#urgency

We had been hopelessly labouring to plough waste lands; to make nationality grow in a place full of the certainty of God… Among the tribes our creed could be only like the desert grass – a beautiful swift seeming of spring; which, after a day’s heat, fell dusty. ↗

— T.E. Lawrence

#military #beauty

There's people coming in who've never done any politics at all, who've never been in a trade union, they've never been in a political party, they've never done anything, but they do feel a kind of urgency. ↗

— Susan George

#anything #been #coming #done #feel

And they will tell you unequivocally that if we have a chemical or biological attack or a nuclear attack anywhere in this country, they are unprepared to deal with it today, and that is of high urgency. ↗

— Warren Rudman

#attack #biological #chemical #country #deal

What's happened is that an incessant, an insidious insurgency has repeatedly attacked the key infrastructure targets, reducing outputs. ↗

— Stuart Bowen

#happened #incessant #infrastructure #insidious #insurgency

You feel a sense of urgency, especially at my advanced age, when you're staring into the grave. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#advanced age #age #especially #feel #grave

Recent warming coincides with rapid growth of human-made greenhouse gases. The observed rapid warming gives urgency to discussions about how to slow greenhouse gas emissions. ↗

— James Hansen

#coincides #discussions #emissions #gas #gases

I'm a little more measured. That sense of urgency I thought accompanied things - it can take a little longer. You have to take the long view. ↗

— Michael Arad

#i #little #long #longer #measured

The administration needs to speak honestly with the American people. Exaggerating our progress in defeating the insurgency or in creating an Iraqi army paints a dangerous picture. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#american #american people #army #creating #dangerous

We must support initiatives that provide clear, concrete measures and milestones that our troops need for defeating the insurgency, building up Iraqi security forces, and handing over Iraq to the Iraqi people. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#clear #concrete #defeating #forces #handing

This change to a higher phase of alert is a signal to governments, to ministries of health and other ministries, to the pharmaceutical industry and the business community that certain actions now should be undertaken with increased urgency and at an accelerated pace. ↗

— Margaret Chan

#alert #business #business community #certain #change