Quotes about Stake

Our All is at Stake, and the little Conveniencys and Comforts of Life, when set in Competition with our Liberty, ought to be rejected not with Reluctance but with Pleasure. Votes: 3

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze. Votes: 2

When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me. Votes: 2

All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake. Votes: 2

Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman's natural fitness for the career of mother: the alternatives are all too expensive. Votes: 2

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times. Votes: 2

The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment. Votes: 2

If my kids came to me and said, 'I'm gay,' I'd say, 'Son, I love you.' That's never at stake. Never, never, never at stake. Votes: 2

I need some kind of emotional stake in it to write my lyrics, assuming that place. It might just be an emotion I understand but am not currently experiencing necessarily. Votes: 2

In England we burnt redheads at the stake, because we thought they were witches. There are still young redheads in Britain getting ripped for having red hair. 'Oy, Ginger!' Votes: 2

Child slavery is a crime against humanity. Humanity itself is at stake here. A lot of work still remains, but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime. Votes: 2

Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake. Votes: 2

If you don't have a real stake in the new, then just surviving on the old - even if it is about efficiency - I don't think is a long-term game. Votes: 2

All religion seems to need to prove that it's the only truth. And that's where it turns demonic. Because that's when you get religious wars and persecutions and burning heretics at the stake. Votes: 2

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment. Votes: 2

The war correspondent has his stake - his life - in his own hands, and he can put it on this horse or that horse, or he can put it back in his pocket at the very last minute. Votes: 2

When you've got the Daytona 500 out there at stake and everything riding on the line, guys go for it, and the guys that go for it are the ones that are either going to win or they're going to wreck. Votes: 2

Many young Muslims see no opportunities for themselves and do not feel they have control over their lives or a stake in their nation's future. Such pessimism leads to disengagement. We risk losing a generation of young Muslims to apathy and extremism. Votes: 2

Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice is easy. Votes: 2

A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own. Votes: 2

The one thing emphasized in any creative writing course is 'write what you know,' and that automatically drives a wooden stake through the heart of imagination. If they really understood the mysterious process of creating fiction, they would say, 'You can write about anything you can imagine.' Votes: 2

God's plan for enlarging His kingdom is so simple - one person telling another about the Savior. Yet we're busy and full of excuses. Just remember, someone's eternal destiny is at stake. The joy you'll have when you meet that person in heaven will far exceed any discomfort you felt in sharing the gospel. Votes: 2

On behalf of NARAL Pro-Choice America - and our one million member activists - I am honored to be here to talk to you about what's at stake for women in 2012. I am proud to say that the Democratic Party believes that women have the right to choose a safe, legal abortion with dignity and privacy. Votes: 2

Every time a pundit or elected official is on any TV news program, it should be a polite formality to mention that GE has made such and such billions off the war in Iraq by selling arms or that Murdoch is a right-wing activist with a clear stake in who wins and who taxes his profits the least. Votes: 2

I love working if it's with people who are capable of having a good time. People with a little bit of enjoyment of what they do. If it's enormous pressure, and people feel that their lives are at stake, then it's agony. So I try to pick projects where I feel like I'm going to avoid those traps. Votes: 2

It doesn't give me any satisfaction to think that my concerns will be validated by my grandchildren's generation. I would love to be wrong in everything. My grandchildren are my stake in the near future, and it's my great hope that they might one day say, 'Grandpa was part of a great movement that helped to turn things around.' Votes: 2

There cannot be enduring peace, prosperity, equality and brotherhood in this world if our aims are so separate and divergent, if we do not accept that in the end we are people, all alike, sharing the Earth among ourselves and also with other sentient beings, all of whom have an equal role and stake in the state of this planet and its players. Votes: 2

