#accident

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#accident #dead #fear #fears #most

We protect aspirin bottles in this country better than we protect guns from accidents by children. ↗

— Gloria Estefan

#aspirin #better #bottles #children #country

There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#application #apply #brakes #car #democratic

Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia. ↗

— Judith Viorst

#accident #automobile #bracket #girdle #higher

When you have an accident, they will save their own people, and those who have worked with you or with the NGOs are left. Unfortunately, this happens always. It is not an excuse at all. ↗

— Boutros Boutros-Ghali

#always #excuse #happens #left #ngos

As a footballer I can't imagine life without the use of one of my legs... Sadly this is exactly what happens to thousands of children every year when they accidentally step on a landmine. ↗

— Ryan Giggs

#children #every #exactly #footballer #happens

When I lost my friends, it was because I had used the power of giving on them recklessly. I swept into their lives with my big fat checkbook, and I erased years of obstacles for them overnight - but sometimes, in the process, I also accidentally erased years of dignity. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#also #because #big #dignity #erased

Well, it was kind of accidental that Jim started playing with us, although it wasn't sudden... we hadn't really looked around to think who could be a fifth member. ↗

— Kim Gordon

#although #around #could #fifth #hadn

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character. ↗

— Horace Greeley

#character #endures #fame #one thing #only

There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#compassion #courage #destroy #disaster #even