Top 100 Play Safe Quotes
#1. Music companies and buyers are not too encouraging towards independent musicians. Everyone wants to play safe and go with established names, but unless one breaks this routine, no new talent will come and survive.
Kailash Kher
#2. I would rather try a shot to win than play safe and finish second.
Phil Mickelson
#3. It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity
Dag Hammarskjold
#4. When you think about it finding the perfect partner is a bit like a game of pontoon. I mean, you get your cards and you make your decision, do you stick or twist? do you play safe and settle for 19 or do you go all out for 21 even if you might end up bust?
Mike Gayle
#5. My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the characters talked about how it was going to change their lives.
Harvey Fierstein
#6. I can play the game only one way. I must play every shot for all there is in it. I cannot play safe.
Bobby Jones
#7. To play safe, I prefer to accept only one type of power: the power of art over trash, the triumph of magic over the brute.
Vladimir Nabokov
#8. If in doubt, keep quiet. Play safe, talk less, and observe.
Alison Golden
#10. You should never play safe with your heart. It doesn't get to grow if you don't take it out. You break it. You give it away. And sometimes, you kind of hope someone gives it back to you - maybe wrapped up and taped but better because they held it for a little while.
Rhys Ford
#11. Some are born to play it safe
Others are born to live it wild.
Nikki Rowe
#12. After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.
Sophia Loren
#14. I will not play it safe!
I want to experience the length, depth, and breadth of life.
I'm not just here for the victories... I'm here for the scars.
Steve Maraboli
#15. Don't play games with me! You just killed someone I like, that is not a safe place to stand! I'm the Doctor, and you're in the biggest library in the Universe. Look me up.
Steven Moffat
#16. Nowadays, most educated people would just as soon stay home and watch 'Breaking Bad' as shell out a hundred bucks to see a Broadway play - assuming that there are any plays on Broadway worth seeing, which long ago ceased to be a safe bet.
Terry Teachout
#17. The animals who play with the most abandon are the predators."
"But surely prey are almost never safe enough to play.
Brenda Cooper
#18. It never occurred to me that one man could start to play with the faith of fifty million people- with the single mindedness of a burglar blowing a safe.
F Scott Fitzgerald
#19. To get to play a bad person and do bad things in a safe environment like 'Arrow' was pretty amazing.
Seth Gabel
#20. Science is conservative and one of the reasons science is conservative is science is trying to play it safe.
Alva Noe
#21. You play it safe and all you end up with is a lifetime of should-have-beens.
Vivi Andrews
#22. There are times in life to play it safe. I'm sure you can think of several. Music is not one of them.
Deke Sharon
#23. Can't play it safe when nowhere safe anymore
Marlon James
#24. In an ecology of love, people can relate in trust and face the future without fear. They do not need to play it safe. They can take uncertainty in their stride.
Jonathan Sacks
#25. Christians today like to play it safe. We want to put ourselves in situations where we are safe 'even if there is no God.' But if we truly desire to please God, we cannot live that way.
Francis Chan
#26. I mean, weird, dead alien technology with effects we don't understand sweeping whole ships away without leaving a trace or explanation. That's probably safe to play with, right?
James S.A. Corey
#27. The play-it-safe pessimists of the world never accomplish much of anything, because they don't look clearly and objectively at situations, they don't recognize or believe in their own abilities to overcome even the smallest amount of risk.
Benjamin Hoff
#28. Don't play on safe, you must learn few rules and the other is just lessons.
Deyth Banger
#29. If you don't tour, you cannot expect to sell a huge numbers of your albums either. It was both a business - and an economical decision and we wanted to play anyway. We just wanted to get out for the tour when it was safe enough for us.
Kerry King
#30. These fucking women really piss me off,' April said. 'Because instead of being elated by the thought of making their own happiness and chasing some crazy dream, all they want to do is narrow their options and do something safe.
J. Courtney Sullivan
#31. I could play it safe by recording songs that are familiar, but am I expanding myself as an artist by doing covers? It's a catch-22. It's called show business: The word 'business' is in it, and you've got to be a businessman. But then again, you have to be true to yourself as an artist.
Donny Osmond
#32. Mix sheer hypocrisy with mediocrity,
You play it safe every time ...
Cyndi Lauper
#33. A wild appreciation of men and women ... who passionately and fearlessly and recklessly redefine romance ... The passionate creatures who refuse to play it safe and settle down now have an intelligent, like-minded advocate.
Jessa Crispin
#34. Players come to Belle Rock's casinos to have fun, find excitement, or play in a safe environment, but no matter what the reason, they all come to win. In February, we want to reward our loyal players by making the chances of winning big that much greater.
Tim Johnson
#35. Even when we want to be timid and play it safe, we should pause for a moment to imagine what we might be missing.
Paul Arden
#36. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.
Lupita Nyong'o
#37. The thing is that people only get hurt - really hurt - when they're trying to play it safe. That's when people get injured, when they pull back at the last second because they're scared. They hurt themselves and other people.
