Urgent Quotes

321 quotes by 273 authors

The pace at eBay was frantic and urgent. We knew that if we didn't move fast, somebody would come into the market and quash us.… — Jeffrey Skoll
Military force is irrelevant to many of the most urgent threats we face. If we are to solve our myriad domestic problems and revitalize our… — William Hartung
America has the technology and resources to meet all its energy needs while safeguarding the earth's climate. The urgent question now is, 'Do we have… — Denis Hayes
The lessons of the First Amendment are as urgent in the modern world as the 18th Century when it was written. One timeless lesson is… — Anthony Kennedy
When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch. — R C Sherriff
At every moment in our lives we need compassion, but what more urgent moment could there be than when we are dying? What more wonderful… — Sogyal Rinpoche
This is the real and urgent reason why we must prepare now to meet death wisely, to transform our karmic future, and to avoid the… — Sogyal Rinpoche
Ask yourself these two questions: Do I remember at every moment that I am dying, and that everyone and everything else is, and so treat… — Sogyal Rinpoche
Carbon dioxide pollution is transforming the chemistry of the ocean, rapidly making the water more acidic. In decades, rising ocean acidity may challenge life on… — Sigourney Weaver
Few challenges facing America and the world are more urgent than combating climate change. The science is beyond dispute and the facts are clear. — Barack Obama
Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent and urgent things in your life, it is… — Stephen Covey
Urgent necessity prompts many to do things. — Miguel de Cervantes
I spent the past week here in India getting a sense of the reality of HIV and AIDS in people's lives. Fathers and mothers are… — Ralph Fiennes
No piecemeal solution is going to prevent the collapse of whole societies and ecosystems ... a radical re-thinking of our values, priorities and political systems… — Maude Barlow
The time has come to end this charade. The debts are unaffordable. If they won't cancel the debts I would suggest obstruction; you do it… — Jeffrey Sachs
People have different interpretations of "urgent". — Marco Arment
Only when I saw the Earth from space, in all its ineffable beauty and fragility, did I realize that humankind's most urgent task is to… — Sigmund Jahn
The need for a global structure of control in the form of a world environment court is now more urgent than ever before. — Judi Dench
We are in an extremely precarious and urgent situation that compels immediate action — Unknown Author
Climate change now represents so urgent a threat to mankind that the only way to deal with it is by suspending democracy. — James Lovelock

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