“Australia will take more refugees from Syria in response to the growing international crisis but it will not increase the total number of asylum seekers it accepts.” NumbersAcceptingGrowingIncreaseCrisisResponseInternationalAustraliaSyriaRefugeeSeekersAsylumsAsylum Seekers Author:Tony Abbott
“We all have to accept accusations that we ignored the refugee crisis for far too long. The first time that I referred to the Mediterranean Sea as Europe's cemetery was in October 2013, when hundreds of people drowned off Lampedusa. Italians, Maltese, Greeks and Spaniards have been pleading for help for years. But nobody cared.” PeopleYearsFirstsLongHas BeensHelpingAcceptingSeaFirst TimeEuropeCrisisGreekIgnoredRefugeeOctoberCemeteryAccusationPleadingNobody CaresRefugee CrisisSpaniardsMediterranean Sea Author:Martin Schulz
“Almost no one will accept responsibility for his or her role in precipitating a crisis: not leveraged speculators, not willfully blind leaders of financial institutions, and certainly not regulators, government officials, ratings agencies or politicians.” GovernmentResponsibilityLeaderAcceptingRolesPoliticianCrisisInstitutionsBlindFinancialAgencyOfficialsRatingRegulatorsGovernment OfficialsSpeculatorsFinancial Institutions Author:Seth Klarman
“After a crisis we tell ourselves we understand why it happened and maintain the illusion that the world is understandable. In fact, we should accept the world is incomprehensible much of the time.” WorldShouldFactsAcceptingHappenedIllusionCrisis Author:Daniel Kahneman
“As we move forward, you cannot resolve the potential food crisis or shortages without science being part of the solution. Science has to be part of the solution but African governments - and these are decisions for governments, whether they embrace or do not embrace genetically modified food - and for the moment, most African companies do not accept genetically modified seeds.” MomentsGovernmentMovingDecisionCompanyAcceptingSolutionsCrisisEmbraceSeedsMoving ForwardResolveShortageGenetically ModifiedGenetically Modified Food Author:Kofi Annan
“Barack Obama is telling the banking industry what it can and can't charge and what profit he will accept and what level of profit he won't accept. Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter came up with this scheme that resulted in the subprime mortgage crisis. They said it was unfair that poor and minority people didn't have houses, so we're basically gonna give 'em houses. How are we gonna do that? We're going to make the banks loan them money, knowing full well they can't pay it back.” PeopleGivingWellsSaidHousePoorLevelsPayAcceptingKnowingIndustryCrisisBillsClintonProfitBarackMinoritiesEmsSchemesUnfairThey SaidBankingLoanJimmyMortgageCarterMortgage Crisis Author:Rush Limbaugh
“In Cuba, what we do not accept is the comparison of our participatory democracy with bourgeois democracy which has not solved anything for humanity. The only thing it has done is to take humanity towards a precarious point. They have created the environmental crisis, the food crisis, the water crisis and the pandemics all over the world. The reason for that is because they have taken the majority of the resources and given it to militarism paid for by the western powers because it is a great business for them; this is the real truth.” WorldRealReasonDoneHumanityGivenWaterAcceptingDemocracyTakenResourcesPaidCrisisMajorityEnvironmentalWesternComparisonCubaBourgeoisPrecariousMilitarismGreat BusinessPandemicsReal TruthEnvironmental CrisisParticipatory DemocracyWater Crisis Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored by the support of this convention for vice president of the United States. I accept the duty to help lead our nation out of a jobs crisis and back to prosperity - and I know we can do this.” KnowsStatesHelpingJobsNationsPresidentCan DoUnitedAcceptingUnited StatesSupportDutyCitizensCrisisFellowsProsperityVicesConventionsHonoredChairmanVice PresidentDelegates Author:Paul Ryan
“At 17, the smallest crises took on tremendous proportions; someone else's thoughts could take root in the loam of your own mind; having someone accept you was as vital as oxygen. Adults, light years away from this, rolled their eyes and smirked and said, 'This too shall pass' - as if adolescence was a disease like chicken pox, something everyone recalled as a milk nuisance, completely forgetting how painful it had been at the time.” IfsYearsMindSaidLightEyeForgetAcceptingDiseaseAdultsRootsCrisisPainfulProportionChickensMilkSmallestAdolescenceOxygenNuisanceLight YearsPoxThis Too Shall Pass Author:Jodi Picoult
“How very important it is to bring about in the human mind the radical revolution. The crisis is a crisis in consciousness, a crisis that cannot anymore accept the old norms, the old patterns, the ancient traditions. Considering what the world is now with all the misery, conflict, destructive brutality, aggression and so on... man is still as he was, is still brutal, violent, aggressive, acquisitive, competitive and has built a society along these lines.” MenWorldMindHumansStillsImportantCommunityLinesConsciousnessAcceptingSocietyRevolutionConflictBuiltTraditionCrisisMiseryAncientPatternsViolentRadicalDestructiveHuman MindAggressiveAggressionBrutalConsideringNormBrutalityZeitgeist Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“This present window of opportunity, during which a truly peaceful and interdependent world order might be built, will not be open for too long - We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order.” WorldNeedsLongMightOrderOpportunityNationsAcceptingEconomyMajorsBuiltWindowTransformationCrisisTerrorismPeacefulNew WorldNew World OrderWorld OrderVergeNwoOne World GovernmentWindow Of Opportunity Author:David Rockefeller
“If we did not take action to solve this crisis, it could indeed threaten the future of human civilization. That sounds shrill. It sounds hard to accept. I believe it's deadly accurate. But again, we can solve it.” IfsBelieveHumansHardActionI BelieveSoundAcceptingEnvironmentCivilizationCrisisSolveAccurateHuman Civilization Author:Al Gore
“It's not enough simply to wear the badge of corporate responsibility. Business must accept that real change is the only response to climate change and other environmental crises” RealEnoughBusinessResponsibilityAcceptingEconomicsManagementCrisisClimateResponseEnvironmentalClimate ChangeCorporateBadgesReal ChangeEnvironmental CrisisCorporate Responsibility Author:Jonathon Porritt
“People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognize necessity when a crisis is upon them.” PeopleAcceptingCrisisAccepting Change Book:Memoirs Source: Memoirs