Quotes About Instability

People in the precariat rely very heavily on money wages.

Any one of us could fall on hard times. Work and housing have the potential to be unstable, especially for those earning low wages or relying on family and friends. It should not be a criminal offence to sleep on the street.

Once the U.S. and NATO walked away from Libya, a chaotic, lawless state in the soft underbelly of Europe arose.

My lifestyle had made me a walking time bomb.

What people don't appreciate, when they picture Terminator-style automatons striding triumphantly across a mountain of human skulls, is how hard it is to keep your footing on something as unstable as a mountain of human skulls. Most humans probably couldn't manage it, and they've had a lifetime of practice at walking without falling over.

Game is bipolar. One day he's this way, the next day he's the next.

I've lived in 11 states, but I'm not an Army brat. My father couldn't hold a job, so every six months, we'd move.

No one was safe in the Viking age. You could die from any cause at any time. It's a brutal time and a brutal environment.

Succession moments are always dangerous for democracies.

Sudden change, even if it is for the good, is disruptive.

Look at a map of the world: the countries which do not trade much, or which trade only in oil and gas, tend to be in regions which suffer the most social and political instability.

I have strange blood sugar levels. I get very odd if I don't eat. I either want to hit someone, cry, or fall asleep.

I've grown up putting my suitcase down, making new friends, and then having to pick it up again, like 'Let's move him to another foster home in six months' time.'

There are no fixtures in nature. The universe is fluid and volatile.

There are no fixtures in nature. The universe is fluid and volatile. Permanence is but a word of degrees.

the transitory feeling of being constantly uprooted was always present.

The girl? She was a time bomb.

I don't know why we behaved like lunatics.

That's how she was. You could never be sure what she would be up to next. There are ships difficult to handle, but generally you can depend on them behaving rationally. With that ship, whatever you did with her you never knew how it would end. She was a wicked beast. Or, perhaps, she was only just insane.

The place where you came from ain't there any more, and where you had in mind to go is cancelled out. This place you are now—inside your daddy's house—is nothing but a cardboard box I can knock down any time. You know that and always did know it. You hear me?

That sensation of things-falling-away. Once the ice begins to crack, it will happen swiftly.   She

vicissitudes might

Everything is fragile; everything is breaking.

Political chaos is scary for the orthodox, creative for the unorthodox; what politics sees as instability appears as dynamism in terms of commercial and cultural development.