“We already know enough to begin to cope with all the major problems that are now threatening human life and much of the rest of life on earth. Our crisis is not a crisis of information; it is a crisis of decision of policy and action.” KnowsHumansEnoughProblemActionEarthDecisionInformationPolicyMajorsCrisisHuman LifeThreateningMajor ProblemsRest Of Life Author:George Wald
“Before you go alter body, do some research and find out how many women have major life-threatening complications from nose jobs. Ask about how many nose jobs gone terribly wrong, and if you thought your face was wrong before, look what happens after. The more we start augmenting our bodies, the more and more we start to look alike, then nobody is special anymore.” IfsLooksBodyHappensJobsFacesAsksGoneSpecialMajorsResearchNosesYour FaceThreateningComplication Author:Halle Berry
“Apollo 11 will probably go down in history as one of the major responses of two nations facing each other with threatening technologies - sometimes called mutually assured destruction. It was also the America's response to the apparent superiority of the Russians in putting objects into space before USA could.” TwoSometimesAmericaNationsSpaceTechnologyObjectsMajorsDestructionResponseUsaSuperiorityThreateningAssuredApolloTwo NationsApollo 11Mutually Assured Destruction Author:Buzz Aldrin
“We have not done the things that are necessary to lower emissions because those things fundamentally conflict with deregulated capitalism. ... We are stuck because the actions that would give us the best chance of averting catastrophe - and would benefit the vast majority - are extremely threatening to an elite minority that has a stranglehold over our economy, our political process, and most of our major media outlets.” GivingDoneActionPoliticalProcessChanceEconomyMediaConflictBenefitsMajorsCapitalismMajorityClimate ChangeStuckMinoritiesElitesCatastropheThreateningOutletsEmissions Author:Naomi Klein
“Without a deal [with Iran], the international sanctions regime will unravel with little ability to reimpose them. With this deal, we have the possibility of peacefully resolving a major threat to regional and international security. Without a deal, we risk even more war in the Middle East and other countries in the region would feel compelled to pursue their own nuclear programs, threatening a nuclear arms race in the most volatile region in the world.” WorldFeelsLittlesWarCountryAbilityDealsRaceRiskMiddleSecurityPossibilityArmsMajorsProgramThreatInternationalEastNuclearPursueRegionsIranRegimesMiddle EastOther CountriesNational SecurityThreateningCompelledSanctionsArms RaceNuclear ArmsNuclear Arms Race Author:Barack Obama
“The emergence of India as a major global power is an idea whose time has come. This is a legitimate ambition for China. This is a legitimate ambition for India. And the challenge for the humanity is to evolve a world system in which the legitimate ambitions of both our countries can find constructive expression without threatening anybody else.” IdeasCountryHumanityChallengesExpressionAmbitionMajorsIndiaChinaOur CountryEvolveThreateningConstructiveEmergence Author:Manmohan Singh
“Around 1998, I went through lots of pressures and struggles. My children got married within eight months of each other, my son was diagnosed with cancer and went through major surgery and radiation, my mother had five life-threatening hospitalizations where I stayed with her, my husband's dental office burned to the ground.” ChildrenMotherStruggleFiveSonMonthsHusbandOfficeMarriedMajorsPressureCancerEightMy ChildrenMy HusbandMy SonRadiationBurnedSurgeryThreateningDental Author:Anne Graham Lotz