Dorothy Dunnett Quotes

Security is an attempt to try to make the universe static so that we feel safe.

Security will produce danger.

As an adventurer...I try to protect against the downside. I make sure I have covered as many eventualities as I can. In the end, you have to take calculated risks; otherwise you're going to sit in mothballs all day and do nothing.

Out of this nettle - danger - we pluck this flower - safety.

Safety's just danger, out of place.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

I never knew how protective I was until I had my own child. I'm already thinking about intruders coming into the house and what our escape route would be.

The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more work on safety. That shouldn't happen.

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

Great interests demand great safeguards.

Stopping people you don’t trust is an essential ingredient. It is part of owning and governing the territory you’re patrolling

The expert is out to point out all the difficulties and dangers.

Let's try to secure everything.

Security and safety are very important for us.

Our main concern will always be security.

While we cannot accurately predict the course of climate change in the coming decades, the risks we run if we don't change our course are enormous. Prudent risk management does not equate uncertainty with inaction.

I never know if the person I'm shaking hands with is coming to kill me. That's something you have to live with when you cross the lines.

We're not going to take the risk when it comes to the safety of the American people. No longer.

There's a game out there, and the stakes are high. And the guy who runs it figures the averages all day long and all night long. Once in a while he lets you steal a pot. But if you stay in the game long enough, you've got to lose. And once you've lost there's no way back, no way at all.

I had to choose: Either leave the country, where it's become dangerous for me, or go on the offensive.

I think security is a big issue for people.

There's always a threat surrounding the things you love

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.

The ones who make it, are the ones who manage risk.

I think at this point, safety isn't a feeling, it's a process. Starting with trust.