Quotes About Threat

There's really nothing quite like someone's wanting you dead to make you want to go on living.

The threat today is not passivity, but pseudo-activity, the urge to "be active", to "participate", to mask the Nothingness of what goes on.

To be clear, climate change is a true 800 pound gorilla in the room. The effects of global warming threaten global environmental upheaval over the coming century. But for South Florida and the Everglades, it could be our death knell if urgent action is not taken.

Not very smart," Chudo-Yudo growled. "Stalking a Baba Yaga." He showed a set of sharp white teeth. "Maybe he has a death wish. I could help with that You want me to eat him?

A ruthless foe established on a space station could actually subjugate the peoples of the world,

According to Christian doctrine as it was taught for millennia, Jesus was crucified because, among other things, he threatened Jews' power and financial well-being.

The payoffs of indirectness in rapport and self-defense correspond to the two basic dynamics that motivate communication: the coexisting and conflicting human needs for involvement and independence. Since any show of involvement is a threat to independence, and any show of independence is a threat to involvement, indirectness is the life raft of communication, a way to float on top of a situation instead of plunging in with nose pinched and coming up blinking.

If a child connects being hurt with being bad, weak, unable to cope, or constantly surrounded by threat, there is no room left for inner spiritual growth. For without a sense of safety, spirit remains out of reach; one is forever trying simply to feel secure in this world, yet that security cannot be achieved without overcoming the imprints of early childhood.

Yet and still, from the very first month that I stepped foot out of prison that second time, I have been under constant threat of re-incarceration, but not for committing crimes. That threat comes from the U.S. child support system—the only area in my life where the real prospect of me returning to a prison cell has been a viable possibility.

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

He shoved a magazine into the receiver, and it snapped into place. If someone showed up intending to hurt Kate or Jack, they'd come face-to-face with his Glock 23.

I threatened to gouge one of his eyes out." Cathy

Death has always had a prominent place in my mind. There are times when I think somebody might kill me.

Desmond, don't poke the baby!'... 'I'll get you next time-' Don't threaten the baby either!'...

This isn't funny. She was almost killed.' 'I'm aware. You're waiting to see if I will get angry.' 'I already know you're angry. You're sitting very still and you're talking very quietly. You're getting ready to kill someone.' 'I just need a name.

I mean you ACRES of harm,' Dalrymple growled. 'Untold QUANTITIES of harm. I will visit a whole CONTINENT of harm upon you before we are through.

We're going to get killed, aren't we?" "It looks likely. Our only hope is a surprise attack." "They're looking right at us." "Dammit.

Skulduggery placed both hands on the table and leaned over. "You've heard about me. You've heard about the things I've done." The smirk faded a little. "So?" "So the stories you've heard are nothing compared to the truth, and the truth is nothing compared to what I'll do to you if something happens to Valkyrie. I'm the worst enemy you could ever make, Silas. Look at me and answer honestly, do you believe me?" Nadir swallowed. "Yeah.

I have chiseled features. Look. Look how chiseled they are. And my teeth are at least as white as his. You seriously think he's good-lookin'?" "I do," said Tanith. "Right," Sanguine said and nodded. "I'm gonna kill him." She kept her laugh soft so it wouldn't travel. "I think he's good-looking, but I think you're better looking." "Oh," Sanguine said. "I mean, yeah. I am. I'm glad you noticed.

You killed the teleporters." - Valkyrie "I did." - Paddy "You are Batu." "I am... Sorcerers would tell me their biggest secrets - do you know why? Because I'm a mere mortal. Because they're far too arrogant to think that a mortal could pose a threat to gods like them.

Scapegrace swivelled his eyes to her and she yelped and dropped his head. He bounced, and landed on his ear. "I'll get you," he wheezed. "All of you. You're dead!" Valkyrie didn't know what to do. She glanced back. Even Melancholia's eyes widened in surprise.

Thousands of trained killers are plotting to attack us, and this terrible knowledge requires us to act differently.

Fear was the knowledge of pain, the awareness that you could be hurt, that you could die.

All mankind is now learning that these nuclear weapons can only serve to destroy, never become beneficial.