The important task rarely must be done today, or even this week...But the urgent task calls for instant action...The momentary appeal of… — Charles Hummel Copy Share Image
It is usual for a woman, even though she may ardently desire to give herself to a man, to feign reluctance, to… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
As parents, we can do a great deal to further this goal by helping our children develop alternative ways of knowing the… — Betty Edwards Copy Share Image
The bulk of our efforts [in The Khaled Hosseini Foundation] has focused on helping build permanent shelters for returning refugees who are… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Nothing is more urgent than a serious, dare I say compassionate, debate as to where we are going at home and abroad.… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
In the midst of global crises such as pollution, wars and famine, kindness may be too easily dismissed as a 'soft' issue,… — Bo Lozoff Copy Share Image
During depression the world disappears. Language itself. One has nothing to say. Nothing. No small talk, no anecdotes. Nothing can be risked… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
I make a forceful and urgent call to the entire Catholic Church, and also to every Christian of other confessions, as well… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The haggardness of poverty is everywhere seen contrasted with the sleekness of wealth, the exhorted labour of some compensating for the idleness… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
You cannot make your life move faster than it's moving. No matter how urgent your situation may seem to be, things are… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Every act of irreverence for life, every act which neglects life, which is indifferent to and wastes life, is a step towards… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
There is an Arabic proverb which says that "Peace comes from understanding, not agreement." Agreements are more easily broken than made; but… — King Hussein I Copy Share Image
Carbon dioxide pollution is transforming the chemistry of the ocean, rapidly making the water more acidic. In decades, rising ocean acidity may… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
Everyone knows the phenomenon of trying to hold your breath underwater - how at first it's alright and you can handle it,… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
The time of reckoning will at length arrive. And when finallly summoned to the bar of God, to give an account of… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
I am now even more persuaded of the urgent need to study why Socrates was accused. The dislike of philosophy is perennial,… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
The proposed liberal solution was always negotiation. Just as they believed in nuclear arms negotiations for their own sake, they believe in… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
I don't want to just add another DVD to the pile. So I think, 'Is this going to have an impact and… — Larry Charles Copy Share Image
If you want, you can try and get a broader perspective, or you can find people who are absolutely out of their… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
They [leaders in Western Europe] do not misuse financial instruments, financial injections, but, first of all, seek structural change. This is urgent… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The problem of environmental children's health is very urgent in Russia. Environmental situation now is the main factor, which determines young generation's… — Maria Cherkasova Copy Share Image
Let us be merciful in our mental judgments of our brothers and sisters, for, in truth, we are all one, and the… — Emmet Fox Copy Share Image
Speaking of people I had to exclude: Hank Williams. which is to say, songs are part of lyric poetry in my book,… — Gregory Orr Copy Share Image
Among the immediate obligations and duties resting upon members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today, and one of… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
I believe that peace with the Palestinians is most urgent - urgent than ever before. It is necessary. It is crucial. It… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Why is the Keystone Pipeline the very first, #1 item on the Republicans' agenda? We know that this pipeline runs terrible environmental… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
In matters like writing and painting, a man does what he has to do - if he has to write, why then,… — Malcolm Cowley Copy Share Image
It is time to stop debating whether the Internet is an effective tool for political expression and instead to address the much… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
The need to become a separate self is as urgent as the yearning to merge forever. And as long as we, not… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
At every moment in our lives we need compassion, but what more urgent moment could there be than when we are dying?… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Most of us still believe in the intrinsic value of nature, but I think the first century of the environmental/conservation movement demonstrated… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
In the case of climate change, the threat is long-term and diffuse and requires broad international action for the benefit of people… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Clearly our first task is to use the material wealth of space to solve the urgent problems we now face on Earth:… — Gerard K. O'Neill Copy Share Image
The urgent finds you; you have to find the important. Importance is not fast. It is slow. It is not superficial. It… — Stewart Brand Copy Share Image
No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The higher our self-esteem, the stronger the drive to express ourselves, reflecting the sense of richness within. The lower our self-esteem, the… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
One sad consequence of this is that people don't feel permitted to try understand Internet infrastructure, so I'm really grateful to groups… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
In every bio-region, one of the most urgent tasks is to rebuild the community of naturalists - so radically depleted in recent… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
The time has come to end this charade. The debts are unaffordable. If they won't cancel the debts I would suggest obstruction;… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
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