#threats

There are two kinds of idiots - those who don't take action because they have received a threat, and those who think they are taking action because they have issued a threat. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#threats #action

Direct threats require decisive action. ↗

— Dick Cheney

#decisive #decisive action #direct #require #threats

He who does not fear death cares naught for threats. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#death #does #fear #naught #threats

Before I begin talking about the threats we face, the vulnerabilities that we have, and frankly the courage of the men and women in uniform that stand in harm's way on behalf of a very grateful Nation, let me first honor the sacrifices of September 11. ↗

— Zach Wamp

#before #begin #behalf #courage #face

Unless physicians stand together to fight threats and injustices, our practices cannot remain viable in the future. ↗

— Samuel Wilson

#fight #future #injustices #our #physicians

I've had threats. ↗

— Stevie Wonder

#i #threats

Since I speak and write about this a good deal, I am often asked at public meetings, in what sometimes seems to me a rather prurient way, whether I myself or my family have 'ever been threatened' by jihadists. My answer is that yes, I have, and so has everyone else in the audience, if they have paid enough attention to the relevant bin-Ladenist broadcasts to notice the fact. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#islamism #jihadism #osama-bin-laden #personal-questions #terrorism

Beyond the borders of wealthy countries like the United States, in developing countries where most people in the world live, the impacts of climate change are much more deadly, from the growing desertification of Africa to the threats of rising sea levels and the submersion of small island nations. ↗

— Amy Goodman

#beyond #borders #change #climate #climate change

I don't operate under threats. Full stop. I don't. I don't buckle to pressure. ↗

— Saad Hariri

#i #operate #pressure #stop #threats

Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats... for jittery people. ↗

— William Styron

#nameless #people #perpetually #scared #therapy