Crisis Quotes

1395 Crisis quotes by 997 unique authors

Nature shrinks as capital grows. The growth of the market cannot solve the very crisis it creates. — Vandana Shiva
Funny thing about those Middle Ages, said Joseph. "They just keep coming back. Mortals keep thinking they're in Modern Times, you know, they get all… — Kage Baker
Crack-brained meddling by the authorities [can] aggravate an existing crisis. — Karl Marx
Only a crisis - actual or perceived - produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that… — Milton Friedman
We do not influence the course of events by persuading people that we are right when we make what they regard as radical proposals. Rather,… — Milton Friedman
I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . .… — Abraham Lincoln
You know what's truly weird about any financial crisis? We made it up. Currency, money, finance, they're all social inventions. When the sun comes up… — Bruce Sterling
That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred.… — Barack Obama
As many know, the Chinese expression for "crisis" consists of two characters side by side. The first is the symbol for "danger," the second the… — Al Gore
I had kind of a midlife crisis at twenty which probably doesn’t augur well for my longevity — David Foster Wallace
I finally figured out that not every crisis can be managed. As much as we want to keep ourselves safe, we can't protect ourselves from… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
...handsome people are always interesting to watch. But a handsome person in crisis is riveting. — Augusten Burroughs
It struck him that in moments of crisis one is never fighting against an external enemy, but always against one’s own body... On the battlefield,… — George Orwell
Was there happiness at the end [of the movie], they wanted to know. If someone were to ask me today whether the story of Hassan,… — Khaled Hosseini
In moments of crisis one is never fighting against an external enemy but always against one's own body. — George Orwell
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government IS the problem. It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant, it's… — Ronald Reagan
You are suffering from an ailment that affects ladies of romantic imaginations. Symptoms include fainting, weariness, loss of appetite, low spirits. While on one level… — Diane Setterfield
...the routine of life goes on, whatever happens, we do the same things, go through the little performance of eating, sleeping, washing. No crisis can… — Daphne du Maurier
Great crisis produce great men and great deeds of courage. — John F. Kennedy
What we have been living for three decades is frontier capitalism, with the frontier constantly shifting location from crisis to crisis, moving on as soon… — Naomi Klein
One way to express the spiritual crisis of our time is to say that most of us have an address but cannot be found there. — Henri Nouwen
The perfect fascist state needs to operate in conditions of perpetual warfare. Have you ever noticed how the world has been in constant crisis since… — Grant Morrison
I could have grabbed his shirt collar. I could have pulled him close to me, so close he could feel my breath on his skin,… — Garth Stein
The core problem isn’t the fact that we’re lukewarm, halfhearted, or stagnant Christians. The crux of it all is why we are this way, and… — Francis Chan
Even if we could grow our way out of the crisis and delay the inevitable and painful reconciliation of virtual and real wealth, there is… — Herman E. Daly

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