“They realized that, in fact, the lie wasn't safe. That it threatened their existence more profoundly than the truth did.” — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
Power is always a corrupting influence. In this mythical time - let's call it medieval, feudal - people in power are dictatorial… — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
Australia and New Zealand are now threatened by the might of the Imperial Japanese forces, and both of them should know that… — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
“It’s not the circumstances that we should feel threatened by, it’s the fear of the circumstances that poses the real threat.” — Richie Norton Copy Share Image
There is something about men more capable of shaking despotic power than lightening, whirlwind, or earthquake, that is, the threatened indignation of… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
I could be wrong, but I think heterosexual marriage is threatened more by heterosexuals. I don't know why gay marriage challenges my… — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
Often, city fathers blamed prostitutes for the disease, and some threatened to brand their cheeks with hot iron if they did not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. That's their problem. It's not mine. — Gloria Allred Copy Share Image
We do not possess an official certificate of birth for worship of one God. But the family line is clear: the Jews… — Michel Onfray Copy Share Image
When I was young, we were quite strongly discouraged from listening to pop music. It was an uncomfortable thing, pop music; I… — William Orbit Copy Share Image
President Obama met with ten House Democrats opposed to the health care bill. He did all he could to get their votes.… — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
Global security can be formed or threatened by heads of state whose wisdom, folly and obsessions shape global events. But often it… — Michael Hayden Copy Share Image
Do not fear adversity. Remember, a kite rises against the wind rather than with it. People are not willing to take risks… — Jan Carlzon Copy Share Image
An arc of crisis stretches along the shores of the Indian Ocean, with fragile social and political structures in a region of… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
I'm honestly not jealous of my wife at all - when she succeeds I'm psyched. It never occurred to me to feel… — Christopher Noxon Copy Share Image
Jimmy [Dean] was the most talented and original actor I ever saw work. He was also a guerrilla artist who attacked all… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
The peace that we are looking for is not peace that crumbles as soon as there is difficulty or chaos. Whether we’re… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
My mom is from Jamaica and she was going to school in the morning, and in the evening she was working, and… — The Notorious B.I.G Copy Share Image
If a person is capable of rectifying his erroneous judgments in the light of new evidence he is not prejudiced. Prejudgments become… — Gordon Allport Copy Share Image
Today, when death and old age are increasingly concealed behind euphemisms and comforting baby talk, and life is threatened with being smothered… — Martin Esslin Copy Share Image
Many ideas have struggled over the centuries to dominate the planet. Fascism. Communism. Democracy. Religion. But only one has achieved total supremacy.… — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
This nation is on a course where if we don't do something about it, get federal situation, the fiscal policy [under control],… — Judd Gregg Copy Share Image
Like apples in a barrel infected by one rotten one, the corruption of Greece would infect Iran and all to the east.… — Dean Acheson Copy Share Image
Americans have eliminated Iran's worst enemies, the Taliban in Afghanistan and Saddam [Hussein]. I occasionally threatened my Iranian counterpart in Kabul that… — Zalmay Khalilzad Copy Share Image
TThe most effective way to save the threatened and decimated natural world is to cause people to fall in love with it… — Peter Scott Copy Share Image
Once again, stock markets have been threatened with extinction for almost 75 years, and I have found that stock markets are harder… — Arthur Levitt Copy Share Image
One of the basic steps in saving a threatened species is to learn more about it: its diet, its mating and reproductive… — Dian Fossey Copy Share Image
Negro music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential. Nothing is sacred. After a decade, a musical idea, no matter how innovative, is… — Archie Shepp Copy Share Image
If your faith is threatened by something that's true, then it wasn't much of a faith to begin with, was it? — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
When we carve out a niche for ourselves in our imagined future, and decide that we won't be happy until we achieve… — Nido R Qubein Copy Share Image
When you're threatened, or something hard hits you, acknowledge it, embrace it. Don't pretend that you didn't get hurt - hurt, cry,… — Teresa Heinz Copy Share Image
What once seemed such a curse has become a blessing. All the agony that threatened to destroy my life now seems like… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
They have terrified my poor wife and threatened my very person!" Halt eyed the man impassivley until the outburst was finished. Worse… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
Humans are threatened by anything different, and their response is to fight. They're bullies, picking on the weak, cowering from the strong. — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
When I was perceived as a black man I became a threat to public safety. When I was dressed as myself, it… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they… — Vernon A. Walters Copy Share Image
If you don't have a vision for the future, then your future is threatened to be a repeat of the past. — A. R. Bernard Copy Share Image
To be positive at all times is to ignore all that is important, sacred or valuable. To be negative at all times… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble. — Barbara Taylor Bradford Copy Share Image
I don't have much racial stuff in my act. And no one's ever really threatened me to my face. Threats on the… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
![“Jimmy [Dean] was the most talented and original actor I ever saw work. He was also a guerrilla artist who attacked all restrictions on his sensibility. Once he pulled a switchblade and threatened to murder his director. I imitated his style in art and in life. It got me in a lot of trouble.” quote by Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/290/dennis-hopper-8988_actors_jimmy-dean-was-the-most-talented-and-ori_2505913.jpg)
![“This nation is on a course where if we don't do something about it, get federal situation, the fiscal policy [under control], we're Greece. We're a banana republic. Our status as a nation is threatened by what we've got coming at us in the area of deficit and debt. And it's only a few more years…” quote by Judd Gregg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1a8/judd-gregg-19676_areas_this-nation-is-on-a-course-where-if-we-d_1043447.jpg)
![“Americans have eliminated Iran's worst enemies, the Taliban in Afghanistan and Saddam [Hussein]. I occasionally threatened my Iranian counterpart in Kabul that one day I would send him a big bill for what we did. But, seriously, Iran is pursuing a dual strategy in Iraq. On the one hand, the…” quote by Zalmay Khalilzad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9a1/zalmay-khalilzad-26467_afghanistan_americans-have-eliminated-iran-s-worst-e_1213227.jpg)
