Quotes About Crisis

the collapse of the housing market as it relates to an increase in suburban poverty." So there.

My problem is that the human race seems to want to be destroyed!

Any system of government will work when everything is going well. It's the system that functions in the pinches that survive

What turns a work crisis into a life crisis is the infusion of dread.

The nation, as you know, is at a critical point. At a time like this we can't risk partisan bickering and political posturing. Our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work.

You have 30% of the world unemployed, a huge amount of work, that needs to be done just rebuilding the society alone.

I think we can work through a lot of political and international problems, but what really frightens me is what's happening environmentally.

Computerization brings about an essential change in the way the worker can know the world and, with it, a crisis of confidence inthe possibility of certain knowledge.

Too many Americans are out of work, and our debt is out of control.

When there is a crisis, let your heart pray, but let your hands work.

As long as poverty & hunger is prevalent in any continent or country, then the world at large is never safe.

What happened is we went into a recession beginning in December of 2007 that was the worst since 1929. And it is a very deep hole that we have been struggling to get out of.

The planet is heating; the climate is changing. We know this. We have not just one scientist, or two, but thousands screaming this at us at the top of their lungs. And we have a government full of disinterested, stubborn people who are going to cling to their denial and their nonsense.

It's actually more than 700 case studies that show that, especially in times of crisis, we show our best selves. And we get this explosion of altruism and cooperation. This happens again and again after natural disasters, after earthquakes and after floodings.

The close of my studies with a degree of a Dr. Ing. in 1929 coincided with the great economic crisis, and I was not able to find an academic position. I was therefore very grateful for a position in the newly created laboratory of G.J. Driza in Prague where rare chemicals were produced on small scale.

You need to carry out very careful pre-feasibility and feasibility studies before you enter any crisis situation.

The company, Tiffany Studios, ended up in bankruptcy in 1930 - early '30s.

We are inheriting the worst financial system since the Depression. We're inheriting a situation - when people go back and study major banking crises a quarter century from now, the one that America developed in 2007 and 2008 is going to be one of those crises.

Why should I be studying for a future that soon may not exist?

The stuff that's going on is just so over-the-top, with the banking crisis and destroying the Gulf of Mexico, and the outrage hasn't quite caught up with the people yet. But when it does, I think you're going to see really virulent anti-authoritarian kind of comedy coming out.

New Yorkers want to be compassionate, and they want to live in a city where homeless people aren't stuffed into shelters, spilling out onto the streets. They also want a support system that works.

This is a Disaster. This isn't something somebody can control. We ain't stuck on stupid.

New York periodically goes through a real estate crisis. I didn't subscribe to the school that real estate only goes up.

I've always wanted Americans to see what's happening to their country from the comfort of their suburban homes and their smart phones. I want people to see the beginning of the end of the greatest economic machine that the world has ever seen: America.