Crisis Situation Quotes

People under siege turn to us in complete frustration and I get a chance to go in when it's do or die.

Its operation in a world beset by fuel and energy crises makes no sense at all.

Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.

America is in a runaway-train position and dragging all the world with it. It's grotesquely mentally ill.

The desertion of the army is now the most serious evil we have to encounter.

I must say to you that the state of the Union is not good.

People care and are willing to help me out my desperate circumstances.

A tragedy's first act is crowded with supporting players, policeman scribbling in pads and making radio calls, witnesses crimping their faces, EMS guys folding equipment.

Our common country is in great peril, demanding the loftiest views, and boldest action to bring it speedy relief.

I'm an ordinary person under extraordinary circumstances.

I sit up straight and do the first thing a person is supposed to do in an emergency, which is send a text message.

As the situation developed, the futility of attempting suicide in the middle of a hospital became apparent.

In the harrowing aftermath of Haiti's earthquake, one of the greatest needs became desperately clear: safe water.

What are we going to do?" asked the Professor. "At this moment," said Syme, with a scientific detachment, "I think we are going to smash into a lamppost.

If you have a major disaster involving hundreds of thousands, or in this case millions of people, whether it be a natural disaster or an act of terrorism, the first 72 hours are going to be totally chaotic no matter what you plan to do.

We have a country that is in a very delicate situation.

You know, Miss Holly, you look very dramatic like that, backlit by the fire. Very attractive, if I may say so. I know you shared a moment passionne with Artemis which he subsequently fouled up with his typical boorish behavior. Let me just throw something out there for you to consider while we're chasing the probe: I share Artemis's passion but not his boorishness. No pressure; just think about it. This was enough to elicit a deafening moment of silence even in the middle of a crisis, which Orion seemed to be blissfully unaffected by.

Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate.

When you're a leader at any level of any scale, leaders are defined at times of crisis.

I think these movies are as much for people of that time as for people who weren't born. For people who weren't born, they see how leaders must act under a crisis situation, not trying to be re-elected or not trying to check polls, that they go from their gut check.

A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a tight spot. One of them was, "Should I spike myself?"

i'm sure i'm worth a lot more dead than alive

These numbers are staggering, in fact incomprehensible. By all accounts, we are dealing with the greatest health crisis in human history.

In the week following Sandy, we weren't flooded, but we were without everything else - I ended up living by candlelight - no phones, no computers, no light, no power. If we took a walk at night to go and find something to eat, it was completely black, with no lights coming out of the windows, no street lights: a very apocalyptic feeling.

I like to be directed, but when I'm flying and I'm on fire, I don't want someone coming and getting in my way just because they feel like they need to.