“When children arrive, or when some crisis occurs, couples don't have the resources to deal with it because they've been so busy getting on with their lives. They haven't learned how to sit down and discuss things.” ChildrenDealsHavensCoupleResourcesDown AndCrisisBusy Author:Janet McTeer
“If we do not change our negative habits toward climate change, we can count on worldwide disruptions in food production, resulting in mass migration, refugee crises and increased conflict over scarce natural resources like water and farm land. This is a recipe for major security problems.” IfsProblemWaterNaturalLandSecurityHabitConflictMajorsMassResourcesNegativeCrisisClimateClimate ChangeProductionsFarmsRefugeeRecipesScarceNatural ResourcesDisruptionMigrationRefugee CrisisFood ProductionScarce Resources Author:Michael Franti
“The energy crisis has not yet overwhelmed us, but it will if we do not act quickly. It's a problem that we will not be able to solve in the next few years, and it's likely to get progressively worse through the rest of this century. We must not be selfish or timid if we hope to have a decent world for our children and grandchildren. We simply must balance our demand for energy with our rapidly shrinking resources. By acting now we can control our future instead of letting the future control us.” IfsWorldYearsChildrenProblemAbleNextEnergyActingCenturyBalanceDemandResourcesOur ChildrenCrisisSolveSelfishAlternativesDecentOur FutureGrandchildrenOverwhelmedShrinkingChildren And GrandchildrenBeing SelfishEnergy CrisisActing Now Author:Jimmy Carter
“Medicaid protects impoverished children, the frail elderly and people in crisis, .. Its limited resources will be further stretched serving hurricane victims. Proponents of Medicaid cuts either undervalue Medicaid assistance or underestimate American compassion.” PeopleChildrenCompassionCuttingProtectResourcesCrisisVictimServingUnderestimateAssistanceElderlyHurricanesFrailMedicaidLimited Resources Author:Sherrod Brown
“My fellow Americans, people all over the world, we need to solve the climate crisis, it's not a political issue, it's a moral issue. We have everything we need to get started, with the possible exception of the will to act, that's a renewable resource, let's renew it.” PeopleWorldNeedsPoliticalMoralIssuesResourcesCrisisFellowsClimateSolveExceptionMoral IssuesPolitical IssuesRenewable Resources Author:Al Gore
“We must seek support in the moral values that have ensured the progress of our civilization. Honesty and hard work, responsibility and faith in our strength are bound to bring us success. There should be no place for despondency. The crisis can and must be fought by uniting our intellectual, spiritual and material resources.” ShouldHardSpiritualValuesResponsibilityMoralHistoryPowerSupportProgressHonestyMaterialsHard WorkCivilizationIntellectualResourcesEconomicsCrisisBoundsDebtSocialismTaxationMoral ValuesUnitingDespondency Author:Vladimir Putin
“With each newly minted crisis, US leaders roll out the same time-tested scenario. They start demonizing a foreign leader ... charging them with being communistic or otherwise dictatorial, dangerously aggressive, power hungry, genocidal, given to terrorism or drug trafficking, ready to deny us access to vital resources, harboring weapons of mass destruction, or just inexplicably "anti-American" and "anti-West." Lacking any information to the contrary, the frightened public ... are swept along.” GivenLeaderInformationReadyDrugWeaponsMassResourcesDestructionCrisisWestDenyTerrorismAccessContraryHungryFrightenedAggressiveLackingTestedScenariosWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionChargingTraffickingAnti-americanPower HungryDrug Trafficking Author:Michael Parenti
“The reason territorial monarchs failed time after time against maritime powers was not that absolutist, non-consensual governments were incapable of building great fleets in peace - quite the reverse - but that they were unable to fund them in the crises of war. Mainly this was because they were forced to divert resources from the fleet to their armies, to fight territorial rivals frequently financed by their maritime enemy from the profits of sea trade.” WarReasonGovernmentFightingEnemySeaBuildingResourcesArmyCrisisTradeProfitFundReverseIncapableRivalsMonarchsTerritorialMaritime Author:Peter Padfield
“I believe water will be the defining crisis of our century — from droughts, storms, and floods to degrading water quality. We'll see major conflicts over water and the proliferation of water refugees. We inhabit a water planet, and unless we protect, manage, and restore that resource, the future will be a very different place from the one we imagine today.” BelieveDifferentTodayI BelieveWaterQualityImagineCenturyPlanetsProtectConflictMajorsResourcesCrisisStormManageFloodRefugeeDefiningDifferent PlaceDroughtDegradingProliferationWater Quality Author:Alexandra Cousteau
