Sheri Fink Quotes

I fear very much for our kids, for low income people and for seniors.

And it seems to me correct then, and I think it's correct now, that job one is get the planning done, make sure the buses are there. When that's done, it's completely appropriate to go around and tour around and look at the damage.

Family preparedness has been a long-established welfare principle.

In a disaster you have to have speed. In order to have speed, you have to have trust. And in order to have trust, you have to have people organized and planning before the disaster.

Fire management resembles public health. There is ample money and will for response when the crisis is at hand, But little for the patient labor of prevention, vaccinations, and general wellness. Worse the costs of emergencies is stripping away all resources for everything else.

The nation’s disaster mechanisms do not seem to be in the hands of those who know how to use them.

Crisis management … is the worst type of policy because you will miss things.

Weakness invites war.

Issues like security threats, declining traffic, high insurance premiums, rising fuel costs, among others, call for individual strengths to be aligned towards regional stability.

A government must always be prepared for the unexpected.

We ought to prioritize national disasters... in a fiscally responsible way.

The value of catastrophic events is that they can help people face up to problems that are otherwise impossible to address.

Public safety and emergency preparedness is essential.

I'm afraid to go to sleep; I don't like to lose control of myself. I don't like chauffeurs, either. I like to be in charge of my own destiny.

I know people fear me when they see me in their mirrors. It's a good position to be in because they know they need to defend to the limit.

One of my biggest fears is thinking that there are people in my house when I'm home alone.

All too often on film sets, what happens is everybody gets worried about an actor being sick, a car not turning up, or the weather not being right rather than what we're ending up with onscreen.

In the Army, we address a crisis by identifying critical objectives, planning a response, marshaling resources and communicating the plan clearly.

NASA trains you to assess emergency situations and react in a way to keep yourself and everyone else safe.

Fear is trusting in your own power.

Weakness is a great bully without knowing it.

Threats alone, are the weapons of the threatened man.

The things a man sees when he ain't got a gun.--Watson the Caretaker

Man is always exploited through fear.

Fear is a confession of weakness. What you fear is stronger than you, or you think it is, else you wouldn't be afraid of it.