Crises Quotations

As long as the United States - and the world - gets its oil from the Middle East, we will be drawn into the endless crises that seem endemic to the region. American energy independence would not only liberate us, it would also drive down the worldwide price of oil.

You decide which characters you want and then do the best you can to bring their humanity to the forefront in the context that you place them in - the crises in which you've placed them.

It is probably the case that some regulation of financing will make crises less likely, and I would say higher capital requirements are an almost fail-safe way to make banks safer. But there are a lot of other things that may not be doing that, and so we need to be careful about sort of, like, rushing to one conclusion or another.

I believe America wants and needs the shared experience of television. We far too often see in crises how television brings us together.

In these troubled, uncertain times, we don't need more command and control; we need better means to engage everyone's intelligence in solving challenges and crises as they arise.

We are a profoundly interconnected species, as the global economic and ecological crises reveal in vivid and frightening detail. We must embrace the simple fact that we are dependent on and accountable to one another.

One of the themes in my novels is that our crises can turn into blessings. We can feel like our world has crumbled, but ten years down the road when we look back on that time, we can see God's hand at work. I love writing that theme into my books.

Too often, our concern for specific individuals today means neglecting crises that will harm countless people in the future.

I think I'm still chewing on my years as a foreign correspondent. I found myself covering catastrophes - war, uprising, famine, refugee crises - and witnessing how people were affected by dire situations. When I find a story from the past, I bring some of those lessons to bear on the narrative.

If you think about the actual problems we are facing - all the crises - we have the means to solve these crises. The past has shown us we are able to do things we never imagined we would be able to do.

Fiscal crises often turn into financial crises, dealing a blow to the real economy.

In my own view, the life expectancy of Native Americans in the United States is one of the really great moral crises that we face.

Weeks go by, and I don't paint until finally I can't stand it any longer. I get fed up. I almost don't want to talk about it, because I don't want to become self-conscious about it, but perhaps I create these little crises as a kind of a secret strategy to push myself.

The future is going to require really smart people. What we think are crises today probably will be no big deal, and we have no idea what will really be crises in the future.

The Mexican debt crisis, Latin American debt crisis, the crises of the 1990s, the Wall Street stock market crash, and other events should have reminded us, and did remind us, that financial instability remains a concern, remains a problem.

Whether addressing immediate crises or building long-term foundations of peace, the United Nations will remain committed to solutions that advance the global good.

My first four books, from 'Fight Club' to 'Choke,' dealt with personal identity issues. The crises the narrators found themselves in were generated by themselves.

So many of our enormous emotional crises are lived through the media. They're lived through movies; they're lived through what we watch on television - they're not actual events in our life.

Now they have had this serious blow and I think we should try and help President (George W.) Bush and the administration, the American Red Cross and NGOs...who have been our partners in other crises around the world like the tsunami,

Last year's fuel price run-up and Middle East crises may have not only hurt American drivers' pocketbooks but also caused them to feel guilty about operating large, gas-only vehicles. Ethanol power not only allows owners to enjoy large vehicles, but it can also let them feel good about the domestic agricultural economy, American energy independence and the environment.

Many of the crises we see in the 21st century, I would argue, have their roots in the dawn of the Neolithic.

September 11 was horrific, but I've been through enough crises before that I had my own pattern as to how to collect facts, what a leader should do, how to communicate with people, how to set up operating mechanisms to work our way through it.

For months, it appeared that the U.S. might remain relatively untouched by the financial crises abroad. However it most certainly seems that the impact is starting to ripple through our economy.

What is clear is that our policy will be continued -- the policy of renewing our country in order to make social systems safe from crises and fit for the future, the policy of openness of our country, the policy of self-confidence in foreign policy, ... I stand for this policy.

He didn't have an agenda. He wasn't really interested in hearing details about the CIA. He wanted to know how I approached various personal crises in my life. Working in the CIA and seeing the worst of life, you tend to have a very dark view of things and that's what he started to absorb from me. That's what you see on screen.

Historically, economic and political crises have been buying opportunities. Looking at 17 crises, ranging from President Wilson's nervous breakdown to the Gulf War, the stock market setback generally has been a short-term matter lasting no more than a few months.

I find it difficult to believe, for example, that the crises that arose in Thailand and Korea would have been nearly so virulent had their central banks published data prior to the crises on net reserves instead of the not very informative gross reserve positions only,

We've been through some pretty major crises over the last little while. Air strikes and postal strikes, projectionists' strikes, we went through 9/11 in the middle of our festival. I think we'll roll with the punches.

Staying composed, focused, and effective under pressure are all about your mentality. People who successfully manage crises are able to channel their emotions into producing the behavior that they want.

It is difficult to foresee and proactively address potential crises when you are caught up in day-to-day demands,

Like oil crises in the past, it strikes at American feelings of independence, mobility, freedom and exceptionalism.

