Emergencies Quotes - Page 9

• Particularly conservative Christians, I was very angry that they were not involved more in the AIDS emergency.

  Bono

  Christian, Conservative, Aids

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• I was in end stage heart failure, liver and kidneys shutting down, and on an emergency basis they went in and planted a pump in my chest. It was battery operated. That kept me alive for 20 months and that got me to the transplant. And I wake up every morning now with a smile on my face, thankful for the gift of another day I never expected to see.

  Dick Cheney

  Morning, Heart, Batteries

  "Former Vice President Dick Cheney talks NSA surveillance program". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. June 16, 2013.

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• The middle of 'America's Women' is about the Civil War, and how women, black and white, confronted slavery and abolition. As in every other period of crisis, the rules of sexual decorum were suspended due to emergency.

  Gail Collins

  War, Black And White, America

  Gail Collins (2009). “America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines”, p.9, Harper Collins

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• There is something mighty suspicious about declaring an emergency for something that has yet to show itself to be a grand pandemic.

  Billy Corgan

  Pandemics, Shows, Suspicious

  "Billy Corgan: Swine flu was 'created by man'" by Sean Michaels, www.theguardian.com. October 29, 2009.

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• There's only a couple times when fame is ever helpful. Sometimes you can get into a restaurant where the kitchen is just closing. Sometimes you can avoid a traffic violation. But the only time it really matters is in the emergency room with your kids. That's when you want to be noticed, because it's very easy to get forgotten in an ER.

  Bill Murray

  Couple, Kids, Kitchen

  "Bill Murray: The ESQ+A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. May 23, 2012.

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• We're handing them [young people & future generations] a climate system which is potentially out of their control. We're in an emergency: you can see what's on the horizon over the next few decades with the effects it will have on ecosystems, sea level and species extinction

  James Hansen

  Future, Sea, Ecosystems

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• ...the debate among the scientists if over. There is no more debate. We face a planetary emergency. There is no more scientific debate among serious people who've looked at the science...Well, I guess in some quarters, there's still a debate over whether the moon landing was staged in a movie lot in Arizona, or whether the Earth is flat instead of round.

  Al Gore

  Science, Moon, People

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• Nothing in the Constitution of the United States gives the Congress or the Executive Branch the power to attempt the task of regulating climate, as impossible as that would be under any realistic scenarios. No national security emergency exists relative to climate that would warrant increased governmental control of energy production. Today's Americans have an obligation to future Americans to elect leaders who do not believe in an omnipotent government but believe, as did the Founders, in limited government, and in the preservation of liberty and the natural rights of the people.

  Harrison Schmitt

  Believe, Rights, Government

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• Fifty percent of the women in this country are not having orgasms. If that were true of the male population, it would be declared a national emergency.

  Margo St. James

  Sexy, Country, Males

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• Watch out for emergencies. They are your big chance.

  Fritz Reiner

  Watches, Chance, Bigs

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• The one weapon every man, soldier, sailor, or airman should be able to use effectively is the rifle. It is always his weapon of personal safety in an emergency, and for many it is the primary weapon of offence and defense. Expertness in its use cannot be over emphasized.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Gun, Men, Safety

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• Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of "emergency". It was the tactic of Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini. In the collectivist sweep over a dozen minor countries of Europe, it was the cry of men striving to get on horseback. And "emergency" became the justification of the subsequent steps. This technique of creating emergency is the greatest achievement that demagoguery attains.

  Herbert Hoover

  Country, Horse, Men

  Herbert Hoover (1952). “Memoirs: The great depression, 1929-1941”

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• Emergency does not increase granted power or remove or diminish the restrictions imposed upon power granted or reserved. The Constitution was adopted in a period of grave emergency. Its grants of power to the federal government and its limitations of the power of the States were determined in the light of emergency, and they are not altered by emergency.

  Charles Evans Hughes

  Light, Government, Liberty

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• Poor human nature cannot bear such strains as heavenly triumphs bring to it; there must come a reaction. Excess of joy or excitement must be paid for by subsequent depressions. While the trial lasts, the strength is equal to the emergency; but when it is over, natural weakness claims the right to show itself.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Depression, Joy, Excess

  Charles H. Spurgeon (2010). “Lectures to My Students”, p.192, Zondervan

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• Such a man the times have demanded, and such, in the providence of God was given us. But he is gone. Let us strive to deserve, as far as mortals may, the continued care of Divine Providence, trusting that, in future national emergencies, He will not fail to provide us the instruments of safety and security.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Religious, Men, Safety

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.132, Wildside Press LLC

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• The fact, however, to which I want to call attention is that the master of Judo never relies upon his own strength. He scarcely uses his own strength in the greatest emergency. Then what does he use? Simply the strength of his antagonist. The force of the enemy is the only means by which that enemy is overcome.

  Lafcadio Hearn

  Mean, Rely Upon, Enemy

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• There are nearly 1 million Americans who visit the emergency room each year because of dental pain at a cost that runs into the hundreds of millions.

  Miles O'Brien

  Running, Pain, Years

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• It's absolutely the wrong signal, I think, to those who have entered this country legally or those who may be considering illegal immigration for a lot of benefits to be provided... Emergency medical needs should be met, but otherwise I think send the wrong signal to those who have come into the country legally and those who may be considering illegal immigration. So as you know, I've called for an increase in the border patrol agents. I've looked at that from both the standpoints of drugs and to prevent illegal immigration, but I think that's where the focus should be.

  Elizabeth Dole

  Country, Thinking, Focus

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• Friends aren't jumper cables. You don't throw them into the trunk and pull them out for emergencies.

  Charlie Krueger

  Friendship, Trunks, Jumpers

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• There is no doubt in my mind that this is the greatest problem confronting mankind at this time and that it has reached the level of a state of emergency.

  David de Kretser

  Doubt, Mind, Levels

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• Some call this civil war; others call it emergency -- I call it pure evil.

  George W. Bush

  War, Evil, Pure

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• But there's no emergency kit for marriage. No neat plan you can turn to when the ground shifts beneath your feet.

  Michelle Richmond

  Feet, Neat, Turns

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• Once a kata has been learned, it must be practised repeatedly until it can be applied in an emergency, for knowledge of just the sequence of a kata in karate is useless.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Useless, Martial Arts, Karate

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• This is a limiting factor in the way we have been able to help, ... We need to determine to what extent does an 'emergency declaration' go.

  Richard Burr

  Doe, Needs, Able

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• All of us are responsible to provide for ourselves and our families in both temporal and spiritual ways. To provide providently, we must practice the principles of provident living: joyfully living within our means, being content with what we have, avoiding excessive debt, and diligently saving and preparing for rainy-day emergencies. When we live providently, we can provide for ourselves and our families and also follow the Savior's example to serve and bless others.

  Robert D. Hales

  Spiritual, Mean, Rainy Day

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