn't have to come at the expense of our economy's bottom line. And creating thriving companies and new jobs doesn't have to come at the expense of the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, or the natural landscape in which we live. We can, and indeed must, have both.” JobsWaterNaturalLinesWorkCompanyEconomyEnvironmentGrowingAirHealthDrinkSafeCreatingSafetyCleanBottomBreatheLandscapeExpensesEcologyBottom LineNew JobHealth And SafetySafe EnvironmentGrowing Economy Author:William J. Clinton
“But I also want to give them a pathway so that they can earn citizenship, earn a legal status, start learning English, pay a significant fine, go to the back of the line, but they can then stay here and they can have the ability to enforce a minimum wage that they're paid, make sure the worker safety laws are available, make sure that they can join a union.” WantGivingLawLinesAbilityPayFinePaidSafetyUnionsWorkersAvailableSignificantImmigrationMinimumCitizenshipPathwaysMinimum WageLearning English Author:Barack Obama
“It was the strangest sensation, fallin' in love. 'Bout the only thing I compare it to would be jumpin' off a big cliff. Once you're past the edge, there ain't no particular reason to be graspin' for a line a safety. You just keep on fallin' anyhow, so you might as well enjoy it the whole way down.” WayWellsReasonWholeBigsMightWould BePastEnjoyLinesParticularSafetyFalling In LoveEdgesCompareSensationsI Love YouCliffs Author:Dorothy Garlock
“Every day, first responders put their own lives on the line to ensure our safety. The least we can do is make sure they have the tools to protect and serve their communities.” FirstsCan DoCommunityLinesProtectToolsSafetyProtect And Serve Author:Joe Lieberman
“We felt responsible for each other. The D-line's got to take care of that line of scrimmage, (the linebackers) have got to clean up, and the safeties and DBs take care of that back end. We felt we're a brotherhood and we just had to get it done.” EndsDoneCareFeltLinesResponsibleSafetyCleanTake CareBrotherhoodGet It DoneLinebackers Author:Kawika Mitchell
“Leave safety behind. Put your body on the line. Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes. When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say. Well-aimed slingshots can topple giants.” PeopleIfsMindWellsMayBodySpeakVoiceLinesBehindsSafetyYour BodyGiantsShakesSpeak Your MindSlingshots Book:No stone unturned: the life and times of Maggie Kuhn Source: No stone unturned: the life and times of Maggie Kuhn
“Even though the Koch brothers' businesses put 4.4 million people at risk with pollutants, the Kochs have poured millions into lobbyists' coffers and political contributions to ensure their bottom line stays unchanged by the most basic safety precaution.” PeoplePoliticalLinesMillionsRiskBrotherSafetyBottomContributionBottom LineLobbyistsPrecaution Author:Robert Greenwald
“People who put themselves on the line and sacrifice their own safety for the greater good and for others, and anyone in any profession whose concern is the welfare for other people instead of the individual, are inspiring and important.” PeopleImportantIndividualLinesGreaterSacrificeConcernSafetyProfessionWelfareGreater Good Author:Chris Hemsworth