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Quotes About Crisis

The easiest time to be faithful is during a time of crisis. The hardest time for faith is when all is well.
~ George W. Bush
Dig trenches? With our men being killed off like flies? There isn't time to dig trenches. We'll have to buy them ready made.
~ Groucho Marx
The climate is not tomorrow. The climate is a year off or maybe 10 years off. So we have to be really clear that we're solving the crisis of economic insecurity at the same time.
~ Jill Stein
When you absolutely don't know what to do anymore, it is time to panic
~ John van der Wiel
Our planet's alarm is going off, and it is time to wake up and take action!
~ Leonardo DiCaprio
We were at the stage where in a very short period of time, one of the world's biggest banks would have to shut the door and switch off the electricity.
~ Alistair Darling
The boats came, and they were only taking a few people at a time, so what happened was they took a boat and said, 'We can have two more children', so the boys went.
~ Anna Lee
Every time you answer the phone, someone is crying, someone is raging, someone is begging you to solve their problems.
~ Aryn Kyle
There was a time when if you had a financial crisis in Southeast Asia somewhere, it had no impact on our markets. Today it does.
~ Barack Obama
There was no time anymore to be quiet or still or pray. So, in many ways, that's what led to my downward spin.
~ Barbara Brown Taylor
A crisis + time = humor.
~ Blaine Lee Pardoe
This is not a time to quail, it is not a crisis, nor should we see it as an excuse for wobbling or self-doubt. But it is a moment for hope...
~ Boris Johnson
The politicians and the religious leaders and the weapons scientists have been at it for a long time and they've made a thorough mess of it. I mean, we're in deep trouble.
~ Carl Sagan
One final bit of advice. The next time a senior administrator of the CIA tells you she has a national-security crisis Leave the bullshit in Cambridge.
~ Dan Brown
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
How about that oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico. And you know, the oil slick is going everywhere. So the next time somebody lands on the Hudson, it won't be that big a deal.
~ David Letterman
A time of crisis is not just a time of anxiety and worry. It gives a chance, an opportunity, to choose well or to choose badly.
~ Desmond Tutu
The economy is in trouble, schools are in trouble, and people have been leaving the city in droves for a long, long time.
~ Drew Carey
The world is only one poor harvest away from chaos. We are so close to the edge that politically destabilising food prices could come at any time
~ Robert Zoellick
Dad, I wrote. I'm with Alice. Edward's in trouble. You can ground me when I get back. I know it's a bad time. So sorry. Love you so much. Bella.
~ Stephenie Meyer
If ever there was a time for a PM ready and able to do the job from day one, this is it.
~ Theresa May
A financial panic is a very bad thing, but a government panic can do far greater damage in a far shorter time.
~ Tom McClintock
We live in a time of record breaking crisis but it's also a time of record breaking vision
~ Velcrow Ripper
If we had joined efforts some time ago [with U.S], we could have avoided many problems the world is facing now, I believe.
~ Vladimir Putin