Quotes of: Urgency Keyword

I think there is a shared sense of urgency in Washington on fiscal issues.

Jacob Lew

By the time I became chairman and there was more of a feeling of urgency, there was a willingness to accept more forceful measures to try to deal with the inflation.

Paul A. Volcker

In the not-for-profit world, there can be wastefulness because there's not the desperate urgency of when you're on a clock.

Twyla Tharp

There must be a sense of urgency before anything can ever happen.

Secrets of the Italian Gardener

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Leonardo da Vinci

Whether the process proves to be Kyoto or something else, let's acknowledge the urgency of global warming.

Brian Mulroney

What the Super Bowl did for us was give us a sense of urgency.

George Jackson

Enjoy the beauty of simplicity and slowness of life, let go of urgency, stress, and anxiety of life.

Debasish Mridha

I think as a player there's a sense of urgency every single year that this is the year we're going to have success and do the things we're excited about.

Tony Romo

I think what has happened, actually, is that September 11 has given a spur, a renewed urgency, to dialogue between the great faiths.

George Carey

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

I love working with customers. Sales has really influenced everything I do. It has instilled in me the important traits of operating with a sense of urgency and listening to people.

Jeffrey R. Immelt

Urgency fills our life with stress and anxiety. but slowness, simplicity, and love fill our life with beauty and happiness.

Debasish Mridha

The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less urgency, to make up his mind.

Samuel E. Morison

No one questions the validity, the urgency, the essentiality of the Voting Rights Act.

Anthony Kennedy

When we fight upstream against a rocky undercurrent, every foothold takes on a kind of urgency.

Memoirs of a Geisha

All the sanguine guesswork of youth is there, and the silliness; all the novelty of being alive and impressed by the urgency of tremendous trivialities.

Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man

...I fear their false urgency, their call to speed, their insistence that travel is less important than arrival...

Wanderlust: A History of Walking

Water shrinks wool, urgency shrinks time. Shrinkage may be an advantage or the reverse, according to expectation.

Reflections

The fight against child slavery is the fight against traditional mindset, policy deficit, and lack of accountability and urgency for children across the globe.

Kailash Satyarthi

For many people who were never religious or who leave the religion of their childhood behind, it's the experience of having children of your own that brings an urgency to the question of what you believe.

Krista Tippett