“Catastrophe and exuberance are often partners in the dance of irony.” — Jeff W. Horton Copy Share Image
This is a catastrophe. You must lead if they get me. On my command break free. — Otep Copy Share Image
A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are in a race between cooperation and catastrophe, and the threat is outrunning our response. — Sam Nunn Copy Share Image
Other than sports, only war and catastrophe can create this sort of national unity. — Simon Kuper Copy Share Image
“When catastrophe strikes, we look for a signal in the noise - anything that might explain the chaos that we see all… — Nate Silver Copy Share Image
That, in essence, is the catastrophe of suicide for those who survive: not only the loss of someone, but the loss of… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
It is not the diamonds or the birds, the people or the potatoes; it is not any of the nouns. The miracle… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get away from… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
I think most of my films all have a certain tone or intensity in them. They are tense, and you kind of… — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
Partition was a total catastrophe for Delhi,’ she said. ‘Those who were left behind are in misery. Those who were uprooted are… — William Dalrymple Copy Share Image
Rather than saying 'I hate mess', it might draw more compassion to say, 'mess terrifies me as a harbinger of catastrophe'. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Government cannot solve all our problems, even in normal times, much less during a catastrophe of nature that reminds man how little… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Urban farming appeals to people on the right and the left. People have different reasons for getting into it. Some people are… — Novella Carpenter Copy Share Image
Time is running out fast. I think we have maybe a few months -- it could be weeks, it could be days… — Willem Buiter Copy Share Image
Five centuries from now - barring unimaginable catastrophe - the moon will be developed real estate. There's economic incentive to exploit the… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
It seemed to him that in Annawadi, fortunes derived not just from what people did, or how well they did it, but… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
I just saw Titanic, which is a $200 million film about a real-life disaster at sea, but according to Hollywood Logic, none… — Paul Rudnick Copy Share Image
50-100 years from now we are all going to be eating a plant based diet. Whether that happens through a catastrophe or… — Mark Bittman Copy Share Image
The Earth has been lawned with life for something over 3.5 billion years. That's a span of time great enough to encompass… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
The fear of climatic catastrophes is an ancient one and not unlike our fear of strangers. In the past, people believed that… — Hans von Storch Copy Share Image
I've noticed that the more flooding there is, the more bullshit gets talked. I mean it was very noticeable in the Asian… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
In our time, the great task for libertarians is to find an escape from politics in all its forms—from the totalitarian and… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
We always seem to be surprised by events, especially by catastrophes, but also by wonderful events. Look at 1990, the year that… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Diversity is a survival factor for the community itself. A community of a hundred million species can survive anything short of total… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
The news might be single-handedly trying to bring about an environmental catastrophe, which it will then report on. Super injunctions are interesting… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
Famine was quite deliberately employed as an instrument of national policy, as the last means of breaking the resistance of the peasantry… — William Henry Chamberlin Copy Share Image
While the rich reap most of the benefits of technological development, the poor bear an unequal burden of dealing with the consequences… — James H. Cone Copy Share Image
“Psychological trauma is an affliction of the powerless. At the moment of trauma, the victim is rendered helpless by overwhelming force. When… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“Catastrophe is change on the fast track. Disaster is a laboratory for adaptability.” — Robert Watson Copy Share Image
We would not have this catastrophe of Obamacare if it were not for Jon Tester. — Matt Rosendale Copy Share Image
Do the math. Expect catastrophes. Whatever happens, stay the course. — William J. Bernstein Copy Share Image
Wild globalisation has benefited some, but it's been a catastrophe for most. — Marine Le Pen Copy Share Image
What is the alternative to peace? A catastrophe for both peoples [Palestine and Israel]. — Uri Avnery Copy Share Image