Safe Quote by Nancy G. Leveson Download Open image ““Making all the components highly reliable will not necessarily make the system safe.”” — Nancy G. Leveson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Components Highly Make Safe Making Components Reliable Necessarily Safe
“Safety is a system property, not a component property, and must be controlled at the system level, not the component level.” — Nancy G. Leveson Copy Share Image
In any technology, one has to be very careful to ensure that it is good and has enough safeguards. — Ajay Piramal Copy Share Image
The world has arrived at an age of cheap complex devices of great reliability, and something is bound to come of it. — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
Safety is an emergent property of systems, not a component property. — Nancy Leveson Copy Share Image
“100% is the wrong reliability target for basically everything (pacemakers and anti-lock brakes being notable exceptions).” — Betsy Beyer Copy Share Image
“Insisting that operators always follow procedures does not guarantee safety although it does usually guarantee that there is someone to blame-either for following the… — Nancy G. Leveson Copy Share Image
“It seems to be common, judging from the number of incidents and accidents that have resulted, for software designers to forget that the world… — Nancy G. Leveson Copy Share Image
“Large-scale engineered systems are more than just a collection of technological artifacts: They are a reflection of the structure, management, procedures, and culture of… — Nancy G. Leveson Copy Share Image
“Safety is a system property, not a component property, and must be controlled at the system level, not the component level.” — Nancy G. Leveson Copy Share Image
“The goal then is to understand why people did not or could not act differently. People acted the way they did for very good… — Nancy G. Leveson Copy Share Image
“The most common accident causality models assume that accidents are caused by component failure and that making system components highly reliable or planning for… — Nancy G. Leveson Copy Share Image
“A basic principle of system theory is that no control system will perform better than its measuring channel.” — Nancy G. Leveson Copy Share Image
“In highly automated systems, the operator is often at the mercy of the system design and operational procedures.” — Nancy G. Leveson Copy Share Image
“Safety starts with management leadership and commitment. Without these, the efforts of others in the organization are almost doomed to failure. Leadership creates culture,… — Nancy G. Leveson Copy Share Image
“Human error is not random. It results from basic human mental abilities and physical skills combined with the features of the tools being used,… — Nancy G. Leveson Copy Share Image
“Hindsight bias and focusing only on the operator's role in accidents prevents us from fully learning from accidents and making significant progress in improving… — Nancy G. Leveson Copy Share Image
“When operators receive input about the state of the system being controlled, they will first try to fit that information into their current mental… — Nancy G. Leveson Copy Share Image
You just say the word, and I'll make the rest of the world go away. I'll take you someplace safe, where no one else… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I knew I really had to put down a good run. I played it safe, and took risks when I could, and I came… — Julia Mancuso Copy Share Image
The popular mind often pictures gigantic flying machines speeding across the Atlantic carrying innumerable passengers in a way analogous to our modern steam ships.… — William Henry Pickering Copy Share Image
We don't spend loads of money. I want to make sure that when I'm gone, my wife is looked after and financially safe. — Gregg Wallace Copy Share Image
Of course, learning is strengthened and solidified when it occurs in a safe, secure and normal environment. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide Copy Share Image
My featherbed is deep and soft, and there I’ll lay you down, I’ll dress you all in yellow silk and on your head a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Anytime I get the chance to sing or work with Michael John, it is such an incredibly fertile and incredibly creative and safe and… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
My mom cares that I tweeted a picture of my breakfast. She's knows I'm eating and I'm safe. — Jack Dorsey Copy Share Image
There is a safe spot within every tornado. My job is to find it. — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
