#threaten

People who don't read books a lot are threatened by books. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#lot #people #read #threatened #who

I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#bring #came #feel #i #importantly

If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk. ↗

— Gary Ackerman

#burns #democracy #flag #freedom #jerk

Often, city fathers blamed prostitutes for the disease, and some threatened to brand their cheeks with hot iron if they did not desist from their vices. ↗

— Peter Lewis Allen

#brand #cheeks #city #desist #did

There are so few women in general who aren't completely threatened and confused by other women's success. It's very disappointing. ↗

— Sandra Bernhard

#confused #disappointing #few #few women #general

Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#creating #energetic #hopefully #important #music

When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble. ↗

— Barbara Taylor Bradford

#attract #feels #man #strong #strong woman

Chemistry itself knows altogether too well that - given the real fear that the scarcity of global resources and energy might threaten the unity of mankind - chemistry is in a position to make a contribution towards securing a true peace on earth. ↗

— Kenichi Fukui

#chemistry #contribution #earth #energy #fear

If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that are trying to prevent change - even though they don't really know what they're trying to prevent - then you can get pessimistic. ↗

— Paul Hawken

#corruption #even #focus #get #institutions

At this stage of my life I would rather try and have some small impact within a company and suffer through those things than make such a big stink that nobody can trust to work with you. It's very important in an environment of a big institution that people don't feel threatened that you're going to expose them in any way. ↗

— Gelsey Kirkland

#big #company #environment #expose #feel