Rooting for the offense is the safe way to go. You win either way.
The logical process will often be the safe one. I tend, when I'm given that choice, to go the way that's not safe.
Realize that sleeping on a futon when you're 30 is not the worst thing. You know what's worse, sleeping in a king bed next to a wife you're not really in love with but for some reason you married, and you got a couple kids, and you got a job you hate. You'll be laying there fantasizing about sleeping on a futon. There's no risk when you go after a dream. There's a tremendous amount to risk to playing it safe.
If you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.
If you always make the right decision, the safe decision, the one most people make, you will be the same as everyone else.
Silence is the safest policy if you are unsure of yourself.
All you need to know is this. You can never go wrong by voting for a bill that fails, or against a bill that passes.
An actor always goes to the safe side.
Honestly, I wanted to play it safe with my first film; I didn't want to do something completely out of the box.
When an instrument admits two constructions, the one safe, the other dangerous, the one precise, the other indefinite, I prefer that which is safe and precise.
If I wanted to play it safe, I'd get a normal job with a secure paycheck.
Engineering was the safe and sensible choice, but music was what I loved and wanted to do.
