“I am deeply inspired by the courage and achievements of young people who didn't have the safety nets I had growing up.” PeopleYoungGrowing UpGrowingAchievementSafetyInspiredSafety Net Author:Michael Skolnik
“I am, however, deeply saddened by this [Brexit] vote by the British electorate. But I respect their decision. What is crucial now is that we focus very precisely on what Europe can do for people: stimulate investment, create jobs and together ensure the safety and security of our citizens.” PeopleTogetherJobsCan DoDecisionFocusSecurityCitizensEuropeVoteSafetyInvestmentBritishCrucialElectorateSaddenedSafety And Security Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“I also think it's crucial to convey that the [Black] Movement largely succeeded because of the unwavering dedication of young people willing to risk their comfort, their safety, their lives.” PeopleThinkingYoungBlackRiskMovementWillingComfortSafetyCrucialDedicationUnwavering Author:Nate Powell
“I am calling for common sense gun safety measures to protect people.” PeopleCommonCallingProtectGunSafetyCommon SenseGun Safety Author:Hillary Clinton
“Humans used to desire love, money, food, shelter, safety, peace and freedom more than anything else. The last 30 years have changed us. Now people want to have a good job, and they want their children to have a good job. This changes everything for world leaders. Everything they do - from waging war to building societies - will need to be carried out within the new context of the need for a good job.” PeopleWorldWantNeedsYearsHumansChildrenWarJobsLastsUsedDesirePeaceLeaderChangedBuildingSafetyShelterGood JobWorld LeaderLove Of MoneyWaging WarDesire Love Author:Jim Clifton
“The safety requirements, which are necessary, spread everything out and push people farther and farther away from the stage and from each other.” PeopleStageSafetySpreadRequirements Author:Frank Gehry
“Most people are good people. But they're afraid to speak out, they're afraid for their safety and their jobs. And unfortunately that dictates a lot of their actions.” PeopleActionJobsSpeakSafetyGood PeopleSpeaks Out Author:Jon Shenk
“Most people look at their homes, and they are trying to decide what things cosmetically they want to do. When I go through a house and I make a decision about what we are going to do, I start with health and safety, followed by efficiency and longevity. It's really difficult because everyone has a different budget and situation.” PeopleWantTryingLooksDifferentHomeHouseDifficultDecisionSituationSafetyBudgetsEfficiencyLongevityHealth And Safety Author:Bryan Baeumler
“Let's put the safety and security of the American people first.” PeopleFirstsSecuritySafetySafety And Security Author:Mike Pence
“If I'm vice president of the United States and Donald Trump is president, we're going to put the safety and security of the American people first.” PeopleIfsFirstsStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesSecurityTrumpSafetyVicesVice PresidentSafety And Security Author:Mike Pence
“I worked with and became close with these characters [in Twilight] and the people who are portraying them and it's kind of, I think, a safety net that we had, and it's going to be kind of strange not going back to set with these people that I've become so familiar with.” PeopleThinkingKindCharacterStrangeSafetyFamiliarBe KindTwilightSafety NetPortraying Author:Ashley Greene
“I can't tell you how many times people - through the anonymity and safety of the Internet, of course - have told me 'You beat women' as if it was an ongoing, daily thing. The only person ever brave enough to say it to my face quickly surrendered his courage when I said, 'Would you like to step outside and see if I can beat men, too?'” PeopleIfsMenPersonsSaidI CanEnoughFacesCoursesStepsInternetBeatsSafetyBraveOngoingAnonymity Author:Jim Goad
“"Once there, always there", would give you less freedom than you recently enjoyed, but more security. Security not in the sense of safety from terrorists, burglars, or pickpockets... but security in the sense of knowing where you are, who you are, on what kind of future you can count, what will happen, whether you will preserve your position in society or whether you will be degraded and humiliated - this sort of security. This sort of security for many, many people - a rising number of people - looks at the moment more attractive than more freedom.” PeopleGivingLooksKindMomentsHappensNumbersKnowingSecurityPositionSafetyWho You AreTerroristEnjoyedPreservesAttractiveRisingWhere You AreHumiliatedBurglars Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“I was watching the TV broadcasts interviewing people stranded at airports for days on end, losing their holidays, their important business meetings and the long-awaited ability to see their families... In short, suffering. No one complained, though! They kept repeating: we are so grateful for the care taken of our safety, for feeling. They were ready to surrender a good deal of their human dignity, individuality, freedom of choice.” PeopleHumansLongImportantEndsFeelingsCareSufferingChoicesAbilityDealsTakenReadyTvsLosingDignitySafetyGratefulMeetingsIndividualitySurrenderHolidayAirportsFreedom Of ChoiceHuman DignityAbility To SeeSo GratefulStrandedBusiness Meeting Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in Europe. Greeks, especially on the islands, have shown extraordinary compassion and they've rightly earned the admiration of the world.” PeopleWorldWantCompassionEuropeCrisisSafetyResponseExtraordinarySeekingHumanitarianGreekIslandsAdmirationRefugeeMigrants Author:Barack Obama
“There are doubtless all kinds of ways of explaining why people want security, but I do not think we can start with the psychological explanations. Even psychological states like fear or desire for safety are conditioned by social and political forms of intimidation and scare-mongering that intensify those emotions, and even work to persuade people that nothing less than their survival is at stake.” PeopleThinkingWayWantKindStatesFormPoliticalDesireSocialEmotionSecuritySurvivalSafetyPsychologicalAll KindsExplanationScareStakesExplainingIntimidation Author:Judith Butler
“40 percent of people who come to visit America on a visa overstay their visa and we have no idea where they are. On 9/11, at least 2 of the hijackers were here on visa. They were traveling back and forth to the Middle East. And we really had no idea where they were or what they were doing. And they were overstaying their visa. So there are problems I think in the immigration system that need to be fixed for our safety.” PeopleThinkingNeedsIdeasProblemAmericaMiddlePercentSafetyEastImmigrationNo IdeaFixedMiddle EastBack And ForthVisa Author:Rand Paul
“I'm not a liberal, by the way.I believe I have every right to have guns. I just bought another huge weapon. A lot of people shouldn't own guns. I should. I have a safety record. Guns are a lot of fun out here.” PeopleWayShouldBelieveFunI BelieveRecordsHugeWeaponsGunSafetyShould I Author:Hunter S. Thompson
“President Trump's made it clear that his administration is going to put the safety and security of the American people first.” PeopleFirstsMadePresidentClearSecurityTrumpSafetyMade ItAdministrationSafety And Security Author:Mike Pence
“I'm not comparing myself with Donald Trump or anybody else - but the people are fed up with the politicians ignoring the problem. The people are fed up by if they say something about the influx of the mass immigration from mostly Islamic countries, what they really feel is the threat for the safety of their daughters who go to school or their parents who walk in the park or themselves going shopping on a Thursday evening in Holland - they are being called racist if they make a remark about, 'hey this is not our country anymore.'” PeopleIfsFeelsCountryProblemSchoolParentWalksTrumpPoliticianMassDaughterSafetyThreatImmigrationOur CountryHeyEveningCompareParksIslamicRacistFedsShoppingRemarksFed UpThursdayHollandWalks In The Park Author:Geert Wilders
“This, in my view, is the highest responsibility of the President of the United States, which is to maintain the safety of the American people.” PeopleStatesPresidentUnitedViewsResponsibilityUnited StatesHighestSafety Author:Mitt Romney
“Vaccines are extremely well tested; their safety is well understood. The false allegations about vaccines causing autism have been disproven. But there are still echoes out there confusing people.” PeopleWellsHas BeensStillsUnderstoodSafetyAutismEchoesTestedConfusingVaccinesAllegations Author:Bill Gates
“My view on well-being and fulfillment comes from Maslow and positive psychology, and that is that you're satisfying three sets of needs. First need is physiological and safety needs: Got to satisfy those first. And the second is you got to satisfy your community needs because we're social animals, and if we don't have that, we're empty and we don't have people to share knowledge and bounce things off of, and challenge ourselves. And then the third is the idea is to find a calling.” PeopleIfsNeedsFirstsWellsIdeasThreeSocialCommunityChallengesAnimalViewsPsychologyShareCallingEmptyThirdsSafetyWell BeingFulfillmentSatisfyingBouncePositive PsychologyPhysiologicalSharing Knowledge Author:Charles Koch
“America is run by corporations, it is run by banks and Wall Street. That's why we can't get guns under control. It's because all these lobbyists don't want gun control, they don't want us to have strong environmental safety guards. Young people can become aware of that and they are the most powerful lobby. With a click of a text, you can have millions of people voting for one person.” PeopleWantPersonsRunningAmericaYoungStrongPowerfulMillionsStreetsWallGunSafetyEnvironmentalCorporationsVotingMost PowerfulGun ControlWant UClicksLobbyists Author:Patti Smith
“It's not good for people to have the safety net too low... People can take care of themselves better than we allow them to.” PeopleCareLowsSafetyTake CareSafety Net Author:William H. Macy
“There will always be people with disabilities. And by my estimation, the scorecard for the way we take care of those who need our help the most, those at the very bottom of that safety net, is pretty dismal. And that has to change.” PeopleWayNeedsHelpingCareSafetyBottomTake CareDisabilitySafety NetEstimationPeople With Disabilities Author:William H. Macy
“But really - look at the span of my career, and it's something people dream about. And to be spared major injury: I had some moments along the way, but being able to retire on my own terms after having driven during those decades when safety conditions were more precarious than today - am I lucky, or what?” PeopleWayLooksMomentsDreamTodayAbleTermMy OwnCareersConditionsLuckyMajorsSafetyDrivenDecadesInjuryRetiringPrecarious Author:Mario Andretti