“In all these cases, part of the reasons for failure perhaps was not analyzing and assessing the true nature of the crisis, the resources that would be required, and exaggerated expectation of what the U.N. troops can do.” ReasonWould BeCan DoCasesExpectationsResourcesCrisisTroopsTrue NatureExaggeratedAnalyzingAssessing Author:Kofi Annan
“We cannot feast on global resources while the world's poor struggle to survive on inhospitable lands. It is as simple as that. It is the rich who are making the world poorer. Environment and Poverty are one crisis, not two.” WorldTwoSimplePoorPovertyStruggleRichEnvironmentLandResourcesCrisis Author:Petra Kelly
“The existence of poverty in the US should not be accepted as a necessary evil or insoluble problem, but should be considered a crisis requiring emergency measures. It is a matter of will and priorities, not a matter of resources.” ShouldMatterProblemEvilExistencePovertyResourcesCrisisAcceptedPrioritiesEmergenciesNecessary Evil Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.” ShowsCourageGreaterResourcesEncouragementCrisisTensionEmergenciesSith Author:William James
“I think all of us have really got to redouble our efforts, first of all, to pay attention to the K-12 crisis. The sad fact is that I can look at your zip code and tell whether you're going to get a good education. That's not fair. And secondly, I hope that all of us who were fortunate enough to have benefited will put our time, our resources and our efforts into making sure that kids, particularly kids without means, have a way to achieve.” ThinkingWayFirstsLooksMeanI CanEnoughFactsKidsEffortPayAttentionAchieveResourcesFairsCrisisPay AttentionCodeFortunateOur TimeNot FairGood EducationZips Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I have put together resources from the private and philanthropic communities to help provide a bridge because you've got to get the federal money. You've got to get the state money, but I'm going to do everything I can. And I will be with Flint all the way through this crisis in whatever capacity I am.” WayI CanStatesHelpingTogetherCommunityResourcesCapacityCrisisBridgesPhilanthropic Author:Hillary Clinton
“Everybody is always talking about droughts and sea level rise, but when human civilization, with more crowding and greater resource depletion, is under that much stress, it translates into wars and huge displaced populations. The Syrian refugee crisis is just a first taste of what it's going to be like. I don't want my kids growing up in that kind of world.” WorldWantFirstsHumansKindWarKidsLevelsTalkingGrowing UpGreaterGrowingSeaHugeCivilizationTasteResourcesStressCrisisPopulationTranslateRefugeeDroughtKids Growing UpRefugee CrisisHuman CivilizationSyrian RefugeesSea Level RiseResource Depletion Author:James Cameron
“The constant drive for campaign dollars has distorted decision-making in Washington, DC, to the point where our systems can no longer effectively address complex, long-term problems like the climate crisis. Which brings me to my other major concern - the short-term focus of capitalism. It distorts the allocation of resources and the decision-making processes of companies.” LongProblemProcessTermDecisionCompanyFocusMajorsCapitalismResourcesConcernCrisisConstantDollarsClimateComplexesCampaignsLong TermAddressesDecision MakingShort TermWashington DcAllocationDecision Making Process Author:Al Gore
“They have stolen the public lands. They have grasped all to themselves, and by their unprincipled greed brought a crisis of unparalleled distress on forty millions of people, who have natural resources to feed, clothe and shelter the whole human race.” PeopleHumansWholeNaturalRacePovertyMillionsLandResourcesCrisisGreedHuman RaceFortyShelterDistressStolenNatural ResourcesPublic Lands Author:Denis Kearney
“Many flagship state universities have wonderful digital libraries that are accessed by people around the world. In future, if not current, budget crises, trustees, board members, and administrators may wonder why these state institutions - with an articulated primary clientele of students, faculty, and staff members and a secondary clientele of all citizens of the state - should be spending resources on a digital library that is used by many people beyond the primary and secondary service populations.” PeopleIfsWorldShouldMayStatesUsedWonderWonderfulStudentsCitizensMembersResourcesCrisisInstitutionsLibraryUniversityPopulationCurrentsSpendingAround The WorldPrimariesBudgetsBoardsDigitalFacultyStaffAdministratorsTrusteesBoard MembersStaff Members Author:Tom Peters
“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
“The crisis of our diminishing water resources is just as severe (if less obviously immediate) as any wartime crisis we have ever faced. Our survival is just as much at stake as it was at the time of Pearl Harbor, or the Argonne, or Gettysburg, or Saratoga.” IfsWaterSurvivalResourcesRainRiversCrisisStakesSeverePearlsHarborsWartimeWater ResourcesGettysburgWater Crisis Book:The Coming Water Famine Source: The Coming Water Famine
