People are not perfect... very often the relationships that are strongest are those where people have worked through big crises but they've had to work through them. So the challenge to us is to work through that.

It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises wars and atrocities but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural exchanges.

And they said if we help with the crisis they would do a lot of positive acts. After we helped in those crises they showed negative acts and the Japanese and Turks were ashamed.

The completely solitary self: that's where poetry comes from and it gets isolated by crisis and those crises are often very intimate also.

In Hawaii we have something called Ho'oponopono where people come together to resolve crises and restore peace and balance.

Some think that by preparing to deal with crises you make them more likely. I think the wiser judgment is the contrary. In this area at least if you want peace or stability it's better to prepare for war or instability.

I've directed seven movies and know a thing or two about dealing with unexpected crises.

There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long underestimate the risks want to do too little. And it ultimately gets away from them and they end up spending more money causing much more damage to the economy.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

We had periodic crises in this country when the technical intelligence didn't support the policy. We had the bomber gap the missile gap.