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I think we’ll come right up to the precipice, most people in this city feel it’s inconceivable we could default on our debt. I agree it’s unlikely but it’ll be much closer than people thought. – Greg Valliere	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The planet already is 1.2 degrees hotter, yet new fossil fuel projects every day accelerate our race towards the precipice. Enough is enough, all new exploration and production of coal, oil, and gas must immediately end, and existing production of fossil fuels must be urgently phased out. – Michael Czerny	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
They're walking a very slender path, and on either side of the precipice, they're walking a ridge with steep sides and the ridge is getting narrower. And as the war continues, it will become like a razor. – Seth Cropsey	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
When men have come to the edge of a precipice, it is the lover of life who has the spirit to leap backwards, and only the pessimist who continues to believe in progress. – Gilbert Keith Chesterton	added by Normando 2 years ago
We're at the precipice, if we fall over we're no longer a democracy. – Maria Ressa	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Freedom thrives on the precipice of bondage. Believe in your strength. – Mitchell Koger	added by mitchkoger 3 years ago
The slowing trend evident across categories raises concern that a slowing trend most evident in manufacturing is also becoming more apparent in the broader economy, this should leave the Fed right on the precipice of providing some 'insurance' by cutting rates at the July meeting. – Andrew Hollenhorst	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We're on the edge of a precipice, time is short. We need to pray for God to intervene. We need to ask God to protect, strengthen, encourage, and guide the President. – Franklin Graham	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The UK's aerospace sector now stands at the precipice. – Tom Enders	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We were all over each other! but the one thing that drew Carrie and me back from the precipice was we kind of became aware of what we were doing and just burst out laughing. Which was unfortunate for me because the rocket launch sequence had been initiated. – Mark Hamill	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We are looking at a region where nations are really at a very rapid developing stage or they are at the precipice of a very rapid development stage and so you really can't ignore the growth effect, you just can't, particularly when it comes to resources. – Adam Schlosser	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Oil prices played a big part, but Petrobras has itself to blame too, it's a classic case of mismanagement and government interference. Low oil prices pushed them over the cliff, but they got to the precipice themselves. – Fadel Gheit	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
At the end of the day, I think they'd step back from the precipice and just tinker around with the current system, but you never know. We are living in strange times. – Steven Rosenthal	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I look forward to these meetings as an opportunity to try to pull people back from a precipice and try to move down a road, because everybody understands that in the end, it requires a political solution, it requires two states living side-by-side in peace with two peoples appropriately honored with their countries, and with security. – State John Kerry	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I will go there soon, at some point appropriately, and try to work to reengage and see if we can't move that away from this precipice. – State John Kerry	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The change happened and I said: 'Welcome'. What I care about is that my children live better than us... but I found the country was going... to the precipice, the country needs us, or needs me personally, at this stage. – Bahaa Fikry	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Humans tend to leave it until we’re at the edge of the precipice before we take decisions. I’m an optimist by nature – you can’t work in the environmental world if you’re not. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/62ebf896-ccc9-11e4-b5a5-00144feab7de.html – Yolanda Kakabadse	added by anonymous 8 years ago
What we have essentially is a continuation of the Greece cash squeeze where it is a dancing on the edge of a precipice, they are running out of money so it looks like the next 1-2 weeks are going to be pretty important. – Alvin Tan	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
So you are lean and mean and resourceful and you continue to walk on the edge of the precipice because over the years you have become fascinated by how close you can walk without losing your balance. – Richard Milhous Nixon	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Pleasure is the carrot dangled to lead the ass to market or the precipice. – Robinson Jeffers	added by anonymous 14 years ago

I think we’ll come right up to the precipice, most people in this city feel it’s inconceivable we could default on our debt. I agree it’s unlikely but it’ll be much closer than people thought.

– Greg Valliere

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The planet already is 1.2 degrees hotter, yet new fossil fuel projects every day accelerate our race towards the precipice. Enough is enough, all new exploration and production of coal, oil, and gas must immediately end, and existing production of fossil fuels must be urgently phased out.

– Michael Czerny

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

They're walking a very slender path, and on either side of the precipice, they're walking a ridge with steep sides and the ridge is getting narrower. And as the war continues, it will become like a razor.

– Seth Cropsey

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When men have come to the edge of a precipice, it is the lover of life who has the spirit to leap backwards, and only the pessimist who continues to believe in progress.

– Gilbert Keith Chesterton

added by Normando
2 years ago

We're at the precipice, if we fall over we're no longer a democracy.

– Maria Ressa

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Freedom thrives on the precipice of bondage. Believe in your strength.

– Mitchell Koger

added by mitchkoger
3 years ago

The slowing trend evident across categories raises concern that a slowing trend most evident in manufacturing is also becoming more apparent in the broader economy, this should leave the Fed right on the precipice of providing some 'insurance' by cutting rates at the July meeting.

– Andrew Hollenhorst

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We're on the edge of a precipice, time is short. We need to pray for God to intervene. We need to ask God to protect, strengthen, encourage, and guide the President.

– Franklin Graham

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The UK's aerospace sector now stands at the precipice.

– Tom Enders

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We were all over each other! but the one thing that drew Carrie and me back from the precipice was we kind of became aware of what we were doing and just burst out laughing. Which was unfortunate for me because the rocket launch sequence had been initiated.

– Mark Hamill

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We are looking at a region where nations are really at a very rapid developing stage or they are at the precipice of a very rapid development stage and so you really can't ignore the growth effect, you just can't, particularly when it comes to resources.

– Adam Schlosser

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Oil prices played a big part, but Petrobras has itself to blame too, it's a classic case of mismanagement and government interference. Low oil prices pushed them over the cliff, but they got to the precipice themselves.

– Fadel Gheit

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

At the end of the day, I think they'd step back from the precipice and just tinker around with the current system, but you never know. We are living in strange times.

– Steven Rosenthal

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I look forward to these meetings as an opportunity to try to pull people back from a precipice and try to move down a road, because everybody understands that in the end, it requires a political solution, it requires two states living side-by-side in peace with two peoples appropriately honored with their countries, and with security.

– State John Kerry

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I will go there soon, at some point appropriately, and try to work to reengage and see if we can't move that away from this precipice.

– State John Kerry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The change happened and I said: 'Welcome'. What I care about is that my children live better than us... but I found the country was going... to the precipice, the country needs us, or needs me personally, at this stage.

– Bahaa Fikry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Humans tend to leave it until we’re at the edge of the precipice before we take decisions. I’m an optimist by nature – you can’t work in the environmental world if you’re not. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/62ebf896-ccc9-11e4-b5a5-00144feab7de.html

– Yolanda Kakabadse

added by anonymous
8 years ago

What we have essentially is a continuation of the Greece cash squeeze where it is a dancing on the edge of a precipice, they are running out of money so it looks like the next 1-2 weeks are going to be pretty important.

– Alvin Tan

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

So you are lean and mean and resourceful and you continue to walk on the edge of the precipice because over the years you have become fascinated by how close you can walk without losing your balance.

– Richard Milhous Nixon

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Pleasure is the carrot dangled to lead the ass to market or the precipice.

– Robinson Jeffers

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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