Challenging American leadership is not at stake. Votes: 0

Waterboarding ok if national security were at stake. Votes: 0

When nothing is at stake, everything's a waste. Votes: 0

A married man turns his staffe into a stake. Votes: 0

A hot stake is better than a cold chop. Votes: 0

We all have a stake in the battle against Ebola, Votes: 0

Unless you stake your life, life will not be won. Votes: 0

When the gospel is at stake, everything is at stake. Votes: 0

The world never burned a casual Christian at the stake. Votes: 0

Each and every day, Israel's very existence is at stake. Votes: 0

Vitam impendre vero. (To stake one's life for the truth.) Votes: 0

We only rise above mediocrity when there's something at stake. p. 174 Votes: 0

...Ivy’s COOK THE STEAK, DON’T STAKE THE COOK apron... Votes: 0

The civilized world has a common stake in defeating the terrorists." Votes: 0

The civilized world has a common stake in defeating the terrorists. Votes: 0

I would die at the stake rather than change a semi-colon! Votes: 0

Whoever has the most at stake should have the most power. Votes: 0

Now go and stake some vamps. Especially the sparkly emo ones. Votes: 0

It is my dream to have a controlling stake of Arsenal. Votes: 0

Psychological pseudoscience dies hard, especially when there are commercial interests at stake. Votes: 0

Faced with the election of a Catholic, our culture is at stake. Votes: 0

There has never been more at stake for women's health and rights. Votes: 0

Names and individuals are unimportant when Germany's final fate is at stake. Votes: 0

Performances are always more interesting to me when something is at stake. Votes: 0

It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground. Votes: 0

In order to succeed... you have to put a stake in the ground. Votes: 0

Nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment. Votes: 0

In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interest are at stake. Votes: 0

Everyone hates a martyr; it's no wonder martyrs were burned at the stake. Votes: 0

We should stake our whole existence on our willingness to explore and experience Votes: 0

There's not a higher stake than someone having to face their own death. Votes: 0

I think any man would be nervous if his liberty is at stake. Votes: 0

I hate witches. Humans had the right idea, burning them at the stake. Votes: 0

If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it. Votes: 0

Courage is indispensible because in politics not life but the world is at stake. Votes: 0

Democracy has no convictions for which people would be willing to stake their lives. Votes: 0

I like to put a stake in people, because I know people helped me. Votes: 0

Love is for the living, for people who have a stake in the future. Votes: 0

The world is scary, and things are overwhelming, and there's a lot at stake. Votes: 0

When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act. Votes: 0

Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor. Votes: 0

All things are possible, once enough human beings realize that everything is at stake. Votes: 0

Book burnings. Always the forerunners. Heralds of the stake, the ovens, the mass graves. Votes: 0

The reason academic disputes are so vicious is that so little is at stake. Votes: 0

Do you think we should drive a stake through his heart just in case? Votes: 0

Never underestimate the potential for human stupidity when wealth and power are at stake. Votes: 0

Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness. Votes: 0

Work with your competitors when the interest of the community and planet are at stake. Votes: 0

Humanity as a species must change dramatically and radically or our survival is at stake... Votes: 0

Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections. Votes: 0

Yes, I very much like to have a personal stake in what I'm writing about. Votes: 0

For courage, there must be something at stake. I come here with nothing to lose. Votes: 0

We would do our theology better if more was at stake in what we said. Votes: 0

There is too much at stake for us to surrender to the politics of polarization. Votes: 0

The battle is on, and nothing less than the soul of America is at stake. Votes: 0

It is rational to believe, as it is our very existence that is at stake. Votes: 0

I say we should stake him to an anthill and throw little pickles at him! (Selena) Votes: 0

When there is more money at stake it affects the atmosphere and things become more businesslike. Votes: 0

The fellow who tends the greenhouse gardens? Trust me, Lady, you'd let him stake your tomatoes. Votes: 0

The need for some venture of faith still remains; one must stake one's life upon something. Votes: 0

Irrational barriers and ancient prejudices fall quickly when the question of survival itself is at stake. Votes: 0

There is more at stake here than just our lives. It is the lives around us. Votes: 0

What is always at stake in any decision we make is what that choice turns us into. Votes: 0

When mundane, lowly activities are at stake, too much insight is detrimental—far-sightedness errs in immediate concerns. Votes: 0

As a new entrepreneur, you need a stake in the game, but you can't risk it all. Votes: 0

I think if I had lived back in Salem, I would have been burned at the stake Votes: 0

The Russians have a lot at stake, and the power of Moscow pride should never be underestimated. Votes: 0

The American people...have a stake in non-conformity. For they know that the American genius is non-conformist. Votes: 0

No agnostic ever burned anyone at the stake or tortured a pagan, a heretic, or an unbeliever. Votes: 0

A national primary election would electrify the people and give them a larger stake in the outcome. Votes: 0

