(1227 quotes found)
“A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.”
Ralph W. Sockman
“Bad schools, crime, drugs, high taxes, the social security mess, racism, the health care ? crisis? unemployment, welfare state dependency, illegitimacy, the gap between rich and poor. What do these issues have in common? Politicians, the media, and our so-called "leaders" lie to us about them. They lie about the cause. They lie about the effect. They lie about the solutions.”
Larry Elder
“At every crisis the Kaiser crumpled. In defeat he fled; in revolution he abdicated; in exile he remarried.”
Winston Churchill
“I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to be an American crisis, of course. If two countries fight that do not supply the Americans with some precious commodity, then the education of the public does not take place. But when the dictator falls, when the oil is threatened, then you turn on the television and they tell you where the country is, what the language is, how to pronounce the names of the leaders, what the religion is all about, and maybe you can cut out recipes in the newspaper of Persian dishes.”
Don Delillo
“What we know about the global financial crisis is that we don't know very much.”
Paul A. Samuelson
“In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.”
Paul Bryant
“The British have a remarkable talent for keeping calm, even when there is no crisis.”
Franklin P. Jones
“Close scrutiny will show that most ''crisis situations'' are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.”
Maxwell Maltz
“Motherhood has relaxed me in many ways. You learn to deal with crisis. I've become a juggler, I suppose. It's all a big circus, and nobody who knows me believes I can manage, but sometimes I do.”
Jane Seymour
“The product, abortion, is skillfully marketed and sold to the woman at the crisis time in her life. She buys the product, finds it defective and wants to return it for a refund. But, it's too late.”
Carol Everett