“There is a beautiful expression in Nicaragua: "struggle is the highest form of song". I love that. We are in the struggle. It's like a river. Once you step into it you become the river. It's not, you go out and click on a couple of charities that you believe in, march in the Women's March, and you're done. Struggle becomes your life, transforming a paradigm that is based on domination into a paradigm of co-operation. Fighting for the liberation of women, of people of color, of indigenous people, of lgbtq communities. Fighting to protect immigrants and assuring the safety of refugees.” PeopleBelieveDoneBeautifulSongFightingCommunityStruggleCoupleProtectSafetyCharityLiberationMarchRefugeeDominationIndigenousParadigmIndigenous People Author:Eve Ensler
“If you've been to China, you know there are over 100 cities in China, and the pollution levels are just horrific - 60,000 people a year die in Chinese factories and facilities, because they don't have any safety regulations. It's a carnage; it's Dickensian.” PeopleSafetyChinesePollutionHorrificCarnage Author:Peter Navarro
“Growing up, my parents were my heroes in the way they conducted their lives. My dad works in child protection. As kids, our experiences shape our opinions on ourselves and the world around us and that's who we become as adults, because of that experience. He's certainly been my hero. A hero is someone who puts themselves on the line and sacrifices their own safety for the greater good and for others. And I think anyone in any sort of profession where the welfare of other people instead of individual is inspiring and important.” PeopleThinkingWorldChildrenImportantKidsIndividualParentOpinionGrowing UpSacrificeHeroDadSafetyMy DadProtectionProfessionWelfareMy HeroGreater Good Author:Chris Hemsworth
“We're wealthy people. We're sitting here in New York, Washington. We live in a fantastically wealthy country. We don't have to worry about food. We don't have to worry about clothing. We wore the same shirt. We don't have to worry about our safety. It's very easy for us to be environmentalists. It's very easy for me to be an environmentalist. It's very easy for me to care about making sure that we protect the forests and the whales, and all that stuff. It's very hard for someone who makes $1,000 a year or some who makes less than $1 a day to care about the environment.” PeopleCountryCareEasyWorryEnvironmentProtectSafetyShirtsWealthyEnvironmentalist Author:Ian Bremmer
“President Trump has no higher priority than the safety and security of the American people. And he made it clear in this election, particularly in the wake of the terrorist attack in Paris where individuals had used a refugee program to gain access to that country.” PeopleCountryIndividualPresidentSecurityProgramElectionSafetyPrioritiesTerroristRefugeeSafety And Security Author:Mike Pence
“Having been a governor and now having the privilege to serve as vice president, it heartens me to know the passion that President Trump has for ensuring our system of immigration, the way people come into this country is operated in a way that puts safety and security and the well-being of every American, regardless of their race or creed, first and foremost.” PeopleCountryPassionPresidentSecuritySafetyImmigrationVice PresidentSafety And Security Author:Mike Pence
“We all love privacy. We all care about public safety. And none of - at least people that I hang around with, none of us want back doors. We don't want access to devices built-in in some way.” PeopleCareSafetyPrivacy Author:James Comey
“If we really care about safety we would close down WikiLeaks. We would treat the people at WikiLeaks as enemy combatants. We would declare that the kind of thing this private did is treason. WikiLeaks is not a fun and games event. WikiLeaks undermines profoundly the ability of the United States to work around the world. Why would you, if you were a foreigner thinking about helping the United States, why would you confide anything to an American when you know that it could end up in The New York Times based on some leak?” PeopleThinkingWorldKindHelpingCareFunAbilityEnemySafetyTreason Author:Newt Gingrich
“Most Americans believe in fairness; we believe that people should work hard but there should be a safety net. We believe in saving the quality of our air and water for our children. Most Americans want action on climate change. You can just go through the list. Most Americans believe in progressive taxation.” PeopleBelieveChildrenActionWaterQualityHard WorkOur ChildrenSafetyClimate ChangeProgressiveFairnessSafety Net Author:Nancy MacLean
“In any big spectacular, it's really difficult to have enough voices to cover all the vocal parts. To give the audience the complete experience they're expecting, there is some reinforcement, some playback that everybody's hearing. Sometimes it's background vocals, but sometimes it will be actually vocal tracks. It's so hard to ensure, with no safety net ... you're not gonna get another shot at it, you have to have stability. I think it's very naïve of a lot of people to think that when you see someone open their mouth, they're really singing.” PeopleThinkingGivingSometimesEnoughDifficultAudienceSingingSafetyTrackStabilityExpectingSafety Net Author:Mariah Carey
“I think that we need to be more aware of how we are all interconnected, and how we actually need to invest in safety nets and in education, and that we need to come to the realization that health care is a human right and try to provide that for people.” PeopleThinkingTryingCareSafetyRealizationHealth CareSafety Net Author:Jesmyn Ward
