Emergencies Quotes

• To appropriately respond to an emergency requires a very clear mind, to cooly analyze what the observations are and how to fix it.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Mind, Observation, Clear

  "Ask Me Anything" on Reddit, www.reddit.com. July 08, 2014.

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• At certain crucial moments - an emergency or an opportunity - one must act first and think later.

  Edmund White

  Thinking, Opportunity, Firsts

  Edmund White (2016). “A Boy's Own Story: Picador Classic”, p.42, Pan Macmillan

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• There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

  Charles Dickens

  Life, Strong, Truth

  Charles Dickens (2007). “David Copperfield”, Bloomsbury Pub Limited

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• Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.

  E. M. Forster

  Life, Joy, Preparation

  'Howards End' (1910) ch. 7

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• Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise.

  Thomas Watson, Jr.

  Inspirational, Energy, Arise

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• 'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  War, Historical, Liberty

  "Law, Legislation and Liberty". Book by Friedrich Hayek. Volume 3: "The Political Order of a Free People". Chapter 17: "A Model Constitution", 1973.

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• It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested.

  James Russell Lowell

  Men, Presence Of Mind, Metal Detectors

  Carl Schurz, James Russell Lowell, Ralph Waldo Emerson (2005). “Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Speech A”, Cosimo, Inc.

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• If you're not paying for it through the health plan, you pay for it in the emergency room.

  David Lehman

  Pay, Rooms, Plans

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• Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.

  Robert Baden-Powell

  Taken, Thinking, Surprise

  Robert Baden-Powell, Elleke Boehmer (2005). “Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship”, p.20, Oxford University Press

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• Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.

  William James

  Encouragement, Sith, Resources

  Letter toWincenty Lutoslawski, 6 May 1906

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• We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip may be depended upon in any kind of musical emergency.

  Mark Twain

  Music, Men, Virginia

  Mark Twain (1957). “Mark Twain of the Enterprise: newspaper articles & other documents, 1862-1864”

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• Unless it's an emergency, don't bother me after 6:00 p.m. and on weekends.

  Merv Griffin

  Weekend, Bother

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• Hospitals must provide emergency treatment to all who walk through the door, regardless of their citizenship status or ability to pay.

  Gary Miller

  Doors, Rehabilitation, Pay

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  Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Inspirational, Funny, Letting Go

  FaceBook post by Natalie Goldberg from Jul 25, 2011

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• I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.

  Ronald Reagan

  Funny, Nature, Order

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• Men ever follow willingly a daring leader: most willingly of all, in great emergencies.

  Robert Dale Owen

  Leadership, Men, Daring

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• My life has been a series of emergencies.

  Lana Turner

  Has Beens, Series

  "The Golden Girls of MGM: Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Lana Turner, Judy Garland, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly and Others". Book by Jane Ellen Wayne, 2003.

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• The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can.

  William Feather

  Daily Tasks, Way, Prize

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• Our role is to develop techniques that allow us to provide emergency life-saving procedures to injured patients in an extreme, remote environment without the presence of a physician.

  Chris Hadfield

  Technique, Physicians, Roles

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• Guard units in the U.S. are suffering severe equipment shortages which will affect their ability to respond to emergencies in their home States, such as Katrina

  Ike Skelton

  Home, Suffering, Fierce

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• And I think it's a prudent, responsible way, given the scale of the emergency, the scale of the damage still facing America, that we finance these additional support for the unemployed as well as the support for small business. We think there's a good case for doing it now. We want to do it in an overall fiscally responsible way.

  Timothy Geithner

  Business, Thinking, America

  "Interview with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on "Meet the Press"". www.realclearpolitics.com. July 25, 2010.

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• Most illegals are without health insurance, and when these workers need emergency healthcare, the American taxpayer gets stuck with the bill.

  Spencer Bachus

  Needs, Bills, Healthcare

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• Abortion politics have distracted all sides from what is really essential: a major aid campaign to improve midwifery, prenatal care and emergency obstetric services in poor countries.

  Nicholas D. Kristof

  Country, Abortion, Literature

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• I cannot separate the finances of India from those of England. If the finances of the Indian Government receive any severe and irreparable check, will not the resources of England be called upon to meet the emergency, and to supply the deficiency?

  Richard Cobden

  Government, India, England

  Richard Cobden (1870). “Speeches on Questions of Public Policy”, p.392

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• I have been working, as emergency relief coordinator, on an international scale, very hard to build a wider alliance of partners in assistance efforts.

  Jan Egeland

  Effort, Relief, Alliances

  IRIN Interview, www.irinnews.org. December 9, 2004.

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