To be first-rate at anything you have to stake your all. Nobody's an artist 'on the side'. Votes: 0

When the lives and the rights of children are at stake, there must be no silent witnesses. Votes: 0

Usually my form of turning someone down was shoving a stake through his heart while smirking, Gotcha! Votes: 0

Any idiot can be brave, but courage is about knowing what's at stake, and moving forward anyway. Votes: 0

There's a real question at stake now. Is President Obama creating a civil war in our own country? Votes: 0

Look, I think the public generally understands that what's at stake in Afghanistan is American security, number one. Votes: 0

No form of government can survive that excludes dictatorship when the life of the nation is at stake. Votes: 0

True idealists are rare; they are the dedicated workers, who would, if need be, die at the stake. Votes: 0

If it's about the lives of my soldiers at stake, I'd go through hell with a gasoline can. Votes: 0

With so much at stake in this election, both Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan should 'go rogue.' Votes: 0

We have a stake in one another...what binds us together is greater than what drives us apart. Votes: 0

Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima we know what is at stake. Votes: 0

When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities. Votes: 0

If you have to be burned at the stake, be a good fellow and collect your own fire-wood. Votes: 0

Skepticism is not a position that you stake out ahead of time and stick to no matter what. Votes: 0

Available energy is the main object at stake in the struggle for existence and the evolution of the world. Votes: 0

The task of science is to stake out the limits of the knowable, and to center consciousness within them. Votes: 0

A lot of science started off as magic, where people were burned at the stake for doing science basically. Votes: 0

If anything, there's more at stake when you're older, and more responsibility and more legitimate things to worry about. Votes: 0

We will not rest until the wooden stake is punched through the heart of the Enron lawsuit against us. Votes: 0

We have a situation where the security of America is at stake, and it's a very, very serious situation. Votes: 0

Every step of progress the world has made has been from scaffold to scaffold, and from stake to stake. Votes: 0

Our way of life is at stake, our grandchildren are at stake, the future of civilization is at stake. Votes: 0

I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life. Votes: 0

When a man's life is at stake no delay is too long. [Lat., Nulla unquam de morte cunctatio longa est.] Votes: 0

Rune: "They're getting away!"Thatz: "Our Dragon Knights honor is at stake! Let's get 'em!"Rath: "'Dragon Knights honor'? Really? Votes: 0

In these uncertain times, I know 100 percent that I can stake my life on the unshakeable, unchanging promises of God! Votes: 0

But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake. Votes: 0

I looked him in the eye. "I will always love you." Then I plunged the stake into his chest. Votes: 0

Mankind must give up war in the Atomic Era. What is at stake is the life or death of humanity. Votes: 0

America's honor, your honor is at stake. Go out and preserve the greatest country in the history of the world. Votes: 0

We do not have the luxury of despair right now. There is too much at stake, for too many people. Votes: 0

Virginia is the place, where, technologically speaking, they will burn people at the stake for possessing such things as toasters. Votes: 0

Let's go tell everyone we meet that, when the American dream is at stake, you want Barack Obama in charge. Votes: 0

Our country stands at a critical point in its history. Our heritage as a nation of immigrants is at stake. Votes: 0

...she yanked open her shoulder bag and pulled out a stake. Boy Scouts and vampire slayers should always be prepared. Votes: 0

Commanders and senior officers should die with troops. The honour of the British Empire and the British Army is at stake. Votes: 0

Religion is passionate, reckless, destructive, idol-smashing. It's a martyr burning at the stake. It's a crown of thorns and a cross. Votes: 0

A prayerful heart and an obedient heart will learn, very slowly and not without sorrow, to stake everything on God Himself. Votes: 0

The government to you is what God is to agnostics--only to be invoked when your own well being is at stake. Votes: 0

Just as the camera draws a stake through the heart of serious portraiture, television has killed the novel of social reportage. Votes: 0

Perspective gets lost in moral certainties. Which only means that no one was ever burned at the stake by a doubter. Votes: 0

Never must the existence or the essence of man as a whole be made a stake in the hazards of action. Votes: 0

We must have clean water and the health and the welfare of our children is at stake and is at risk. Votes: 0

It took 35 years, but the time was well spent and I think I have established a good stake in the future. Votes: 0

[Before being burned at the stake for her faith:] Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames. Votes: 0

