#time bomb

Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice is easy. ↗

— Charles Krauthammer

#bad guy #bomb #captured #case #choice

My lifestyle had made me a walking time bomb. ↗

— Jack Wild

#had #lifestyle #made #me #time

The starting line of the New York Marathon is kind of like a giant time bomb behind you about to go off. It is the most spectacular start in sport. ↗

— Bill Rodgers

#behind #bomb #giant #go #kind

I'm proud of what I've done in Jordan, but the region itself is sitting on a time bomb. ↗

— King Hussein

#done #i #itself #jordan #proud

The Photograph is concerned with the power that the past has to interfere with the present: the time bomb in the cupboard. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#concerned #cupboard #interfere #past #photograph

A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#bomb #fear #got #like #movie

My dear colleague James Hansen, I believe, has finally gone off the deep end... The global warming 'time bomb,' 'disastrous climate changes that spiral dynamically out of humanity's control.' These are the words of an apocalyptic prophet, not a rational scientist. ↗

— Nicholas Drapela

#bomb #changes #climate #colleague #control

Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#fear #go #i #jerusalem #just