Charles Dickens Quotes

For though we are perpetually bragging of it as our safety, it is nothing but a poor fringe on the mantle of the upper.

Charles Dickens

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• Federal regulations should promote safety without unnecessarily burdening small firms and costing much-needed jobs.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Small
  • Safety
  • Without

• When we stand up for America, we stand up for what America stands for, which is a safety net for our seniors and really helping our families be able to help themselves.

  

  Barbara Mikulski
  • Up
  • America
  • Help

• A mistake that a lot of us have made, related to those who advocate for gun safety legislation, is that we try to process it through our legislative bodies, and that's where the NRA's strength lies.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Mistake
  • Lies
  • Process

• Adolescence, that swampy zone between safety and power, is best patrolled by adults armed with sense and mercy, not guns and a badge.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Power
  • Best
  • Safety

• I firmly believe that we can protect taxpayer dollars, bus drivers' jobs, and the safety of our students. We just need a mayor who actually cares about all three.

  

  Sal Albanese
  • Believe
  • Safety
  • Bus

• I will wear tights even if it's 100 degrees outside. Tights are my safety blanket.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Safety
  • Will
  • Tights

• The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

  

  Tacitus
  • Great
  • Desire
  • Safety

• Companies need to understand that the quicker they report product safety problems to CPSC, the quicker we can take action together and protect consumers from injuries.

  

  Hal Stratton
  • Together
  • Action
  • Safety

• Everybody after Fukushima had to reassess the safety of nuclear. When I set out to design a reactor, I knew it had to be passive and intrinsically safe.

  

  Taylor Wilson
  • Design
  • Safety
  • Safe

• A major attack on our cyber systems could shut down our critical infrastructure - financial systems, communications systems, electric grids, power plants, water treatment centers, transportation systems and refineries - that allows us to run our economy and protect the safety of Americans.

  

  Dan Coats
  • Power
  • Water
  • Financial

• I believe that most police are conscientious and want only to provide safety for us.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Believe
  • Police
  • Safety

• Fuel cells create a better automobile that's 50 percent more energy-efficient overall and sustainable from energy and safety perspectives.

  

  Larry Burns
  • Energy
  • Better
  • Safety

• I've done some luxury flying, which is brilliant. It has only happened once or twice, but it was nice because flying is the worst part of the holiday. But then again, if the plane crashes, you're still dead. For that much money I'd want a little capsule that whizzed me off to safety if it was going to crash.

  

  Karl Pilkington
  • Money
  • Done
  • Nice

• In every stock-jobbing swindle everyone knows that some time or other the crash must come, but every one hopes that it may fall on the head of his neighbour, after he himself has caught the shower of gold and placed it in safety.

  

  Karl Marx
  • Time
  • May
  • Fall

• Indian Railways is the responsibility of Lord Vishwakarma. So is the safety of passengers... It is His duty, not mine. I have been forced to don His mantle.

  

  Lalu Prasad Yadav
  • Responsibility
  • Safety

• Letting men die is a money-saving device. Safety costs money… as one safety official put it, ‘When everything is hurry, hurry, hurry, when you start pressuring people and taking shortcuts, things can go wrong. And then people die.’ No. And then men die.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • People
  • Men
  • Money

• There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.

  

  Calvin Coolidge
  • Time
  • Safety

• Our biggest fear is that 'Food, Inc.' will move heavy-handed food-safety regulations forward.

  

  Joel Salatin
  • Fear
  • Food
  • Safety

• I think everybody has ups and downs in their lives. We learn from the biggest disappointments, right? You learn how to be humble to yourself and to be humble to others.

  

  Carolina Kostner
  • Humble

• I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won't make you see higher or further or differently. You want a flat story. An immobile story. You want dry, yeastless factuality.

  

  Yann Martel

• There may be some people in the country who forget to perform their duty. You should set an example by doing your job with honesty and faithfulness.

  

  Bhumibol Adulyadej
  • People
  • Country
  • May

• I definitely promise to always make films about issues that matter to me.

  

  Diego Luna
  • Promise

• For though we are perpetually bragging of it as our safety, it is nothing but a poor fringe on the mantle of the upper.

  

  Charles Dickens
  • Safety
  • Bragging
  • Mantle