If both parties have a stake in the other, the chances of them killing each other are going to be reduced. Votes: 0

I mourn for the stake which was lost at Richmond more deeply than I rejoice over that which was saved at Waterloo, Votes: 0

There's a great quote about Virginia Woolf, she had the same spiritual stake in her diaries as she had in her writing. Votes: 0

Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. Votes: 0

As citizens, we must prevent wrongdoing because the world in which we all live, wrong-doer, wrong sufferer and spectator, is at stake. Votes: 0

Obviously, there's the temptation to sit back and smile, .. But there's so much at stake, we have to do our due diligence. Votes: 0

Sometimes time actually works against you if you refuse to face the relevant issues and explain to the public what is at stake. Votes: 0

A cardinal principle in systems theory is that all parties that have a stake in a system should be represented in its management. Votes: 0

Upon a life I did not live, upon a death I did not die; another's life, another's death, I stake my whole eternity. Votes: 0

As the largest and most developed democracies of Asia (India and Japan), we have a mutual stake in each other's progress and prosperity. Votes: 0

Working with children is the easiest part of educating for democracy, because children are still undefeated and have no stake in being prejudiced. Votes: 0

One with God is always a majority. But many have been burned at the stake while the boats were being counted. Thomas Reed Votes: 0

In choosing a hypothesis there is no virtue in being timid. I clearly would have been burned at the stake in another age. Votes: 0

Dracula, who said while they drove a wooden stake into his heart, Boy, I sure hope this is heartburn. Never got a dinner! Votes: 0

Ill met by moonlight,' said Deirdre.'You could still be tied to a stake,' said Random, and she did not reply. Votes: 0

I am so tired of being told by Democratic operatives to 'suck it up' because so many other profound issues are at stake. Votes: 0

When the Champions League is at stake, ... you do everything you can, whether it's called gamesmanship or cheating, to put the opposition off. Votes: 0

One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being counted. Votes: 0

As someone who was born in Israel, you're put in a position of defending Israel because you know how much is at stake. Votes: 0

Like an audience entertained by a magician, we allow ourselves to be deceived by those with a stake in persuading us to ignore reality. Votes: 0

It is easier to drive a stake through the heart of a blood-sucking vampire than to kill off a money-sucking and useless government program. Votes: 0

She felt the familiar calmness of an emergency, but she understood the falseness of that feeling, now that it was her life at stake. Votes: 0

History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself. Votes: 0

Strictly speaking, Rosneft is not a company. Let us not forget that BP has a stake in Rosneft and BP is a British company. Votes: 0

As the essence of courage is to stake one's life on a possibility, so the essence of faith is to believe the possibility exists. Votes: 0

I don't want somebody telling my daughter who she can marry, or what she can do with her body. That's what was at stake. Votes: 0

And have your mother put my head on a stake? Do you have any notion what that would do to my handsome good looks? Votes: 0

The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. Votes: 0

Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose. Votes: 0

We're at a point in history where everyone needs to pay attention to politics. Too much is at stake for us to be apathetic. Votes: 0

Here in Europe, I think that there are a lot of young people who forget the issues that were at stake during the Cold War. Votes: 0

The last hope of human liberty in this world rests on us. we ought, for so dear a stake, to sacrifice every attachment & every enmity. Votes: 0

Get to know your characters as well as you can let there be something at stake, and then let the chips fall where they may. Votes: 0

He who rejoices even at the stake triumphs not over pain but over the absence of pain where he had anticipated feeling it. A parable. Votes: 0

Mitt Romney's energy policy is a relic of the 19th century. We need a 21st century plan. The fate of the planet is at stake. Votes: 0

As long as anyone anywhere is being made to feel less human, our very definition of humanity is at stake, and we are all vulnerable. Votes: 0

I played with fire, did counsel spurn, Made life my common stake; But never thought that fire would burn, O that a soul could ache. Votes: 0

When love takes you by the hand and leaves you better, that is home. That's the place to stake your claim and build your life. Votes: 0

The attainment of wholeness requires one to stake one's whole being. Nothing less will do; there can be no easier conditions, no substitutes, no compromises. Votes: 0

My job is to provide the president with the richest possible consideration, so that he knows what is at stake in whatever decision he makes. Votes: 0

