Severe Quotes

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The gas-cylinders had by this time been put into position on the front line. A special order came round imposing severe penalties on anyone who… — Robert Graves
A diverse ecosystem will also be resilient, because it contains many species with overlapping ecological functions that can partially replace one another. When a particular… — Fritjof Capra
Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more… — Paul Morphy
The death penalty fulfills a preventive function, but it is also very clearly a form of revenge. It is an especially severe form of punishment… — Dalai Lama
The sources of deflation are not a mystery. Deflation is in almost all cases a side effect of a collapse of aggregate demand.. a drop… — Ben Bernanke
I have a feeling that climate change may be an issue as severe as a war. It may be necessary to put democracy on hold… — James Lovelock
There exists ample authority under which population growth could be regulated...It has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could… — John Holdren
It is one thing to impose drastic measures and harsh economic penalties when an environmental problem is clear-cut and severe....It is foolish to do so… — Frederick Seitz
It is one thing to impose drastic measures and harsh economic penalties when an environmental problem is clear-cut and severe.... — Frederick Seitz
The patriot, like the Christian, must learn to bear revilings and persecutions as a part of his duty; and in proportion as the trial is… — Thomas Jefferson
Yet, should thy darkest fears be true, If Heaven be so severe, That such a soul as thine is lost, Oh! how shall I appear? — Anne Bronte
It serves no purpose to man if there is no room for repentance, and he who is tormented can never grow better...let this punishment be… — Thomas Burnet
Although two thirds of our planet is water, we face an acute water shortage. The water crisis is the most pervasive , most severe, and… — Vandana Shiva
I do not mean to be the slightest bit critical of TV newspeople, who do a superb job, considering that they operate under severe time… — Dave Barry
All preachers of morality, as also all theologians have a bad habit in common: all of them try to persuade man that he is very… — Friedrich Nietzsche
It's unthinkable not to love -you'd have a severe nervous breakdown. Or you'd have to be Philip Larkin. — Lawrence Durrell
Lonnie says it doesn't take long to write a song if you're stricken with a severe case of the Tennysons. He wasn't necessarily talking about… — Dan Jenkins
Sadness, disappointment, and severe challenge are events in life, not life itself. — Richard G. Scott
Nature understands no jesting. She is always true, always serious, always severe. She is always right, and the errors are always those of man. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Unless we have a Central Bank with adequate control of credit resources, this country is going to undergo the most severe and far reaching money… — Jacob Schiff

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