Overcrowded, multilingual, schools will not become manageable because the kids are suddenly the children of guest workers, instead of illegal aliens. Millions of unskilled laborers will not magically become high-earning taxpayers because they have work visas. State budget crises will not be alleviated, housing will not become more affordable, traffic will not become less congested, and middle class jobs will not become more plentiful if we give everyone who is here, or who wants to come here, a piece of paper that says they're legal.

Our contortions, visible or secret, we communicate to the planet; already it trembles even as we do, it suffers the contagion of our crises and, as this grand mal spreads, it vomits us forth, cursing us the while.

I think he's really undermined his credibility at this point, and it really saddles him with the kind of problems that Johnson and Nixon faced. These crises are such a heavy burden, and they are so self-inflicted, except for the court vacancies, that if he is not very careful and tries to put across someone who is seen as an ultraconservative, he is going to touch off a conflagration in the Senate.

It can perhaps seem that this area is plagued by an endless string of crises and that it's impossible to do anything. Then I say that a human life is a human life... and we're obligated to help.

While the adjustments may be difficult for a time, these crises will pass. Stronger individual economies and a more robust and efficient international economic and financial system will surely emerge in their wake,

The present crisis has been the most predictable, the most senseless, boring and short-lived of all the crises we have had to endure these last few years.

Well, guess where most of those fires and crises come from? Correct - from secondary things that were ignored because of all the fires and crises. This syndrome does not self-correct, it self-perpetuates.

We are determined to get fast, effective action as we can on debt relief, and of course we are determined to reduce the risks from financial crises that are borne by the poor in so many cases.

We have to keep reminding them they?re the No. 1 team in the country to get them to truly believe how good they are. I mean, I spent two hours against Albany trying to get my team to truly believe that. Let?s put it this way: For 28-3, we?re not an overly confident basketball team. On the contrary, this is a team that sometimes has had crises of confidence.

You live your life as a biography and you have chapters and how you handle yourself in time of adversity and crises defines you.

Michigan is in peril. The state is in one of the worst crises of our lifetime. Wayne County is impeded from growing due to uncertainty in the auto industry. The good news is that there's been a steady, consistent trend toward better news.

Who knows what crises situations there might be when people are placed in that position and they're not developed? ... I'm not saying that I won't run again, but I'd have to feel something really, really special in order to stay.

That was a fraud intended to seize power, and look what they did with it. They kept creating crises which Ukrainian people struggled to overcome.

We're at a critical juncture. I'd venture to say there are crises at every turn. The biggest we have is the nursing and departure at a time when the patient population is increasing. We push our nurses to the limit.

There is a long and successful tradition of popular movements in the U.S. and elsewhere having an impact on crises in forgotten places.

Wal-Mart is a company in turmoil. The Coughlin episode is emblematic of the mounting problems and continuing crises plaguing this company.

The crises of basketball that is hampering the development of the sport cannot be ended by means of exclusion. Consensus and unity are the keys to ending the impasse that stops the Philippines from competing in international basketball events.

The death of Slobodan Milosevic sealed a tragic era of tensions, crises and wars which plagued the Balkans for almost a decade.

We were trying to have a little bit of levity with the concept--helping people deal with crises that come up.

We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibility to confront not just Iraq and Afghanistan, but crises around the globe.

Where the credit is really due is in the early part of Greenspan's tenure: being faced with the aftershocks of the Wall Street crash in 1987 and dealing with that quite well. He confronted some very serious potential crises and got us to a point where we avoided them and are better off than we might have been otherwise.

Crises cause government to grow. The test today will be how much of the federal response occurs within the existing boxes or through innovative ways.

Crises like these remind us of what it really means to be human.

Attempts to settle crises by unilateral sanctions outside the framework of U.N. Security Council decisions threaten international peace and stability. Such attempts are counterproductive and contradict the norms and principles of international law.

Concerning the international crises linked to nuclear power, may an honorable solution be found for all parties, through serious and honest negotiations.

Israeli mainstream political parties are rejecting the Palestinian right of return and withdrawal from (East) Jerusalem to the 1967 borders and are refusing to dismantle Jewish settlements. The dilemma of the US policy is that it puts Israeli interests ahead of its own. That's what creates a crises for it in the region ... It is in the interest of the United States to change its biased foreign policy.

These crises are such a heavy burden, and they are so self-inflicted, except for the court vacancies, that if he is not very careful and tries to put across someone who is seen as an ultraconservative, he is going to touch off a conflagration in the Senate.

When you are under siege and you have to react to every day's crises and the media are in a feeding frenzy, it is hard to stay on message, let alone in control of your message,

There are infinite small solutions. Crises or changes or problems can trigger many of these things which are basically adaptive. We are adapting.

What Greenspan did well is he steered through these crises and came out with minimal damage to the economy. Over an 18-year period, we had just two short recessions and low inflation. That combination says he's done a good job.