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake. Votes: 0

Villains used to always die in the end. Even the monsters. Frankenstein, Dracula - you'd kill them with a stake. Now the nightmare guy comes back. Votes: 0

At stake are two different visions of faith, the Church of Caesar, powerful and rich; and the Church of Christ - loving, poor and spiritually rich. Votes: 0

If you show someone something you've written, you give them a sharpened stake, lie down in your coffin, and say, ‘When you’re ready’. Votes: 0

The safety of the country is at stake. . . . We must let ourselves be killed on the spot rather than retreat. . . . No faltering can be tolerated today. Votes: 0

In our timidity and our shoddy opportunism we are always stirred when a man appears on the horizon willing to stake his all on a conviction. Votes: 0

We would be 1,500 years ahead if it hadn't been for the church dragging science back by its coattails and burning our best minds at the stake. Votes: 0

I think if anybody had a roll of dice with a lot of money at stake, they would not want Wes Craven and a romantic comedy. Votes: 0

The battle of the euro is being fought right now in Spain and Italy. The future of the euro is at stake in the next weeks. Votes: 0

The friends that have I do it wrong Whenever I remake a song, Should know what issue is at stake: It is myself that I remake. Votes: 0

Write words you’re willing to burn at the stake for. Write words you’d believe in even if the rest of the world didn’t. Votes: 0

Out of the way! We are in the throes of an exceptional emergency! This is no occassion for sport- there is lace at stake!" (Ms. Pole) Votes: 0

Out of the way! We are in the throes of an exceptional emergency! This is no occassion for sport- there is lace at stake! (Ms. Pole) Votes: 0

I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large. Votes: 0

The right to vote gives every eligible American a voice in our electoral politics. There's too much at stake to stay silent as this right is eroded. Votes: 0

One of the greatest values of controversy is its revealing nature. The real issues at stake come into the open and have the possibility of being reconciled. Votes: 0

It does not seem to me to be sufficiently recognized everywhere among the officials that the existence or non-existence of our people and Empire is at stake. Votes: 0

Pressure is high and jobs are at stake. There is nothing wrong with having commercial music to pitch for those situations, as well as for ad campaigns. Votes: 0

Human sacrifice is much in vogue right now. The Republican right thinks that people who get on its nerves, especially women, should be sent to the stake. . . Votes: 0

Because our homeland and very survival are once more at stake, the American people can't afford to treat this new war against terrorism like they did Vietnam. Votes: 0

Wars are times of intense technological transformation, because societies invest - sometimes with extensive borrowing - when and where matters of life and death are at stake. Votes: 0

People need to believe that they can participate fully in the decisions that affect their lives and have a stake in the societies in which they live Votes: 0

Those who have most at stake in the old culture, or are most rigid in their beliefs, try to summon people back to the old ideas.' Votes: 0

Nothing less than the fate of the planet is at stake... No place on the planet can remain an island of affluence in a sea of misery. Votes: 0

A good novel should be deeply unsettling - its satisfactions should come from its authenticity and its formal coherence. We must feel something crucial is at stake. Votes: 0

The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest. Votes: 0

Memo to future presidents: Never stake your entire survival on the painful passing of a bad bill. Never take the country down the road to 'Demon Pass.' Votes: 0

What is at stake in the debate over health care is more than the mere crafting of policy. The issue is now the identity of the Democratic Party. Votes: 0

If I could have him like this in my dreams every night of my life, I'd stake my entire life on dreams and be done with the rest. Votes: 0

The old saw says, 'Let a sleeping dog lie.' Right. Still, when there is much at stake it is better to get a newspaper to do it. Votes: 0

There really is confusion out there. Finding common ground sounds good. But the reality is, a lot of people on all sides have a stake in the fight. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I think at the beginning of one's writing life, negative reviews are what one does to get attention and stake out your territory. It's also often a mistake. Votes: 0

Even from far away, I could see people being chased by hellhounds, burned at the stake, forced to run naked through cactus patches or listen to opera music. Votes: 0

At the beginning of the twentieth century barbarism can throw off its gentle disguise, and burn a man at the stake as complacently as in the Middle Ages. Votes: 0

I think a lot of people view the death penalty as a debate class or something. The cost and what's at stake is really, really a big deal. Votes: 0

