Quotes About Crisis

God and the Doctor we alike adore But only when in danger, not before; The danger o'er, both are alike requited, God is forgotten, and the Doctor slighted.

One of the most dangerous and best-kept secrets of the medical profession is the epidemic of anesthesiologists who are addicted to their own drugs.

Hurricane Katrina reiterated the need for [access to] medical records, ... ... But there's going to be a lot more needed than $4 million.

When people are in acute crisis, residential care may be needed, but this should not be seen as a medical issue.

Men only act in a state of necessity and usually only recognise necessity in a situation of crisis.

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

It's time to impeach the president and get a man in there to get us out of this mess.

No man was ever more than about nine meals away from crime or suicide.

It is not man the ecological crisis threatens to destroy but the quality of human life.

It's absolutely stupid that we live without an ozone layer. We have men, we've got rockets, we've got saran wrap - fix it!

When life attains a crisis, man's focus narrows. […] The world becomes a stage of immediate concern, swept free of illusion.

Then she felt shock and shame over the fact that she was thinking about coffee while her planet was being set on fire.

Passing through the utility section she considered getting herself a cup of coffee. Then she felt shock and shame over the fact that she was thinking about coffee while her planet was being set on fire. Then she poured herself a cup of coffee anyway and stepped into the Farm.

Hiro feels even at this moment that something has been torn open in the world and that he is dangling above the gap, staring into a place where he does not want to be.

In any crisis, survivors will always berate themselves that they could have done more," Léna said, almost to herself. She blinked and then her sharp focus returned to Ocyrhoe. "I should get you out of Rome," she said, almost as if to herself.

Passing through the utility section she considered getting herself a cup of coffee. Then she felt shock and shame over the fact that she was thinking about coffee while her planet was being set on fire.

We are all in trouble.... with a bunch of dead people.

Ivy said, "Had we known that it was going to come down, so suddenly, to seven surviving fertile women, we would have had every healthy male masturbating into test tubes for the last three years. We'd have looked for ways to keep it all frozen. But we never imagined it would come to this.

The rest of the day is spent, by Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse and the rest of the Navy, grappling with the fact that many two-dimensional structures on this and other ships, which were put into place to prevent various fluids from commingling (e.g. fuel and air) have holes in them, and not only that but a lot of shit is on fire too and things are more than a little smoky. Certain objects that are supposed to (a) remain horizontal and (b) support heavy things have ceased to do either.

Forget the midlife crisis," I say. "It's all about the sixth-life crisis.

It's so hard to talk when you want to kill yourself.

I'm going to do it tonight. This is such a farce, this whole thing. I thought I was better and I'm not better. I tried to get stable and I can't get stable. I tried to turn the corner and there aren't any corners; I can't eat; I can't sleep; I'm just wasting resources.

People like death and mayhem.

You know it's true… Every disaster movie begins with a scientist being ignored.