“The crisis of the fisheries is similar to our economy. This is not one fishery failing, but the whole system.” WholeEconomyFailingCrisisFisheries Author:Daniel Pauly
“People tend to become cynical about even the most appalling crisis if it seems to be dragging on, failing to come to term.” PeopleIfsSeemsTermFailingCrisisCynicalImpatience Book:Antonin Artaud, Selected Writings Source: Antonin Artaud, Selected Writings
“A sure sign of a crisis is the prevalence of cranks. It is characteristic of a crisis in theory that cranks get a hearing from the public which orthodoxy is failing to satisfy.” FailingTheoryEconomicsCrisisHearingComplainingCharacteristicsOrthodoxyCrank Book:Contributions to Modern Economics Source: Contributions to Modern Economics
“It is one of my faults, that though my tongue is sometimes prompt enough at an answer, there are times when it sadly fails me in framing an excuse; and always the lapse occurs at some crisis, when a facile word or plausible pretext is specially wanted to get me out of painful embarrassment.” SometimesEnoughWantedAnswersFailingCrisisFaultsPainfulExcuseTongueEmbarrassmentPromptsPlausiblePretextLapsesFraming Book:Jane Eyre Source: Jane Eyre
“If we fail to solve this moral and spiritual crisis we may be doomed like the great nations of the past.” IfsMayPastSpiritualNationsMoralFailingCrisisSolveDoomedGreat NationsSpiritual Crisis Author:Billy Graham
“The financial crisis was a classic case of the political class failing the American people. Twenty-five agencies were supposed to be minding the store during the financial crisis and every one of them was asleep at the switch.” PeoplePoliticalClassCasesFiveFailingTwentiesCrisisFinancialStoresSupposed To BeClassicAgencyTwenty FiveFinancial Crisis Author:Carly Fiorina
“Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - two bloated and corrupt government-sponsored programs - contributed heavily to the crisis.In order to prevent another crisis, we need to do what we should have done years ago - reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. We also need to repeal Dodd-Frank, the Democrats' failed solution. Under Dodd-Frank, 10 banks too big to fail have become five banks too big to fail. Thousands of community banks have gone out of business.” NeedsShouldYearsTwoDoneBigsGovernmentOrderCommunityGoneFiveFailingSolutionsYears AgoProgramShould HaveCrisisDemocratReformFrankMacsMaeCorrupt GovernmentDodd Frank Author:Carly Fiorina
“Beside the two wars he inherited in Iraq and Afghanistan, and promised to end, a financial crisis at home had pushed the United States to the brink of another Great Depression. When we spoke with the new president in March of 2009, the economy was losing 800,000 jobs a month, the government was throwing hundreds of billions of dollars at failing banks, and the auto industry was on the verge of collapse. Politically pummeled from all sides, Obama did his best to keep a sense of humor.” TwoWarEndsStatesHomeGovernmentJobsSidesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesEconomyFailingMonthsIndustryLosingCrisisDollarsFinancialIraqBillionsSpokesMarchSense Of HumorThrowingAfghanistanCollapseGreat DepressionVergeFinancial CrisisAuto Industry Author:Barack Obama
“Companies that do not actively practice, study, and plan for crisis communications - as well, of course, crisis management - are doomed to fail when a crisis befalls them. Crises are, in a word, inevitable, and those macho companies that think, "it can't happen here," or if it does, "I can handle it," will suffer the hardest failures.” ThinkingSufferingStudyFailingCommunicationManagementCrisisInevitableMacho Author:Steven Fink
“By failing seriously to confront the most predicable economic crisis in our nation's history, the President's policies are committing us and our children to a diminished future.” ChildrenNationsPresidentFailingEconomicPolicyOur ChildrenCrisisEconomic Crisis Author:Paul Ryan
“That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.” WayWellsHas BeensWarHardUseHomeCareAgeSchoolJobsChoicesEnergyLostNationsEconomyViolenceFailingPlanetsUnderstoodEvidenceConsequenceHatredCrisisGreedHealth CareEach DayReachingCollectivesMidstShedNew AgeOur PlanetAdversariesIrresponsibility Author:Barack Obama
“The moment of crisis had come, and I must face it. My old fears, my diffidence, my shyness, my hopeless sense of inferiority, must be conquered now and thrust aside. If I failed now I should fail forever.” IfsShouldMomentsFacesFearForeverFailingCrisisHopelessThrustShynessInferiorityDiffidence Author:Daphne du Maurier