Threat Quotes

We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.

Obesity is arguably the gravest public health threat in the United States today.

poverty, mental health problems and 'lifestyle' diseases have come to pose a far greater threat to affected communities than radiation exposure.

Protectionism remains the major threat to global growth.

Air pollution can be a major health threat, especially for at-risk populations and those with respiratory illness. This study will help us target improvements to clean the air, improve the environment and enhance public health.

The security threat has not yet been resolved. We have not made a final decision about whether to reopen tomorrow.

The reality is, this is a case about five dead children. Do I believe Andrea Yates is a threat to the public? Yes. She's the only person I've ever come in contact with who has killed five people.

Unless you have a real sense of precious things under threat, there would be nothing sad about time being limited.

the serious threat that these laws will be used to curtail the right to protest ... We must defend our democratic right to protest.

It is a very choppy market. The earlier hurricane threat did impact the U.S. oil market. Refinery runs were being reduced as workers got evacuated. Now Emily looks to be approaching.

Brick-and-mortar retailers will be too slow to respond to the online threat effectively.

We really need an inch of rain to reduce the threat of wildfire.

There's no shortage of issues for unions to organize around in high-tech--job insecurity, the threat of outsourcing. It's not an issue of whether there'd be responsiveness.

It is unlikely, we think, that they will be able to reorganize and pose a threat to what we hope will be an emerging political situation.

We made contingency plans last week with the threat of a strike. Some guys in Brooklyn made a carpool and came in together. Other guys in Brooklyn had their wives drop them at the Brooklyn Bridge and then they walked. The people on Staten Island took the ferry.

He's a real threat and this is very upsetting to our family and it's very upsetting to Joscelyne. It's been very difficult.

No evacuees are going to be sent here until the threat of Ophelia has passed.

No one has claimed Bubba Jenkins is a threat, that he's a dishonest person or that he's a disruptive person.

Katrina may not be a major storm but she still poses a threat for flooding, for property damage and for somebody to be hurt.

There is a real threat that many people could die as a consequence of the drought if we do not have necessary help in place in time.

I've always had a problem with the average macho man- they've always been a threat to me.

A travel warning is issued when the State Department recognizes a particular threat involved with travel in that country. One possible impetus is, if we have restriction on travel of diplomats to that state, then we will issue a warning.

He adds a threat on the bases with his speed, but for a little guy, he has a lot of power. But he's just a smart baseball player. It's like having a player/coach out there. It's a pleasure watching him play.

[NEW ORLEANS: Monstrous Hurricane Katrina barrelled toward the Big Easy yesterday with 282kmph wind and a threat of a 28-foot (8.4-metre) storm surge, forcing a mandatory evacuation, a last-ditch Superdome shelter and prayers for those left to face the doomsday scenario this below-sea-level city has long dreaded. Katrina intensified into a Category 5 giant over the warm water of the Gulf of Mexico on a path to come ashore early yesterday in the heart of New Orleans. That would make it the city's first direct hit in 40 years and the most powerful storm ever to slam the city.] I'm really scared, ... I've been through hurricanes, but this one scares me. I think everybody needs to get out.

Software patents are a huge potential threat to the ability of people to work together on open source. Making it easier for companies and communities that have patents to make those patents available in a common pool for people to use is one way to try to help developers deal with the threat.