Morgan Matson
#38. If your work isn't exciting, doesn't stir the emotions, where's the challenge? Where's the progress if you always play it safe?
Michael Douglas
#39. It is a love/hate relationship I have with the human race. I am an elitist, and I feel that my responsibility is to drag the human race along with me, that I will never pander to, or speak down to, or play the safe game.
Harlan Ellison
#40. When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we're given.
Barbara Sher
#41. If you want to play it safe, mix a lot of colors in the same tone and that is such an easy way to feel modern and feel a little confident.
Rachel Roy
#42. Nine out of 10 times these guys will hit it-they'll be on something incredibly funny, but one out of 10, two out of 10, they'll fall flat on their faces. That's what makes them great actors: they take those chances, they don't play it safe.
Peter Farrelly
#43. Better to put your heart on the line, risk everything, and walk away with nothing than play it safe. Love is a lot of things, but "safe" isn't one of them.
Mandy Hale
#44. We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.
Gail Sheehy
#45. You can play it safe, and I wouldn't blame you for it. You can continue as you've been doing, and you'll survive, but is that what you want? Is that enough?
J.M. Darhower
#46. I'm a color person, I've never been known to play it safe. Plus I like big bags. My eyeglasses are so big; they don't fit into smaller bags.
Iris Apfel
#47. Few people achieve greatness. One reason is that the opportunity, for the vast majority of us, never even shows up. Another is that if it does, it will inevitably look like a long shot. And the temptation invariably is to play it safe.
Jack McDevitt
#48. You have to put yourself out there as a writer, you can't play it safe.
Dan Alatorre
#49. I've been involved in lots of GAMES OF THE HEART, gorgeous. Rolled the dice time and again, took a lot of risks, took a lot of falls. Finally seems I'm winning. I'm not about to play it safe now.
Kristen Ashley
#50. Choices and consequences. Although we can make our own choices, we never know what the consequences are going to be behind that decision... But what enjoyment would we get out of life if we had to play everything safe.
Robert Cost
#51. The most extravagant sinners of Jesus's day receive His most compassionate welcome. Grace is a divine vulgarity that stands caution on its head. It refuses to play it safe and lay it up. Grace is recklessly generous, uncomfortably promiscuous.
Preston Sprinkle
#52. I'm a risk-taker. It's where my passion lies, so I don't want to play it safe. That means I'm going to fail sometimes.
Hilary Swank
#53. I love to play; a stage is a safe place for me to be. It's not that way for most folks, but I'd be lost without it.
Rick Danko
#54. When you're young and dating someone, just play it safe and don't try so hard.
Matt Prokop
#55. You don't get to celebrate yourself unless you risk being mocked or rejected. As an artist, you cannot play it safe. You just can't.
M. Night Shyamalan
#56. I'll always push the envelope. To me, the ultimate sin in life is to be boring. I don't play it safe.
Cybill Shepherd
#57. The stage play is a trial, not a deed of violence. The soul is opened, like the combination of a safe, by means of a word. You don't require an acetylene torch.
Jean Giraudoux
#58. I think many people go to business school and learn ways to play it safe, ensuring that they avoid some of the pain that entrepreneurs endure while taking less calculated risks.
Sophia Amoruso
#59. I didn't want to play it boring and safe. I also didn't want to innovate too much. Second albums, man, they're even scarier than first ones.
Kanye West
#60. Nothing remains intact without effort. Repetition of formulas does not assure the transmission of thought. It is not safe to entrust a doctrinal treasure to the passivity of memory. Intelligence must play a part in its conservation, rediscovering it, so to speak, in the process.
Henri De Lubac
#61. While it is tempting to play it safe, the more we're willing to risk, the more alive we are. In the end, what we regret most are the chances we never took.
Kelsey Grammer
#62. If you play it safe every time, then you're missing the best part of acting. You haven't learned anything about your humanity.
Brit Marling
#63. Old tires and large clay conduit pipes make excellent, safe obstacles and tunnels for the pups to explore. They will play for hours with big cardboard boxes; clean, used, large gallon plastic bottles; old tennis balls; and squeak toys.
Monks Of New Skete
#64. Sane, reasonable, play-it-safe people are not sufficiently engaged in life to generate great stories. Instead, they sit back and wait for a leader-storyteller to come along and get them caught up in a life worth living.
Dan B. Allender
#65. I've worked with genius performers. Sometimes they created great work with a bad script ... but not often. Play it safe: write well.
Jerry Juhl
#66. You know how I play it, better safe than sorry 'stead of searching for substance at every single party.
Drake
#67. Individuals who continually play it safe in life, taking the path of least resistance and risk, deny themselves rich opportunities for personal growth.
Some
Adele Von Rust McCormick
#68. A store is just a collection of content. The Steam store is this very safe, boring entertainment experience. Nobody says, 'I'm going to play the Steam store now.'