We think that recent events only demonstrate the critical importance of developing comprehensive peace arrangements so that these kinds of crises do not recur.

We also believe that we may be able to share our experience in dealing with major crises around the world, ... So I would urge all countries and any group that can help to assist.

We had periodic crises in this country when the technical intelligence didn't support the policy. We had the bomber gap, the missile gap.

Provided no crises occur, we are highly confident that we can sustain this strong performance over the next few months, ... Our optimism is based not least on the brightening prospects for the European economy.

After a brief period of recovery from the financial crises (of 1997-1998), the Asian region is suffering from a mild relapse,

financial crises in the emerging markets, especially in Russia.

Family life is full of major and minor crises -- the ups and downs of health, success and failure in career, marriage, and divorce -- and all kinds of characters. It is tied to places and events and histories. With all of these felt details, life etches itself into memory and personality. It's difficult to imagine anything more nourishing to the soul.

They're 16- and 17-year-old kids. We played really, really hard. Was it our best performance? Absolutely not. But you know what, things happen. We'll face far worst crises in our lives than losing a basketball game.

This is the biggest story in our industry in probably the last 20 years. This is one of the biggest crises we've faced.

This is one of the most serious constitutional crises that we've ever faced in the country.

This is one of the worst (economic) crises of our lifetime, we're facing not the worst winter but a winter that never ends.

A formula for reform must be found capable of overcoming such embarrassment and a positive way of leading this institution to greater strength, to greater authority for resolving international problems and international crises must be found,

I hope we are on track to address some of the crises that we see coming from the pipeline in the form of obesity and diabetes.

Studies have shown that daily doses of hydroxyurea decrease the number of painful crises a person may experience and lengthen their life span as well,

Tackling long-term challenges can do more than help us avert the kinds of crises that stack up on a National Security Advisor's desk.

It's not a matter of theory, we now have enough evidence to suggest that either natural or human-caused disasters and crises definitely affect the traveling public.

As you look around the globe, it seems to me that a lot of the countries hurt by the Asian financial crises have made tremendous progress. On the other hand, in all of those countries there's a lot to do.

The vast majority of these characters are portrayed as stolid, stalwart men who face various crises with a great deal of fortitude and courage. I think that will play a role: Can the woman do it, or is she compensating for some kind of emotional or sexual drive?

If you thought financial crises came and went, just count on them - another economic collapse, it's almost going to be like not news any more. But for startups this is great, because it's a perpetual driver of disruption.

In short, our response as a party should be to work to solve the crises that produce crisis pregnancies, and work to make life worth living for mother and child, rather than victimize the child as a way of dealing with the crisis.

High officials started directing events in favor of corporate interests; then crises appeared, ... It was the last straw. I decided firmly that the decision most of all should be the following: Everybody should get lost.

In the long run, industrial structure and localized environmental crises will replace individual polluters as the No 1 environmental threat in the country.

Internet use provides online Americans a path to resources, such as access to people who may have the right information to help deal with family health crises or find a new job. When you need help these days, you don't need a bugle to call the cavalry, you need a big buddy list.

As fears about the energy and environmental crises reach a fever pitch, we're all searching for solutions. And one possibility is that we could fix everything if we'd just shrink our population back down to about 2 billion people - which would put us roughly where we were at 80 years ago.

As far as the Fed goes, it really isn't inflation on the ground that's a concern, it's inflation down the road. For a very long time, they've offset that with global concerns, but there doesn't appear to be any more world crises to worry about.

The currency is doing better. People always expect the worst when these crises start. But as time goes by, people get more confident the situation isn't that bad.

The era of recurring economic crises has come to an end,

As U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said, the United States has been at the forefront of providing assistance to those in need throughout the world at times of crises or natural disasters,

It seems like companies are being more responsive in these crises and perhaps using this as an opportunity for better branding and positioning relative to their day-to-day philanthropy.

The remarkable American economy, whose roots are still not conclusively known, and the Asian crises that caught us by surprise, among other humbling experiences, have made policy-makers particularly sensitive to how fast the world can shift beneath our feet,

The remarkable thing about the U.S. is that for so long we were so big, and we were not heavily engaged. We have to worry about global financial crises affecting our economy.

All these potential crises around the world are helping to move up prices in the energy market. The market wants to pull back but there was just too much negative news over the last couple of days.

All of these crises are getting serious, and what the (U.S.) market is experiencing is a crisis of confidence.

And because they have been unwilling to intervene early in the crises in Bosnia and Kosovo, they have ended up having to intervene -- in particular in Kosovo -- in a much greater fashion, a much stronger fashion later on after the crisis has grown, has expanded and the killing has gotten very serious.

Fatalism, whose solving word in all crises of behavior is ''All striving is vain,'' will never reign supreme, for the impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race. Moral creeds which speak to that impulse will be widely successful in spite of inconsistency, vagueness, and shadowy determination of expectancy. Man needs a rule for his will, and will invent one if one be not given him.