“Global warming threatens our health, our environment, and our economic security through projected changes in temperature, precipitation, and sea level. Curbing motor vehicle emissions is a tremendous step. Together with cutting emissions from power plants, this will make New York a leader in the fight against global warming.”
Christine Vanderlan
“An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Extreme weather events, drought and rising sea levels threaten the lives and livelihoods of millions of people around the world. Negotiators must remember this as they enter these talks.”
Catherine Pearce
“Throughout history, when our national security has been threatened, we have responded by reducing liberties, ... we ask: We not only want to survive, but survive living under what conditions?”
Carol Lewis
“The growing independence of women threatens the traditional (male) roles. Men who aren't sure of themselves, who feel threatened, often deal with this through violence.”
Carmen Barroso
“They knew there was a threatening storm coming in, so they went to the secure site, came back out, and the roof was gone.”
Darrell Mackey
“The coward threatens when he is safe”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe