“With uncertainty in oil markets, a buildup of speculative pressures and the large U.S. current account deficit, there is a real possibility that Paulson's crisis-management skills will be tested.” RealPossibilitySkillsAccountsPressureManagementCrisisCurrentsOilUncertaintyTestedDeficitCrisis ManagementManagement Skills Author:Lawrence Summers
“Tad Homer-Dixon is a rare kind of public intellectual, who combines real expertise with a commitment to communicate to the widest possible readership. In The Ingenuity Gap he wants us all to wake-up to the fearful possibility that our blithe trust in science and technology may be misplaced. Human ingenuity may not be capable of coping with two emerging crises of this century and the next: population growth and environmental despoliation. Read Homer Dixon's wake-up call and you will see the future very differently.” WantHumansKindMayTwoRealNextGrowthTechnologyCenturyPossibilityCapableIntellectualCommitmentWake UpCrisisEnvironmentalPopulationCommunicateGapsFearfulWant UEmergingExpertiseCopingIngenuityScience And TechnologyMisplacedPopulation GrowthReadershipWake Up CallBlithe Author:Michael Ignatieff
“Coming out of the trance of denial is painful. But crises offer us opportunities to rethink our lives. The best thing about despair is that it wakes us up. We can see the world more clearly and open to new possibilities...And we can find new joy in the ordinary.” WorldJoyOpportunityOur LivesPossibilityOffersDespairOrdinaryCrisisPainfulDenialBest ThingsComing OutTranceNew Possibilities Author:Mary Pipher
“Krys Lee has written a book of unforgettable stories, each one building on the other to create a complex, moving portrait of contemporary Korea and its diaspora. She guides us surely through the fallout of war, immigration, and financial crisis, always alert to the possibility of tenderness, transcendence, and even humor along the way. Lee is a writer who really understands loneliness, but her voice is so appealing, and her perceptions so wise, that we feel all the less lonely for knowing her characters and experiencing their lives.” WayFeelsBookWarCharacterStoriesMovingVoiceKnowingWiseWrittenLonelinessPossibilityBuildingPerceptionLonelyCrisisComplexesFinancialGuidesImmigrationContemporaryTendernessPortraitsTranscendenceKoreaFinancial CrisisUnforgettableDiasporaFallouts Author:Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
“Sci-Fi is the genre that explored both possibilities: the end of our existential crisis and the end of our existence. My novel, The 5th Wave, explores the latter scenario, because, frankly, I believe it represents the likeliest outcome of an extraterrestrial encounter. In short, if they're out there, we better hope they never find us.” IfsBelieveEndsI BelieveExistenceNovelPossibilityCrisisWaveGenreOutcomesEncountersLatterSci FiExistentialScenariosExistential CrisisExtraterrestrial5th Wave Author:Rick Yancey
“Computerization brings about an essential change in the way the worker can know the world and, with it, a crisis of confidence inthe possibility of certain knowledge.” KnowsWorldWayCertainWorkKnowledgePossibilityEssentialsCrisisWorkersCertain Knowledge Author:Shoshana Zuboff
“If the ecological crisis, for example, is to be solved and if we are to promote genuine justice and thus bring real peace to the planet-and with it the possibility of improving lives on every level, not just economically, socially, and politically, but spiritually, psychologically, and intellectually-then, just on a practical level, we need to have all of the religions working together.” IfsNeedsRealTogetherJusticeLevelsExamplePossibilityPlanetsCrisisGenuinePracticalsWorking TogetherImprovingEcologicalEcological Crisis Author:Wayne Teasdale
“When the next big problem comes online, be it the Euro crisis, nuclear proliferation, an overstretched Internet, a killer flu, or any of the other possibilities I consider in X-Events, we will suffer a complexity overload.” ProblemBigsSufferingNextEventsPossibilityInternetCrisisNuclearComplexityOnlineKillersFluEuroBig ProblemsProliferationOverloadNuclear ProliferationEuro Crisis Author:John L. Casti
“The rest of the world understands little about China's changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.” WorldLittlesPossibilityCrisisChina Author:Ai Weiwei
“The Israeli-Palestinian problem becomes very acute with Gaza dominated by Hamas. With the possibility of the conflict escalating, not only in terms of Gaza but also the Hezbollah and Lebanon, with the continuing crisis in Iraq, which is very dynamic and unpredictable and which could get out of hand, and maybe even escalate and enlarge.” ProblemHandsTermPossibilityConflictCrisisIraqPalestinianContinuingUnpredictableIsraeliGazaLebanonHamasHezbollahEscalating Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski
“I could have grabbed his shirt collar. I could have pulled him close to me, so close he could feel my breath on his skin, and I could have said to him, "This is just a crisis. A flash! A single match struck against the implacable darkness of time! You are the one who taught me to never give up. You taught me that new possibilities emerge for those who are prepared, for those who are ready. You have to believe!” GivingFeelsBelieveSaidDarknessPossibilityTaughtReadyGiving UpSkinsBreathsCrisisPreparedShirtsFlashNever Giving UpCollarsNew Possibilities Book:The Art of Racing in the Rain Source: The Art of Racing in the Rain
“Therefore, if one were to consider that there was virtually no possibility of success through the US-Japan negotiations, the military and economic pressures would only force Japan into further crisis if time were allowed to pass in vain.” IfsSuccessForceEconomicMilitaryPossibilityPressureCrisisVainJapanNegotiationCongratulations Author:Hideki Tojo
“Access to knowledge is the superb, the supreme act of truly great civilizations. Of all the institutions that purport to do this, free libraries stand virtually alone in accomplishing this mission. No committee decides who may enter, no crisis of body or spirit must accompany the entrant. No tuition is charged, no oath sworn, no visa demanded. Of the monuments humans build for themselves, very few say - touch me, use me, my hush is not indifference, my space is not barrier. If I inspire awe, it is because I am in awe of you and the possibilities that dwell in you.” IfsHumansMayUseBodySpiritSpacePossibilityInspireCivilizationCrisisInstitutionsLibraryMissionsAccessSupremeIndifferenceAweBarriersCommitteesMonumentOathAccompanyUsing MeTouch MeHushSuperbVisaTuitionMy Space Author:Toni Morrison
“The human drama is reaching its denouement. The great unveiling is approaching, a time when the power structures of the world begin to crumble and people of the heart sing out a new truth. Many voices are joining the chorus, many feet are walking the path, many minds are dreaming possibilities for a magnificent future. For beneath the crises that are looming at every level of civilization, the global heart is awakening, beating out the rhythm of a new and glorious dance, calling us to a better way of living.” PeopleWorldWayLifeMindHumansHeartDreamVoiceLevelsPathFeetPossibilityWalkingCallingCivilizationDramaCrisisStructureAwakeningRhythmLive LifeGloriousReachingMagnificentBetter WaysJoiningChorusLoomingUnveilingDenouement Author:Anodea Judith
“We have the opportunity now to join in the celebration of possibility, to align ourselves with the forces of life. We’ll need to become skilled at walking the line between urgency and hope, maintaining our balance in a world out of balance. I’m convinced that out of the crucible of crisis, the greatest love story on Earth could be born.” WorldNeedsStoriesEarthOpportunityForceBornLinesPossibilityBalanceWalkingCrisisConvincedLove StoryCelebrationMaintainingUrgencyGreatest LoveCrucible Author:Velcrow Ripper