Gabe Newell
#69. The biggest mistake sometimes is to play things very safe in this life and end up being moral failures.
Dorothy Day
#70. It's better to be cautious and play it safe than regret pushing him too hard. We're supposed to get another read on it soon.
Dick Vermeil
#71. At every moment, you have the opportunity to crap out. The world will always tell you to play it safe and just be dead.
Frederick Lenz
#72. I'm kind of floating out there as an artist. I'm in a safe place where I can play a girlfriend or a best friend or a mommy or a lawyer, but a huge part of me is unused. I'm classically trained, historically inclined and somewhat revolutionary by nature, so I'm frustrated as an artist.
Nicole Ari Parker
#73. Enter my lair, said the dragon. I have shiny treasure for you to play with, I'll keep you warm and safe, and if it suits my purpose, I'll chain you to the floor and kill your client by throwing quarters at him with my magic. Been there, done that.
Ilona Andrews
#74. I'm a fraidy cat. I play everything very safe in my life, so I think that's why I like characters that don't.
Jennifer Jason Leigh
#75. In my fantasies, I always wanted to play the ingenue, but in reality, in my bones, I am so used to playing the grandmother that I don't feel safe or even sure that I can do it.
Camryn Manheim
#76. The cult of celebrity turned me off, and when the opportunities came along for me to play different characters, that's what I went for rather than the safe choices.
Dennis Christopher
#77. I'm glad that when I was on the sidewalk on the square in town with you and Casey all those years ago, I decided for the first time in my life not to play it safe."
"I'm glad too, Ivey, seriously fuckin' glad you took a chance on me.
Kristen Ashley
#78. When I was at home, I felt loved and safe. My sisters were always a safe haven for me. I knew they would always play with me and make me feel like I was one of them.
Khloe Kardashian
#79. I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, I'd be so happy.
Ellie Goulding
#80. When you work under the cloud of anxiety, the best strategy is to play it safe, because if (when!) it fails, you'll be blameless.
Seth Godin
#81. If you want to play it safe all the time, go join an insurance company.
Andy Weir
#82. But if we play it safe, the problem is that we may be losing out, and I believe we are.
Gregory Chaitin
#83. I've always felt kind of safe on stage, protected. I've talked to other performers about this and they feel the same things, particularly in the live arena. I never get nervous going on stage to do a play. Doing film or television I'll have more butterflies.
Cillian Murphy
#84. I would say my best decision I ever made was to pursue my dream and give it my all. Thankfully, I have not yet made really bad decisions, I'm the kind of person to play it on the safe side.
Zendaya
#85. A great marriage is when two full grown adults feel safe and vulnerable enough to allow the little children within themselves to come out of their respective houses and talk and play with one another. If
Raymond Force
#86. You want to have a loving, safe relationship with your child, but you can't because you have to do these things to protect them or protect them from themselves - or try to make sure they don't become a vampire! Your desires and your needs are in opposition, and that's always fun to play.
Jack Coleman
#87. Very few things are as dangerous as a bunch of incentive-driven individuals trying to play it safe.
Alfie Kohn
#88. The rich strutted around, assuming they'd be safe, so long as they stayed in the good parts of town. But Lila knew there were no good parts. Only smart parts and stupid parts, and she was quick enough to know which one to play.
V.E Schwab
#89. It's better to go out like a man, trying, than to play it safe and get second.
Sean Malto
#90. Whatever you do, don't play it safe. Don't do things the way they've always been done. Don't try to fit the system. If you do what's expected of you, you'll never accomplish more than others expect.
Howard Schultz
#91. Overall, we've lost risk-takers on the red carpet at the Academy Awards. All too often, stars play it safe.
Brad Goreski
#92. I'm starting to realize that she's my only real friend in the world right now. I can't lose that. I've tried so hard to play it safe with her, and I thought I was doing okay until I went all wounded warrior on her and ... fuck.
Heather Demetrios
#93. If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore.
Shirley M Hufstedler
#94. It was safe to assume he'd not only read the play but then re-read it, cross-referenced the annotations, and probably joined an online chat group called Buds of the Bard or something equally nerdy
Simon Holt
#95. Can't we all just play nicely and leave the playground the way we found it, clean and safe?
Amber Valletta
#96. Sex is a body-contact sport. It is safe to watch but more fun to play.
Thomas Szasz
#97. As I look back on my own life, I recognize this simple truth: The greatest opportunities were the scariest lions. Part of me has wanted to play it safe, but I've learned that taking no risks is the greatest risk of all.
Mark Batterson
#98. The egos in this industry are incredibly vulnerable and everybody's afraid to wipe out. So everybody plays it safe and everybody tells everybody else how great they are.
Michelle Rodriguez
#99. Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.
Bob Goff
#100. And there's that one particular harbor
Sheltered from the wind
Where the children play on the shore each day
And all are safe within ...
Jimmy Buffett
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