Urgent Quotes

321 Urgent quotes by 273 unique authors

Make no mistake, our military readiness is already suffering, ... According to a recent RAND study, the Army has been stretched so thin that active-duty… — Russ Feingold
The best in art and life comes from a center - something urgent and powerful, an idea or emotion that insists on its being. From… — Roger Rosenblatt
Sex as desired by the class that dominates women is held by that class to be elemental, urgent, necessary, even if or even though it… — Andrea Dworkin
The urgent consideration of the public safety may undoubtedly authorize the violation of every positive law. How far that or any other consideration may operate… — Edward Gibbon
The Democrats had long labeled the impeachment debate a distraction from the urgent business of a great nation. But the Republicans argued that the pursuit… — Peggy Noonan
A very common symptom in maniacal conditions is erotic excitement. This varies from mere coquetry, a somewhat extended application of the command "love one another",… — Unknown Author
The persistence of erroneous beliefs exacerbates the widespread anachronistic failure to recognize the urgent problems that face humanity on this planet. — Murray Gell-Mann
One of the best ways of avoiding necessary and even urgent tasks is to seem to be busily employed on things that are already done. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Boosting mankind's capability for coping with complex, urgent problems — Douglas Engelbart
The church exists primarily for two closely correlated purposes: to worship God and to work for his kingdom in the world ... The church also… — N. T. Wright
Dogs need to sniff the ground; it's how they keep abreast of current events. The ground is a giant dog newspaper, containing all kinds of… — Dave Barry
The next step in human evolution is to transcend thought. This is now our urgent task. It doesn't mean not to think anymore, but simply… — Eckhart Tolle
We embark unhesitatingly on the path, in a direction that is absolutely right and urgent, supported by everyone, in the knowledge that this path is… — Yehudi Menuhin
Fear can give you urgent wings. — Margaret Mahy
I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive stress of intense… — Francesca Lia Block
Times have changed, and science has made great progress, and so has our work; but our principles have only been confirmed, and along with them… — Maria Montessori
Anyone wanting to proclaim the glory of Christ to the ends of the earth must consider not only how to declare the gospel verbally but… — David Platt
For me as a kid, reading cyberpunk was like seeing the world for the first time. Gibson's Neuromancer wasn't just stylistically stunning; it felt like… — Paolo Bacigalupi
Don't wait until you retire to go fishing. Don't even wait until your annual vacation. Go at every opportunity. Things that appear more urgent at… — Ted Trueblood
Unequal Democracy is the sort of book to which every political scientist should aspire--it is methodologically rigorous, conceptually serious, and above all, it addresses urgent… — Robert D. Putnam
A student will send me an urgent appeal to hear her, saying she is poor and wants my advice as to whether it is worth… — Alma Gluck
From the Bush Administration to the 9-11 Commission, there is an urgent and universally recognized need to change the broken formula through which Homeland Security… — Vito Fossella
The need to become a separate self is as urgent as the yearning to merge forever. And as long as we, not our mother, initiate… — Judith Viorst
The planet Earth in its present mode of florescence is being devastated. This devastation is being fostered and protected by legal, political and economic establishments… — Thomas Berry
Everyone knows the phenomenon of trying to hold your breath underwater - how at first it's alright and you can handle it, and then as… — Francis Ford Coppola

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