Threat Quotes · Page 17

The greatest threat to compassion is the temptation to succumb to fantasies of moral superiority.

— Stephen Batchelor

Nowadays, when a speaker tells the graduates that the future is theirs--is that a promise or a threat?

— Milton Berle

The real threat to reading isn’t the time we spend hanging out, it’s the time we spend online.

— Lorin Stein

“when entering into measure to strike, there should be a clear threat made.”

— Guy Windsor

Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy.

— Tim O'Reilly

The personal threat is something that's always been a part of our lives

— Busta Rhymes

We are in a race between cooperation and catastrophe, and the threat is outrunning our response.

— Sam Nunn

Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.

— Tamora Pierce

Is real, it is serious, it is growing, and it constitutes one of the greatest threats to our national security and, indeed,…

— John O. Brennan

The anti-Semitic threats targeting our Jewish community and community centers are horrible and are painful and a very sad reminder of the…

— Donald Trump

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled…

— Barack Obama

Food insecurity and hunger are serious threats to children's health, growth, and development. The idea of not being able to put plentiful,…

— Samantha Harris

According to international law, in order to use force, we need to feel, we need good evidence that we are under imminent…

— Jill Stein

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

I have had to pay a price for leaving Islam and for speaking out. I have to pay for round-the-clock security because…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Then came a bigger fear. Not the threat of imminent injury, but the fear that if I didn't go back up, I…

— John Sherman

Christ was crucified by the Jews who had wanted a temporal ruler to rescue them from the oppressive Roman authorities. Instead God…

— Paul Weyrich

At this moment, glyphosate is the biggest threat. And because of its overuse, we are seeing the emergence of superweeds, which have…

— Zoe Lister-Jones

As international support for Obama's decision to attack Syria has collapsed, along with the credibility of government claims, the administration has fallen…

— Noam Chomsky

That is the number-one threat we face in the world. And it becomes particularly threatening if terrorists ever get their hands on…

— Hillary Clinton

A core challenge for Australia is - how do we best prepare ourselves for the Asia Pacific century - to maximise the…

— Kevin Rudd

While I was the mayor of Bogotá, I received occasional death threats. Therefore, I had to use a bullet-proof vest. I made…

— Antanas Mockus

Dear Mr. President: ... We urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary…

— Joe Lieberman

Love for others and respect for their rights and their human dignity, irrespective of who or what they are, no matter what…

— Mairead Corrigan

There is another side [to ego] that can wreck a team or an organization. That is being distracted by your own importance.…

— Bill Walsh

There will come a moment when the most urgent threats posed by the credit crisis have eased and the larger task before…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Really Edward Teach, Blackbeard, was actually tall, so he was literally larger than life and so he knew that and actually the…

— Ray Stevenson

I tried to eliminate the need for Israel to strike out, militarily, by removing its major threat and attacker, and that was…

— Jimmy Carter

Donald Trump's campaign is as divisive as any we have seen in our lifetimes. It is built on stoking mistrust and pitting…

— Hillary Clinton

'The anthropocene' refers to the way we live now, in a highly globalized world, characterized by a large human population and powerful…

— Dale Jamieson

THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. You,…

— Edgar Allan Poe

The threat is there. It's very real and it's continuing. And what the Obama people are doing, in effect, is saying, well,…

— Dick Cheney

“The soldier stared at Ingrid. His silence was elastic, slowly curling a rope around her neck.”

— Ruta Sepetys

And let us be frank, the security threats that emanate from our ports come from foreign cargo.

— Dana Rohrabacher

The problem was to get judges who were not afraid to prosecute Saddam despite intimidation and threats.

— Hoshyar Zebari

In the 1930s one was aware of two great evils - mass unemployment and the threat of war.

— James Meade

If I ever used my client's name in a question he would take care of me...I took it as a threat.

— John Gotti

If it's not a contract I want then I won't sign it. That's not a threat.

— Roy Keane

I didn't realize that running as an independent would be perceived as a threat to the Democrats.

— Marianne Williamson

If u have any threat in front of u. Destroy it before it attacks u.

— Some 1