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Safe Quotes

On feeling safe, and on what safety has cost.

This collection includes a real post-9/11 pledge about pursuing Osama bin Laden without living in fear, alongside quieter reflections on feeling safe at home or at work. Related reading: Feel.

Everybody calls everybody a spy, secretly, in Russia, and everybody is under surveillance. You never feel safe.

Quotes by Agnes Smedley

I love Denmark. But it is a very safe place, and it is easy to let the state look after everything for you.

Quotes by Agnes Obel

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

Quotes by Aesop

I know what my causes are. And I care about them, so I'd rather get out there and talk about them than just play it safe.

Quotes by Adwoa Aboah

Children Quotes

The Amazons were notorious for their freedom: their sexual freedom, their freedom to hunt, to be outdoors, to go to war; and the Greeks, both men and women alike, were fascinated by these stories. Maybe it was a safe way...

Quotes by Adrienne Mayor

I'm very tall, so I like a guy who's bigger than me - it makes me feel feminine and safe. I don't like to be hovering over a guy or feel like a linebacker.

Quotes by Adrianne Palicki

A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson II

I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan.

Quotes by Adelbert von Chamisso

Country Quotes

Music, in Mexico, just wasn't working out. So, I fell into acting and I just fell in love with it. It was amazing! It was a great safe place to just vent.

Quotes by Adan Canto

If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.

Quotes by Adam Grant

Security theater is the idea of putting on a big show of security in order to make people feel safe. That's why the TSA screens everything and takes your stuff away.

Quotes by Adam Conover

I like being infamous. I think it is safe being a cult.

Quotes by Adam Ant

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

Abraham Lincoln

Feel Quotes

We have a safe and good command-and-control system. Nobody can take away any nuclear weapon from Pakistan.

Quotes by Abdul Qadeer Khan

There is a dire need to create awareness regarding proper and safe use of laboratory equipment among lab workers and assistants, since it not only affects the worker but the people attached to them.

Quotes by Abdul Qadeer Khan

Nation should be rest assured Pakistan is a safe atomic power. No one can cast an evil eye on it.

Quotes by Abdul Qadeer Khan

People have always liked to be frightened. People love to feel that jolt of adrenaline. People love roller coasters. People love skydiving. These things that really get your heart pumping, and horror films are sort of a safe way to...

Quotes by Aaron Stanford

We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.

Quotes by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Me Quotes

Usually, what happens with women that aren't comfortable with fighting is they're afraid of getting hurt, or hurting someone. All it usually takes to get them going is to make them feel safe, and make them feel like they look...

Quotes by Zoe Bell

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "safe" mean across these quotes?
It ranges from national security and public policy to feeling emotionally protected in your own workplace — showing how personal and public the idea of safety can be.
Is there a quote about a political leader's approach to safety?
Yes — one quote is framed as a presidential priority: "my top priority will be to keep America safe," followed by a pledge to pursue terrorist networks. It's presented here simply as that speaker's stated position.
Is there a quote reflecting on 9/11 and feeling safe?
There is. One speaker describes 9/11 as "the ultimate home invasion," reflecting on how it changed the sense that "the place that you think is safe and the people that you think are safe" could be trusted.
Is there a quote about safety concerns around busing children?
Yes — one speaker states plainly, "It's not safe," referring to busing children long distances, and questions whether there's "that much of an urgent need for it to be done." You can find more on our Children quotes and Country quotes pages.
Is there a quote about feeling emotionally safe at work?
Yes. One speaker describes keeping themselves "safe both physically and emotionally" in their working environment, calling it their "safe place." Browse more on our Feel quotes and Me quotes pages.

One quote references the real 1970s-80s school-busing debate, arguing it made children less safe - a historical policy disagreement referenced here factually. See also Children and Country.