(812 quotes found)
“As was demonstrated during the 9/11 tragedies and during other emergencies across Maryland and the Nation on an almost daily basis, the heroism and diligence of America's firefighters and first responders is crucial to the health and safety of our communities.”
Paul Sarbanes
“We are pleased to have the American Red Cross, which has long been a leader in emergency preparedness and response, co-sponsor National Preparedness Month 2005, ... The commitment of the American Red Cross and the members of National Preparedness Month Coalition are integral as we work to encourage all Americans to prepare for emergencies. As leaders in their communities, these organizations will help spread life saving information and move the entire nation toward a greater state of preparedness.”
Michael Chertoff
“Like the seventh cavalry emerging o'er the brink of the hill, I come with panniers full of wallpaper”
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
“I found that to emerge from a personal nightmare was to enter an infinitely more pervasive public nightmare the nightmare of American hysteria, ignorance, arrogance, stupidity and belligerence; the most powerful nation the world has ever known effectively waging war against the rest of the world.”
Harold Pinter
“Emergency preparedness is a team sport,”
Eric Whitaker
“This is a big blow to the national litigation strategy of the industry, ... This federal preemption argument was emerging as one of the industry's standard responses to all the issues. It's a main line of defense.”
George Carlo
“I cut the emergency switch just in time to keep 'Winnie Mae' from making an exhibition of herself by standing on her nose. That would have been fatal to our hopes.”
Wiley Post
“Hurricane Katrina was the most significant test of our new national emergency preparedness and response system since 9/11 and it obviously did not pass the test,”
Joe Lieberman
“My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they are needed badly enough, they are accepted.”
Richard Buckminster Fuller
