Quotes of Exigency - somelinesforyou

“ The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the moment; the philosopher seeks what he conceives to be true, regardless of the moment. ”

- Daniel Bell

“ Ask with urgency and passion. ”

- Arthur James Balfour

“ Anytime you ignore that urgency barrier and relax through that urgency barrier, you come upon and turn into self-knowledge. ”

- Leonard Orr

“ What the Super Bowl did for us was give us a sense of urgency. ”

- George Jackson

“ Yes, there is an emergency this is not just an emergency, it's obviously a chronic crisis,... This thing has been going on a long time and political rhetoric doesn't stop it. ”

- Jerry Brown

“ There is a crisis. ”

- Guy Verhofstadt

“ There is a crisis of public morality. Instead of policing bedrooms, we ought to be doing a better job policing boardrooms. ”

- Robert Reich

“ My music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock'n'roll, and it has an urgency to it. ”

- Neil Young

“ What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn't any philosophy in crises, others make the decision. ”

- Jeannette Rankin

“ When you go to the mind reader, do you get half price? ”

- David Letterman

“ Watch out for emergencies. They are your big chance. ”

- Fritz Reiner

“ Politics is the science of urgencies. ”

- Theodore Parker

“ Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value. ”

- Jim Rohn

“ I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. ”

- Leonardo da Vinci

“ I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. ”

- Russell C. Taylor

“ Crises and deadlocks, when they occur, have at least this advantage, that they force us to think. ”

- Jawaharlal Nehru

“ Every little thing counts in a crisis. ”

- Jawaharlal Nehru

“ Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them. ”

- Wendell Philips

“ I've kind of fallen out of love with politics.... Whatever experience and talents I've gained over the years? I think it may well be that the highest and best use of that is to try to bring enough awareness of the solutions to the climate crisis and enough of a sense of urgency that we come together across party lines on behalf of our children. ”

- Al Gore

“ In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature's way of forcing change — breaking down old structures, shaking loose negative habits so that something new and better can take their place. ”

- Susan Taylor
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