It's very worrying at this time in the world that any point of view should be prohibited, that's banned, there are heretics that should be burned at the stake. Votes: 0

Man must have some recognized stake in society and affairs to knit him lovingly to his kind, or he is wont to revenge himself for wrongs real or imagined. Votes: 0

Yes, it was dangerous, but we are not put into this world, Mr. Burton, to avoid danger when an important fellow creature's life is at stake. You understand me? Votes: 0

To eat with a fuller consciousness of all that is at stake might sound like a burden, but in practice few things in life afford quite as much satisfaction. Votes: 0

Religious faith to W. H. Bragg was the willingness to stake his all on the hypothesis that Christ was right, and test it by a lifetime's experiment in charity. Votes: 0

What is at stake is human dignity. If a man is not accorded respect he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it. Votes: 0

every idiot who goes about with a 'Merry Christmas' on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. Votes: 0

It is not possible to speak of the right to choose when a clear moral evil is involved, when what is at stake is the commandment, Do not kill! Votes: 0

I'm a supporter of embryonic stem cell research. I do think there are very important moral and also religious questions at stake in the debate over embryonic stem cell research. Votes: 0

What is right? Simply put, it is any assignment in which the photographer has a significant spiritual stake...spiritually driven work constitutes the core of a photographer's contribution to culture. Votes: 0

What is at stake is preserving our relations with the United States. They should not be changed because of what has happened. But trust has to be restored and reinforced. Votes: 0

Iranian women are very consciously aware of gender-explicit oppression. Therefore: with so much more at stake, Iranian women have each other's back: on the street, in stores, at celebrations, everywhere. Votes: 0

Our world is fast succumbing to the activities of men and women who would stake the future of our species on beliefs that should not survive an elementary school education. Votes: 0

I`ve spend my whole life hating and loving my brother with equal measure. I never though I would be the one to help drive a stake through his heart. Votes: 0

Social Security Works! puts expanding Social Security front and center on the national agenda, where it belongs. Everyone who has a stake in the debate should read this important book. Votes: 0

You get in trouble, you have to evaluate: Is it worth getting into trouble again? It's a lot easier to make that decision when you have a career at stake. Votes: 0

I have such respect for guest actors. They don't know all the characters as deeply as the regulars, and the cast isn't your family, so you have more at stake. Votes: 0

If you're going to immerse yourself in a project for three years, why not stake out a chunk of the world that is completely alien to you and go traveling? Votes: 0

Mankind have such a deep stake in inward illumination, that there is much to be said by the hermit or monk in defence of his life of thought and prayer. Votes: 0

Going to war is a serious matter. And it should be done very carefully and deliberately with clear national interests at stake before the United States or our Commander-in-Chief acts. Votes: 0

To me it was real war and my life was at stake, and I believe that all those clandestine spy games we played as children helped when the Occupation came. Votes: 0

Questioning the status quo can result in banishment, imprisonment, ridicule or being burned at the stake, depending on your era, your locale, and the sacred cows you wish to butcher. Votes: 0

The fallacy is that you have to hold some sort of stake in the grief or horror in order to write about it - I think the opposite is true. Votes: 0

We have a unique chance to heal divisions, give everyone a stake in the future and set an example as the most creative, innovative and progressive country in the world. Votes: 0

No marriage or family, no ward or stake is likely to reach its full potential until husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, men and women work together in unity of purpose. Votes: 0

Marriage changes things because there's a lot more at stake. You can't get too toxic because you have to live together. No one can reach for the nuclear button too quickly. Votes: 0

We are living through the most exciting, challenging and most critical time in human history. Never before has so much been possible; and never before has so much been at stake. Votes: 0

It is one of the maladies of our age to profess a frenzied allegiance to truth in unimportant matters, to refuse consistently to face her where graver issues are at stake. Votes: 0

We Christians should be aware that there's something at stake in cultural participation that we wouldn't have been concerned about if all we did was worry about the messages in culture. Votes: 0

Interest in certain themes doesn't mandate a personal stake or personal experience of those themes. I've killed people in plays, but no one asks me what it's like to kill people. Votes: 0

Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake. Votes: 0

Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake. Votes: 0

To win, we will need to keep building the movement, networking with one another, planning, strategizing, and moving forward. Our children's futures, and those of their unborn children, are at stake. Votes: 0

