“As both a conservative and a Republican, I confess that we deserve to lose this year. We have governed badly and have earned the wrath of voters, who will learn in due course how inadequate the nostrums of liberal Democrats are to the crisis of our times. If I cannot in good faith cast a vote against the Bush years by voting for Obama, I can at least do so by withholding my vote from McCain.” IfsYearsI CanCoursesLosesRepublicanDeserveVoteCrisisDemocratCastsConservativeDuesOur TimeVotingVotersWrathInadequateMccainGood FaithWithholding Author:Rod Dreher
“German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a critical test in her political career. Merkel has been under increasing pressure over the European migrant crisis, and recent polls suggest Angela Merkel, who's been the German leader for more than a decade, could lose an election in her political home state.” Has BeensStatesHomeFacesPoliticalLosesLeaderCareersTestsPressureElectionCrisisCriticalDecadesPollsMigrantsAngelaHome State Author:Rachel Martin
“But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me.” FeelsMayI CanFacesDifficultLosesHurtCrisisForgivingCalmTemperHystericalMasochismMasochistic Author:Emma Thompson
“It isn't the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh - I really think that requires spirit. It's the kind of character that I am going to develop. I am going to pretend that all life is just a game which I must play as skillfully and fairly as I can. If I lose, I am going to shrug my shoulders and laugh - also if I win.” IfsThinkingKindI CanPlayCharacterBigsFacesLife IsSpiritGamesWinningLosesLaughingTroubleTragedyCrisisShouldersCrushPettyHazardsTroubles In Life Book:Daddy-Long-Legs Source: Daddy-Long-Legs
“In times of crisis, it is of the utmost importance that one does not lose her head. Marie Antoinette” DoeLosesImportanceCrisisMarieTimes Of Crisis Author:Robert Asprin
“There are two kinds of women--those who eat in a crisis and those who lose their appetite in a crisis.” KindTwoLosesCrisisAppetite Book:Baby Proof: A Novel Source: Baby Proof: A Novel
“Women only cut their hair in times of crisis... It's somethin' a woman always has the power to do, even when she loses control over everything else. Cuttin' hair is a cry for help.” HelpingLosesCuttingCryHairCrisisTimes Of Crisis Book:Midnight Cactus Source: Midnight Cactus
“Even if we act immediately, the world is doomed to lose many of its animal and plant species and this inturn will reduce the ability of ecosystems to deliver vital services to human populations. The Red List gives all of us a practical tool for raising awareness of the biodiversity crisis and for forging new partnerships within the international community.” IfsWorldGivingHumansCommunityLosesAbilityAnimalAwarenessRedToolsCrisisPlantSpeciesInternationalPopulationListsPracticalsPartnershipDoomedEcosystemsInternational CommunityBiodiversityForgingHuman PopulationRaising Awareness Author:Achim Steiner
“It's been written that the most sublime figure in American history was George Washington on his knees in the snow at Valley Forge. He personified a people who knew that it was not enough to depend on their own courage and goodness, that they must also seek help from God - their Father and preserver. Where did we begin to lose sight of that noble beginning, of our conviction that standards of right and wrong do exist and must be lived up to? Do we really think that we can have it both ways, that God will protect us in a time of crisis even as we turn away from him in our day-to-day life?” PeopleThinkingWayEnoughGodHelpingTurnsFatherLosesWrittenFiguresDependsProtectGoodnessStandardsSightCrisisConvictionNobleGods WillSnowKneesValleysAmerican HistoryDay To DaySublimeGod HelpDay LifeDay To Day LifeTimes Of CrisisValley Forge Author:Ronald Reagan
“I can imagine no greater disservice to the country than to establish a system of censorship that would deny to the people of a free republic like our own their indisputable right to criticize their own public officials. While exercising the great powers of the office I hold, I would regret in a crisis like the one through which we are now passing to lose the benefit of patriotic and intelligent criticism.” PeopleI CanCountryPresidentLosesGreaterImagineRegretExerciseOfficeBenefitsCriticismIntelligentCrisisDenyPassingPassingsOfficialsPatrioticCriticizeRepublicCensorshipGreat PowerDisservicePublic Officials Book:The papers of Woodrow Wilson Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson
“There are many strengths in modern society, but one of its weaknesses is the breakdown of many of the old structures and networks that supported people in times of crisis and need. Whenever we lose a strengthening element in society, we need to replace it with alternative systems as quickly as possible. Befriending schemes are a crucial part of this process, because they fill the gap that social erosion has left in the lives of so many vulnerable people.” PeopleNeedsLeftSocialProcessLosesModernElementsWeaknessCrisisStructureVulnerableAlternativesGapsCrucialSchemesBreakdownModern SocietyStrengtheningErosionTimes Of CrisisBefriending Author:Richard Holloway
“There are people starving in the siege, there are children traumatized and terrified. There are men women and children dying. This is a situation that has reached the proportions of a tremendous humanitarian crisis. It is a tragedy and every minute that passes we lose lives and more people are brutalized and traumatized.” PeopleMenChildrenLosesSituationMinutesDyingTragedyCrisisHumanitarianProportionTerrifiedStarvingMen WomenSiegeChildren Dying Author:Hanan Ashrawi