Existential Threats Quotes

#1. Writing is a struggle against silence.

Carlos Fuentes

#2. I don't think I found my voice until I reached New York. I suppose it's possible I would have had some kind of different literary career if I had not discovered New York.

Jay McInerney

#3. We talk about God as though he was like a somebody. We ask him to bless our nation, or save our Queen, or give us a fine day for the picnic. And we actually expect him to be on our side in an election or war even though our opponents are also God's children.

Karen Armstrong

#4. His projected face bony and intense, Garth peered out of his booth like an aroused turtle.

Philip K. Dick

#5. The alarm bells sound regularly: cybergeddon; the next Pearl Harbor; one of the greatest existential threats facing the United States. With increasing frequency, these are the grave terms officials invoke about the menace of cybercrime - and they're not understating the threat.

Preet Bharara

#6. I think Madonna has a great deal of intelligence and capability. I have a lot of respect for her. She's taken her career and maximized it with intelligence and creativity.

Carole King

#7. No exclusive," I said aloud, watching Al for his opinion and seeing him shake his head and hold his hands out in a "bigger" gesture. He didn't even know how large the offer was, and he thought I could get one bigger.

Kim Harrison

#8. The office of the president is the most powerful in the world. It is also, at times, the most powerless.

Mark McKinnon

#9. Often what people don't say or leave out, tells the real story.

Shannon L. Alder

#10. Oh, yeah. A big part of my job is drinking martinis when I work in advertising.

Paul W. S. Anderson

#11. I know it's me that needs this moment. Your hand to hold my heart still cares. A thought I will hold when I wake in the morning, when I turn to you and you're not there.

S.L. Northey

#12. We must take care of our minds because we cannot benefit from beauty when our brains are missing.

Euripides

#13. Human beings are inherently endowed with the power to bring out the best possible results from the worst possible circumstances.

Daisaku Ikeda