Actors are a lot like professors on dissertation committees - it's a lot of ego, a lot of rallying for position, there is a lot at stake in every single interaction. Votes: 0

I may be doomed to the stake and the fire, or to the scaffold tree, but it is not in me to falter if I can promote the work of emancipation. Votes: 0

Since the time of the witch burnings, the grandmothers and the healers and the midwives have been systematically targeted. And burned at the stake for hundreds of years, decimating whole communities. Votes: 0

It hurts me because of what he's doing to boxing. Because one of the most important world titles is at stake now. The champion has to defend it against the best. Votes: 0

We need a much deeper understanding of exactly what it is our industrial society, in its present creation, is jeopardizing. We need a more profound perception of what is at stake. Votes: 0

We all have more at stake in the rules of the game than we do in the outcomes of the game. When that changes, that's when you begin to lose democracy. Votes: 0

The real desk isn't one with four legs and a filing cabinet. It's the space of time that you stake out every day and the will with which you defend it. Votes: 0

Criminality is now legal. I guess criminal racketeering these days would be like burning little children at the stake or something. That's about what it takes to get anyone to care. Votes: 0

The State did not own men so entirely, even when it could send them to the stake, as it sometimes does now where it can send them to the elementary school. Votes: 0

I stake the future on the few humble and hearty lovers who seek God passionately in the marvelous, messy world of redeemed and related realities that lie in front of our noses. Votes: 0

Never ask advice from someone who has something at stake or something to lose from your decision. The more objective the person is the greater value you should place on the input. Votes: 0

There is a wager that we must all make; for the small stake of some rewarding mental training, we can attain lasting contentment and contribute to a positive outcome for our planet. Votes: 0

If there is still one hellish, truly accursed thing in our time, it is our artistic dallying with forms, instead of being like victims burnt at the stake, signaling through the flames. Votes: 0

But they don't use law-they use law for their interests. They don't go by law, international, federal, local-nothing! They go by whatever is expedient to protect the interests that are at stake. Votes: 0

We must now, in the 21st century, protect democracy, one which rests on fundamental rights for all, regardless of skin color, gender, race or religion. Nothing less than that is at stake. Votes: 0

If our long-term survival is at stake, we have a basic responsibility to our species to venture to other worlds. Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze. Votes: 0

Remember, the essence of storytelling demands that we place our main characters on a path. A quest with something at stake, with something to do, to achieve, to learn, and to change. Votes: 0

There is no problem in the family, ward, or stake that cannot be solved if we look for solutions in the Lord's way by counseling - really counseling - with one another. Votes: 0

To care about words, to have a stake in what is written, to believe in the power of books - this overwhelms the rest, and beside it one's life becomes very small. Votes: 0

There was a time when you would have taken my heart with stake or gun. Now you have taken it with these delicate hands and the scent of your body." - Jean-Claude Votes: 0

To stake all one's life on a single moment, to risk everything on one throw, whether the stake be power or pleasure, I care not - there is no weakness in that. Votes: 0

I feel we all have a stake in our community as much as we do in our own spirits, and seeking avenues of generosity is the direct path to peace among us. Votes: 0

For the most part, studio movies have huge budgets. They don't do anything under 30 to 40 million. When you have that much money at stake, you have so many people breathing down your neck. Votes: 0

And if there is still one hellish, truly accursed thing in our time, it is our artistic dallying with forms, instead of being like victims burnt at the stake, signaling through the flames. Votes: 0

Maybe [Donald Trump] is just never dealt with somebody who's not particularly impressed by his carrying on, but I'm not. So I'm going to stay focused on what's at stake in this election. Votes: 0

I don't think there's anything to be admired in lying, cheating or philandering. But there might be something to be admired in not burning people at the stake because they have those weaknesses. Votes: 0

You know, the Philistines have long since discarded the rack and stake as a means of suppressing the opinions they feared: they've discovered a much more deadly weapon of destruction -- the wisecrack. Votes: 0

A future where all Australians, whatever their origins, are truly equal partners, with equal opportunities and with an equal stake in shaping the next chapter in the history of this great country, Australia. Votes: 0

Without sounding too grandiose, the survival of the planet itself is at stake, you have rising sea levels, acidification of the oceans, immigration sparked by climate change, droughts that are much more severe. Votes: 0