“The essence of Africa's crisis is fundamentally its extreme poverty and therefore its inability to mobilize out of its own resources even the barest of minimum resources to address any of the public health crises that Africa faces.” FacesPovertyHealthResourcesEssenceCrisisExtremesAddressesMinimumInabilityPublic HealthEnding PovertyExtreme Poverty Author:Jeffrey Sachs
“The ecological crisis shows the urgency of a solidarity which embraces time and space... A greater sense of intergenerational solidarity is urgently needed. Future generations cannot be saddled with the cost of our use of common environmental resources.” UseShowsSpaceCommonGreaterGenerationsCreationNeededCostResourcesCrisisEmbraceEnvironmentalSolidarityTime And SpaceFuture GenerationUrgencyEcologicalEcological Crisis Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“From the Great Depression, to the stagflation of the seventies, to the current economic crisis caused by the housing bubble, every economic downturn suffered by this country over the past century can be traced to Federal Reserve policy. The Fed has followed a consistent policy of flooding the economy with easy money, leading to a misallocation of resources and an artificial 'boom' followed by a recession or depression when the Fed-created bubble bursts.” CountryPastEasyMoneyEconomyEconomicCenturyPolicyResourcesEconomicsCrisisCurrentsConsistentFedsBubblesArtificialReservesSeventiesHousingOver The PastRecessionsGreat DepressionFederal ReserveFloodingEconomic CrisisDownturnEasy MoneyEconomic DownturnHousing Bubble Author:Ron Paul
“The [economic crisis] means that we have to address the challenges and the risks, and we need to take into account the level of resources. Doing better with less means doing it more together.” NeedsMeanTogetherChallengesLevelsRiskEconomicResourcesAccountsCrisisAddressesEconomic Crisis Author:Stephane Abrial
“The easiest period in a crisis situation is actually the battle itself. The most difficult is the period of indecision - whether to fight or run away. And the most dangerous period is the aftermath. It is then, with all his resources spent and his guard down, that an individual must watch out for dulled reactions and faulty judgment.” RunningFightingIndividualDifficultSituationWatchesDangerousPeriodsBattleJudgmentResourcesCrisisReactionsRunning AwayIndecisionAftermath Author:Richard M. Nixon
“Poetry is a natural energy resource of our country. It has no energy crisis, possessing a potential that will last as long as the country. Its power is equal to that of any country in the world.” WorldLongCountryLastsEnergyNaturalEqualResourcesCrisisOur CountryPoetry IsPossessingNo EnergyEnergy CrisisNatural Energy Book:Of Poetry and Poets Source: Of Poetry and Poets
“If we use resources productively and take to heart the lessons learned from coping with the energy crisis, we face a future confronted only, as Pogo, once said, by insurmountable opportunities. The many crises facing us should be seen, then, not as threats, but as chances to remake the future so it serves all beings.” IfsShouldHeartSaidUseFacesScienceOpportunityEnergyChanceLearningEnvironmentLessonsResourcesRiversCrisisThreatEnvironmentalOur EnvironmentCopingRemakesInsurmountableLesson LearnedSave The EnvironmentSaving The EarthEnergy Crisis Author:Hunter Lovins
“Your country, my country - each is a better and stronger and more influential nation because each can rely upon every resource of the other in days of crisis. Beyond this, each can work and grow and prosper with the other through years of quiet peace.” YearsCountryNationsGrowsQuietResourcesStrongerCrisisPresidentialRelyInfluentialThrough The YearsRely Upon Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“We must work to repeal trade agreements that impede access to affordable generic drugs. We must work to cause the IMF and the World Bank to reduce and eventually eliminate the debt that takes poor nations' resources away from crises like AIDS. We must focus America's leadership on addressing and ending this epidemic.” WorldAmericaNationsCausesPoorFocusDrugResourcesCrisisTradeDebtAidsAccessAgreementAffordableEpidemicsGenericTrade AgreementsImfWorld BankPoor Nations Author:Dennis Kucinich
“Despite our significant public-policy differences, I commend Jim Wallis for advocating religious belief as an invaluable resource in addressing the urgent moral and social crises of our time.” BeliefSocialDifferencesReligiousMoralPolicyResourcesCrisisSignificantDespiteOur TimeUrgentReligious BeliefAdvocatingPublic PolicyInvaluable Author:Richard Land
“We must alert and organise the world's people to pressure world leaders to take specific steps to solve the two root causes of our environmental crises - exploding population growth and wasteful consumption of irreplaceable resources. Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today.” PeopleWorldTwoProblemTodayFacesCausesGrowthLeaderStepsResourcesRootsPressureCrisisEnvironmentalPopulationSolveConsumptionOur EnvironmentOverconsumptionWorld LeaderExplodingIrreplaceablePopulation GrowthOverpopulationRoot CauseEnvironmental ProblemsWorld PopulationEnvironmental CrisisPopulation Problem Author:Jacques Yves Cousteau