It takes 1,000 tons of water to produce 1 ton of grain. As water becomes scarce and countries are forced to divert… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
The greatest threat to our freedom and prosperity is not al-Qaida, the Taliban, Iran or even China. It's an idea, the idea… — Erik Prince Copy Share Image
Wishful thinking won't make the Palestinians an Israeli peace partner, no matter how much President Barack Obama pressures Israel to make concessions;… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never actually entrust my heart to scientists—they'd probably implant it in a… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
A rational mind does not work under compulsion; it does not subordinate its grasp of reality to anyone’s orders, directives, or controls;… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I don't think most of my opinions, political or social, are so far outside of the mainstream that they'd cause massive outrage… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
In this way the climber faces his second deadly threat. The first is naturally the risk of killing the. Second is immersed… — Wojciech Kurtyka Copy Share Image
I was a threat to a lot of women and to a lot of men. The women cannot forgive me if I… — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share Image
Even though we know the origin of diseases, panic sweeps. It's one thing that frightens us, because it's your health and your… — Kimberley Nixon Copy Share Image
The political elite in Russia don't want domestic reform, they aren't ready for it. As such, they welcome an external threat. You… — Sergey Karaganov Copy Share Image
With Russia about to hold the Winter Games in Sochi, the country is open to pressure. American and world leaders must speak… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
A free society is as much a threat to the intellectual's sense of worth as an automated economy is to the workingman's… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
In drawing attention to the physical characteristics of women leaders, they can be dismissed as either too pretty or too ugly. The… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
I introduced legislation in the Senate that I believe is more narrowly focused at the actual threat, which is radical Islamic terrorism,… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Well, there are certain pockets of improvement. The one that I think is most important is that state and local law enforcement… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Every Conservative desires peace. The threat to peace comes from Communism which has powerful forces ready to attack anywhere. Communism waits for… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
At this slower pace the journey took a couple of days, and I fought off a few minor threats along the way… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
here are problems with the Turkish products inside Russia and the tourism going down. People are worried about that. But the really… — Peter Kenyon Copy Share Image
The draft is a monstrous violation of individual liberty, and even a good motive cannot make it otherwise. In a free society… — Sheldon Richman Copy Share Image
Since ancient times, the philosophers' secret has always been this: we know that God does not exist, or, at least, if he… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
The greatest threat to mankind comes from the renunciation of individual scruple in favor of institutional denominators. . . . Real heroism… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
I'm sick of the pussies on the right, if I can use that word, they're pathetic. The poll-tested, Republican strategist driven candidate… — Andrew Breitbart Copy Share Image
The perception of potential threats to survival may be much more important in determining behavior than the perceptions of potential profits, so… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
I think NATO is obsolete. NATO was done at a time you had the Soviet Union, which was obviously larger - much… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The world is beset by challenges including the ongoing danger of international terrorism, and the significant political and economic threats posed by… — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
Our nation needs the BRAC process. No institution can remain successful if it does not adapt to its constantly changing environment. Our… — Anthony Principi Copy Share Image
By Cunning & Craft is a masterpiece of writing about writing. If, like Scheherazade, you had to spin out a story under… — Nora Gallagher Copy Share Image
With climate change and health crises rightfully receiving international attention, the time has come to focus on hunger as a top priority.… — Josette Sheeran Copy Share Image
Three-quarters of [Bashar Assad] country is displaced. It's in Jordan, it's in Lebanon, it's in Turkey, and in the desert. The threat… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
If there is anything more frightening than the threat of global nuclear war, it is the certainty that humans not only stand… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
For decades, I thought that scientific truth, solid economic case studies, and common sense were enough to bring about change on the… — Annie Leonard Copy Share Image
The terrorist threat is so cloudy, faceless, and vague, so manipulable by political purposes, so definitely present but indefinitely manifested, that it… — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
It is incumbent on a great nation to remain confident, if it wishes to remain free. We need not be ignorant to… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I think the biggest pushback comes from people who perceive me to be a threat. Having bloggers who are dedicated to making… — Katharine Hayhoe Copy Share Image
Minor Threat was an important band, believe me that it was important it in my life, but it belongs to an era… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
Obama has been saying for years now - he said it again on Sunday - that climate change is the biggest threat… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
In war, where imperfect intelligence, the threat of a catastrophe, and the number of accidents are incomparably greater than any other human… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
The North Korean regime remains one of the world's leading proliferator of missile technology, including transfers to Iran and Syria. The transfer… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
We can best honor the memories of those who were killed on September 11 and those who have been killed fighting the… — Jack Reed Copy Share Image
American Empire- it is an empire that lacks the drive to export its capital, its people and its culture to those backward… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image