We've been at war for many years in Afghanistan following 9/11. We know that we've got young men and women on the ground now. We've got our blood and treasure at stake there already. Votes: 0

Lola Montes is, in my unhumble opinion, the greatest film of all time, and I am willing to stake my critical reputation, such as it is, on this one proposition above all others. Votes: 0

I don't see the country audience looking forward to an out male singer. There are rumors about people but no one ever confirms because there is a tremendous amount of money at stake. Votes: 0

There is humor in the darkest of moments - People who I have loved and passed away, and very high stake situations where you can't help but laugh. I think that's very human. Votes: 0

At the end of our lives it is our loves we remember most, because they are what shaped us. We have grown to be who we are around them, as around a stake. Votes: 0

So I think that if I do feel more freedom right now in my career, it's not so much because I have less at stake but more a sense that I've learned more. Votes: 0

There will come a time when the world will look back to modern vivisection in the name of science, as they do now to burning at the stake in the name of religion. Votes: 0

As a boy, without experience, never having spoken in public in my life, for any length of time, never ten minutes at once, I was called to preside over a stake of Zion. Votes: 0

What you have in Iraq is not just a society coming apart like Yugoslavia or Congo. What is at stake is not just Iraq's stability but the balance of power in the region. Votes: 0

I prefer to concentrate on my task of leading Europe to the success that our citizens expect. We have to look forwards now because what is at stake is what makes Europe Europe. Votes: 0

The greatest proof of Christianity for others is not how far a man can logically analyze his reasons for believing, but how far in practice he will stake his life on his belief. Votes: 0

We have no reason to expect the quality of intuition to improve with the importance of the problem. Perhaps the contrary: high-stake problems are likely to involve powerful emotions and strong impulses to action. Votes: 0

It would be easy to descend into despair, not only about the state of journalism, but the future of American democracy. But giving up is not an option. There is too much at stake. Votes: 0

Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a child is conscious of itself then it has to me an existence and has a stake in what happens. Votes: 0

Reason is an action of the mind; knowledge is a possession of the mind; but faith is an attitude of the person. It means you are prepared to stake yourself on something being so. Votes: 0

To raise positive kids, we as parents must identify the qualities necessary for success, convince our children that they have the potential for success, and show them how to stake their claims in life. Votes: 0

Golf is fundamentally about being honest. I see people hit eight shots and tell me they shot five. I never say a word. It is a reminder to me of what is at stake. Votes: 0

In the days of Moses and the prophets such a man would have been counted among the wise men of the land; in the Middle Ages he would have been burned at the stake. Votes: 0

Pro football is a game; not a war. It's for win or lose, not life or death... but say that in the summer, for winter brings the playoffs, and a season is at stake. Votes: 0

Unacceptable Levels is Powerful. It tells the story of toxic chemicals in just about every aspect of our lives, and the egregious lack of regulation. Our ability to protect our families is at stake. Votes: 0

We want to explore. We're curious people. Look back over history, people have put their lives at stake to go out and explore ... We believe in what we're doing. Now it's time to go. Votes: 0

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another. Votes: 0

People who are always praising the past And especially the time of faith as best Ought to go and live in the Middle Ages And be burnt at the stake as witches and sages. Votes: 0

Is that a stake, Bones, or are you just happy with my new dress?" "In this case, it's a stake. You could always feel around for something more, though. See what comes up. Votes: 0

Because financially capable consumers ultimately contribute to a stable economic and financial system as well as improve their own financial situations, it's clear that the Federal Reserve has a significant stake in financial education. Votes: 0

I think there has to be a recognition that, you know, there's so much at stake now, I mean, the business has changed so much and decisions are made so quickly, in nano seconds basically. Votes: 0

Life is too short and the world too compassion-starved for you to keep subsisting in situations that drag you down and curtail your potential to help advance the Kingdom. There's just too much at stake. Votes: 0

The survival of the United States of America as we know it is at risk. And even more — if more should be required — the future of human civilization is at stake. Votes: 0

For our country to be safe from terrorists we must stabilize Iraq and show that it can be done and take out these terrorist organizations who would harm Americans. Our freedom is at stake here. Votes: 0

Of the four project development variables - scope, cost, time and quality - quality isn't really a free variable. The only possible values are "excellent" and "insanely excellent", depending on whether lives are at stake. Votes: 0