“The first objective of our national government is to provide for the common defense. And President Donald Trump has no higher priority than the safety and security of the American people. And the possession of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles in the hands of a regime that routinely threatens the people of the United States of America and our allies is just simply unacceptable.” PeoplePresidentCommonSecuritySafetyPossessionPrioritiesNuclear WeaponsSafety And Security Author:Mike Pence
“In 2008, when I was wrapped up a very toxic relationship, I lived out of my car for about four months to get away. And what I learned about myself in the process is that sometimes a safety net isn't really that safe; it's what keeps you from flying. That year I went from playing football to being a football player. Football wasn't paying my bills, but people didn't really know how bad it was. That was the one place in the world that when everything else was chaos, I could be great. I think we all have that place where we experience greatness. Football definitely saved my life.” PeopleThinkingWorldSometimesPlayerCarGreatnessFootballSafetyChaosFlyingGet AwayFootball PlayerSafety NetPlaying Football Author:Jennifer Welter
“When you sit with people you love, if you say something stupid, they call you on it - because they're honest with you and they're making you better. That's what we're as couches going to have here with our players. We're going to have an honest respect for one another, to make everyone maximize the potential they have. I expect the players to listen to me, and I'm going to listen to them. We've got to make each other better, and it's the way to create safety, because the players know you've got their backs. When you tell a player what you want, he will try to please you.” PeopleTryingPlayerHonestStupidSafetyListen To Me Author:Mike Babcock
“I do cherish those moments when I can just relax in the hotel room. Because there are a lot of details that have to be taken care of aside from just getting up onstage. You're dealing with a number of human beings whose well-being and safety you're concerned about. There are people I like to meet and talk to in the crew and the band.” PeopleMomentsCareTakenConcernedSafetyRelaxHotelCherish Author:Leonard Cohen
“Martin Luther King really was a safety valve for white people. Any time it appeared that the black community was on the verge of really doing what we ought to do based on having been attacked, they put Martin Luther King on television. He was always saying, "We must use nonviolence. We must overcome hate with love." White people loved that. That's why they gave him a Nobel Prize. But when Martin Luther King started condemning the Vietnam War, that's when white people turned against him.” PeopleWarHateBlackCommunityOvercomingSafetyPrizeNonviolenceLutherVietnam WarNobel Prize Author:Ernie Chambers
“Ironically, though our society of affluence brings safety and stability, it doesn't bring psychological health. As wealth goes up, suicide and depression rates tend to go up. I read one study that compared women in North America with women in Nigeria, and the group with the highest rates of depression was urban North American women, which is the wealthiest. Now, there are obviously huge stresses that come with poverty, but the poorer the society, the more collaborative people have to be.” PeopleWealthPovertyStudyStressSafetySuicideRatePsychologicalStabilityUrbanNigeria Author:Sebastian Junger
“The most profound question is, "What would I risk dying for?" The natural answer is "for my family." But for most of history, we didn't live in families. We lived in small communities that gave us our sense of safety and place in the world, so the natural answer would be "for my people." The blessing and the tragedy of modern life is that we don't need our community to survive anymore. When we lose that idea, we lose a sense of who we are.” PeopleWorldCommunityNaturalRiskModernDyingBlessingMy FamilyTragedySafetyProfound Author:Sebastian Junger
“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
“Why do you people want to continue to import people that are going to end up placing a burden on our population? Why? If we're going to have an immigration policy, why don't we seek the best? Why do you people purposely want to go out and bring people in who are gonna end up being a burden? Now, you can define that as not learning English, not being able to have a job, being on the social safety welfare net, however you want to define it. But that's what Donald Trump means, because that's precisely what the Democrats want to do.” PeopleMeanPolicySafetyDemocratBurdenImmigrationWelfare Author:Rush Limbaugh
“As things change in Turkey people find in religious observance a certain framework of safety, of continuity. This is quite a common phenomenon. In a strange way it's part of a democratization of society. Although religious observance seems more common these days, it's not that people who did not go to mosques have started to go to mosques. I don't know anyone in Turkey who's become a born-again Muslim. It's a question of individual choice, and it does not stop the organic secularization of Turkish society, which carries on regardless.” PeopleChoicesIndividualReligiousCommonStrangeSafetyPhenomenonThings ChangeTurkish Author:Andrew Mango
“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
“America used to have a strong 'moral safety net' for its people. Today that net is badly frayed, not only because families are disintegrating but also because the church doesn't play the same role that it once did in many Americans' lives.” PeoplePlayTodayAmericaUsedStrongChurchMoralRolesSafetySafety Net Author:Gary Bauer