Safety In Numbers Quotes:

There is, of course, great value in belonging to a group. Safety in numbers, for one. But there is also a mathematical explanation for why the brain is so willing to give up its own opinions: a group of people is more likely to be correct about something than an individual.

- Gregory Berns

source: Gregory Berns (2013). “Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently”, p.88, Harvard Business Press

topic: Giving Up, Numbers, People, Belonging To A Group, Safety In Numbers

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

- James Thurber

topic: Funny, Witty, Numbers, Workplace Safety, Safety First

There is safety in numbers.

- Euripides

topic: Numbers, Safety, Investing, Safety In Numbers

I think there must be safety in numbers. If you f - up enough times, they forget which one you really did. They start thinking, "Well, nobody can be that bad."

- Willie Nelson

source: Source: www.sfgate.com

topic: Thinking, Numbers, Safety, Safety In Numbers

Committees are, by nature, timid. They are based on the premise of safety in numbers; content to survive inconspicuously, rather than take risks and move independently ahead. Without independence, without the freedom for new ideas to be tried, to fail, and to ultimately succeed, the world will not move ahead, but rather live in fear of it's own potential

- Ferdinand Porsche

topic: Moving, Ideas, Numbers, Safety In Numbers

Most of the time they buy what other people buy. They move in great schools, like bluefish, all identical. There is safety in numbers. If one wants Schnabel, they all want Schnabel, if one buys a Keith Haring, two hundred Keith Harings will be sold.

- Robert Hughes

source: Robert Hughes (2015). “The Spectacle of Skill: New and Selected Writings of Robert Hughes”, p.181, Vintage

topic: Moving, School, Numbers, Safety In Numbers, Great Schools

Ella, just stay here. Stay safe." "Safe," Ella repeated. "Ella likes being safe. Safety in numbers. Safety deposit boxes. Ella will go with Tyson." "What?" Percy said. "Oh... fine, whatever. Just don't get hurt. And Mrs. O'Leary—" "ROOOF." "How do you feel about pulling a chariot?

- Rick Riordan

topic: Hurt, Numbers, Safety, Safety In Numbers

One should not associate with controversy; one should always reach for the highest ratings; one should never forget that there is safety in numbers; one should always remember that comedy, adventure, and escapism provide the best atmosphere for selling.

- Peter George Peterson

topic: Adventure, Numbers, Safety, Safety In Numbers

No matter that astronauts and cosmonauts had perished in precisely designed and carefully tested machines. Solid engineering could always provide a safety margin, because the engineers believed, there was complete safety in numbers.

- William E. Burrows

topic: Engineering, Numbers, Safety, Safety In Numbers