“As anywhere else, political instability provided an opportunity for local scores to be settled, for personal grievances to be aired, for heroes… — Charles Emmerson Copy Share Image
The Bible tells us, for instance, that there is going to be a cashless society. The Bible tells us that there is… — Greg Laurie Copy Share Image
Something is always born of excess: great art was born of great terror, great loneliness, great inhibitions, instabilities, and it always balances… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“A sense of change, of individual nothingness, of perplexity and disappointment, overpowered Margaret. Nothing had been the same; and this slight, all-pervading… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
The positive news is that the British economy is continuing to grow and is creating jobs. And it is positive news too… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
We simply cannot afford any further delay in providing the IMF with the resources it requires to help contain the threat of… — Robert Rubin Copy Share Image
The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability. — Julia Gillard Copy Share Image
We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally.… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
The priorities for the new Palestinian government is the economy. If Hamas cannot pay salaries when they form the government, there will… — Hanan Ashrawi Copy Share Image
If you take a look at Afghan history, usually they have united to defend against an outside enemy, and as soon as… — Lawrence Eagleburger Copy Share Image
Fundamental systemic crises are often associated with the decline of the dominant imperial power and its increasing inability to sustain the system… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
The phenomenon of emergence takes place at critical points of instability that arise from fluctuations in the environment, amplified by feedback loops.… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
Who was it in Afghanistan who screwed up in Tora Bora and let bin Laden escape? It was the Bush Administration. Who… — Sidney Blumenthal Copy Share Image
Unless we understand what it is that leads to economic and financial instability, we cannot prescribe -- make policy -- to modify… — Hyman Minsky Copy Share Image
It has taken me a long time to realize where I most disagree with Marx. His assessment of capitalism is far too… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
The administration took care of a source of instability in Iraq. Envision a world in which Saddam Hussein was rushing for a… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
If economics wants to understand the new economy, it not only has to understand increasing returns and the dynamics of instability. It… — W. Brian Arthur Copy Share Image
Alcohol had a lot to do with it, too, and mental instability. All writers are narcissistic, manic-depressive drug addicts and alcoholics, and… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
The feeling of reduced gravity and the limitations of the space suit resulted in a slow-motion movement. Perhaps not too far from… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
As I said, this [repercussions] may take different forms : direct and indirect. Direct when people want to retaliate, or governments. Indirect… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The North Korean regime is extremely fiery, extremely insecure, sometimes hysterical. And when you're around somebody who's screaming and unstable, the last… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I wanted us to share the sense that the number of wrong moves far exceeds the number of good moves, to share… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
Hedge funds are a very efficient way of managing money. But there are clearly some risks. Hedge funds use credit and credit… — George Soros Copy Share Image
When we violate the law ourselves, whatever short-term advantage may be gained, we are obviously encouraging others to violate the law; we… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
We aren't suggesting that mental instability or unhappiness makes one a better poet, or a poet at all; and contrary to the… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
Popular dissatisfaction seems to occur only when the shopping or the commercials are interrupted. In such an atmosphere, is there any reason… — Herbert Schiller Copy Share Image
Frankly speaking, we all know that provoking military and political instability, regional, and other conflicts is a helpful means of distracting the… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Pointing out that overspending on public-employee benefits leads to fiscal instability does not mean that public employees are bad people or that… — Devin Nunes Copy Share Image
Somewhere along the journey of remembering who we really are, we may find ourselves in a very uncomfortable space, a void in… — Nicholas Schmidt Copy Share Image
We fear death, we shudder at life's instability, we grieve to see the flowers wilt again and again, and the leaves fall,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Emotional instability can be one of the factors giving rise to a failure by chess players in important duels. Under the influence… — Mark Dvoretsky Copy Share Image
Nerrissa? You believe her? Well, you at least have to credit her with a certain instability! Remember when she told you that… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
We talk of regional conflicts, of economic and social crises, of political instability, of abuses of human rights, of racism, religious intolerance,… — Poul Hartling Copy Share Image
There are two ways of confronting the country's problems.One is through a management style based on adventurism, instability, play-acting, exaggerations, wrongdoing, being… — Mir-Hossein Mousavi Copy Share Image
It's a moral imperative, it's an economic imperative, and it is a security imperative. For we've seen how spikes in food prices… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am attracted to looking at the different things language can mean even in one sometimes quite ordinary utterance. Writing is partly… — Rae Armantrout Copy Share Image
Inanimate objects are always correct and cannot, unfortunately, be reproached with anything. I have never observed a chair shift from one foot… — Zbigniew Herbert Copy Share Image
You might not see climate change as an immediate threat to your job, your community, or your families," Kerry said. "But let… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
“You Bastard was thinking: there seems to be some growing dimensional instability here, swinging from zero to nearly forty-five degrees by the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Unlike national markets, which tend to be supported by domestic regulatory and political institutions, global markets are only 'weakly embedded'. There is… — Dani Rodrik Copy Share Image