Tony Judt Quotes

I worry about the world.

We are facing a storm that most of us have long feared.

There was a touch of anxiety in the whole human race about its future.

There's a lot of despair in the USA. Young people are afraid for the future.

I'm anxious about work, the future, friendships, past relationships... I'm just one of those people that, whatever I'm doing, it's a big worry.

Unless I am gravely mistaken, I am the only reporter in this city, teeming with reporters, who goes to bed every night praying that he is dead wrong. I see danger—fearful danger—hanging over this country that I love. I keep hoping it is a mirage, in which case I shall indeed be dead wrong.

There are many reasons to worry; the evening news is full of them.

I worry about everything in this country in particular.

I fear for the lives of my daughters. I am uncertain about what kind of future they will face.

This [climate change] is potentially so dangerous that we have to act strongly. Do we want to play Russian roulette with two bullets or one?

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

I was convinced that the world was in the departure and paging.

Since 2001, people have been scared. There's been some really scary stuff that's been happening - 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan, Katrina, anthrax letters, D.C. sniper, global warming, global financial meltdown, bird flu, swine flu, SARS. I think people really feel like the system's breaking down.

I think we're lucky to be living when we are, because things are going to get worse.

Who's next?

I fear the future.

If one day someone came up to me and was like, 'Look, you're never going to act again,' I don't know what I would do.

It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.

The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.

I am deeply concerned about America.

What is the world coming to?

My only fear is the unknown.

We are going through a terrible crisis. We do not know exactly what is going to happen, but in our hearts the pendulum of the seismograph is already swinging.

In former times humans had fear of the future. Today the future must have fear of humans.

The warnings of the last 4 years have been ignored. As a result, every single alternative before us is accompanied by grave risks.