Survival Quotes - page 22

For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times. (Gary Bauer)
Evolution does not necessarily favor the longest-lived. It doesn't necessarily favor the biggest or the strongest or the fastest, and not even the smartest. Evolution favors those creatures best adapted to their environment. That is the sole test of survival and success. View quote
Harvey V. Fineberg
We know over very national survival is at stake; and we believe that we should support our troops, yes, and work for an outcome that results in victory. View quote
J. D. Hayworth
Humor - I see it as a survival skill. View quote
Jill McCorkle
I think that the majority of messages are validating messages to confirm the survival of conscious. And many times that validation message is negative or sad. View quote
John Edward
Israel is now sustaining a war for its own existence. A nation defending its citizens against terrorist bombings and a military and diplomatic onslaught by an array of Arab foes is practicing survival, not genocide. View quote
Jacob T. Schwartz
My survival was up to me. I had nothing and I had no one. What I did have, I told myself, was my mind, my imagination, my memory, my feelings, my spirit. These were important and powerful things. View quote
John Marsden
I know that in the battle of ideas, Republican politicians are at a distinct disadvantage. Their fundamental philosophy - which I characterize as survival of the fittest, richest and whitest - is too callous for most Americans. View quote
John Yarmuth
I say that humans are the only ones in this world that need everything within it... But there is nothing in the world that needs us for its survival. We aren't the masters of the earth. We're the servants. View quote
Joseph Boyden
If I read not amiss, this powerful race will move down upon Mexico, down upon Central and South America, out upon the islands of the sea, over upon Africa and beyond. And can any one doubt that the results of this competition of races will be the 'survival of the fittest?' View quote
Josiah Strong
It feels good to know you contributed positively to another's life, to their happiness, to their survival. It gives us a sense of purpose. (Joy Bryant)
As in the war of 1941-45, our victory and our survival depend on how and where we attack. View quote
James Forrestal
I have no qualms about saying I am more confident in the medical treatment in America. The breast cancer survival rate is 20 per cent higher than in the UK. View quote
Koo Stark
When I first read Anne Frank's 'Diary of a Young Girl,' I saw for the first time that a girl could be a writer and that it had something to do with survival and with ethics and fighting against evil. I admired her, though her diary remained terrifying and mysterious to me. She was a character in a real fairy tale - fairy tales are brutal. View quote
Kate Bernheimer
We need art. We've been telling stories since the beginning. As human beings, we need it for our survival. View quote
Lili Taylor
As a journalist, it is so easy to get hardened when you see so many stories that are disturbing. Sometimes it's just your survival mechanism that makes you hardened to some of it. View quote
Linda Vester
The economic and social decline of Zimbabwe is shocking and appalling. Life there is unrecognisable from that of the recent past. Each day is a struggle for basic survival. View quote
Lucy Powell
Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally. View quote
Lena Headey
People are all vulnerable in so many different ways. We go into survival mode a lot of times. View quote
Malin Akerman
To understand why dictators fall, it helps to recognise factors that produce a perfect anti-dictatorial storm. Barring missteps such as those that led to Gaddafi's undoing, a dictator's survival can be at risk because of newness in office, poor health, or old age combined with economic trouble. View quote
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
I think the word for me is survival, not ambition. I'm really a lucky man. I've always accepted whatever I was in, whether it was driving a taxi or entertaining. The jet set might not enjoy what I do, but I deal with the average person. (Don Ho)
When you are born rich, you have all these options. You can pursue a career path that you find interesting; there's no need or pressure to start working to get funds just for survival, which is something a lot of people have to struggle with. View quote
Jamie Johnson
One of the things about jail that's weird is that you're sent to a place where you're supposed to sit there and think about your actions and their consequences and why you're there. And I think now, it turns more into - the minute you go there, it's just survival. View quote
Lane Garrison
What might be happening in human beings who experience near death is that they are getting cold, but before they get so cold that they would die, they're actually diminishing their oxygen consumption in a way that is unknown. And that extends their survival limits, so they can appear dead but actually not be dead. View quote
Mark Roth
High among the unpredictable variables that endanger the survival of worthy buildings are the vagaries of taste. View quote
Martin Filler