#emergency

Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#emergency #his #legs #perilous #thinks

If we don't change, millions of American families are just one medical emergency, or one layoff, away from financial disaster and bankruptcy. ↗

— Jim Cooper

#american families #away #bankruptcy #change #disaster

There is something mighty suspicious about declaring an emergency for something that has yet to show itself to be a grand pandemic. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#declaring #emergency #grand #itself #mighty

The border sheriffs are locally elected. They're accountable. They know the territory and the people. And they can respond the most quickly to what is a real national security emergency, because the border is unprotected. ↗

— John Culberson

#because #border #elected #emergency #know

No one should have to choose between medicine and other necessities. No one should have to use the emergency room every time a child gets sick. And no one should have to live in constant fear that a medical problem will become a financial crisis. ↗

— Brad Henry

#between #child #choose #constant #constant fear

Ursula, we have to talk…' he said, almost blurting. He couldn’t believe he was in the “we have to talk” position. It was so unnerving. 'I have to ask you… Let’s be each other’s emergency contact numbers.' This was his first concession towards commitment. ↗

— Sharon Weil

#emergency-contact #relationship #we-have-to-talk #relationship

My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they are needed badly enough, they are accepted. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

#badly #emergence #emergency #enough #ideas

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

— Spencer Bachus

#american taxpayer #bill #emergency #gets #health

I'm pretty good at remaining calm during an emergency. My house burned down when I was 12, which made me really pragmatic about what needed to be done. But I can be bad in that I compartmentalize a lot of emotions and push them away to deal with them at a later date. ↗

— Anne Hathaway

#away #bad #burned #calm #date

I was always afraid of dying. Always. It was my fear that made me learn everything I could about my airplane and my emergency equipment, and kept me flying respectful of my machine and always alert in the cockpit. ↗

— Chuck Yeager

#afraid #airplane #alert #always #cockpit