I share Alfred Nobel's conviction that war is the greatest of all human disasters. Infectious disease runs a good second. — Peter C. Doherty Copy Share Image
The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making. — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
Disasters affect every state, and North Carolinians have given our own tax dollars to help neighbors and those in other states in… — Roy Cooper Copy Share Image
“Everyone deserves the chance to survive. I think of this every time I see another disaster. There are probably people dying who… — James Hubbard Copy Share Image
“Adversity kills fearful people just by showing them its weapons. As to whether that weapon is fatal or fake, they don't care… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“These things happen to poor people who live in exposed areas. Society is set up in such a way that it’s the… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Disasters like Oklahoma City and 9/11 were time-limited. The children who were affected psychologically could go to a place of normalcy. — Irwin Redlener Copy Share Image
I think one of the great disasters (in military history) is the way that the Second World War has become the defining… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
Drones can be a huge advantage to agencies fighting natural disasters. They can launch immediately, gather vital data about an emergency situation,… — Grant Imahara Copy Share Image
“I noticed that volcanoes, earthquakes and floods, though are not good events, they are better than the silence of good people when… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“For four centuries now, the American people have resigned themselves to natural disasters and acts of God: floods, prairie fires, blizzards, tornados,… — Markham Shaw Pyle Copy Share Image
My understanding is that we are generally a very philanthropic and compassionate people - that when there are disasters in the world,… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
“These days, we tend to think of disasters as acts of God and government. Regular people only feature into the equation as… — Amanda Ripley Copy Share Image
Disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, floods, oil spills and radioactive fallout cause massive death of people, pigs, bats and birds. These… — Paul Stamets Copy Share Image
During times of emergencies, civil crisis, or natural disasters it is important for persons to remain free to exercise their constitutional rights… — Colleen Hanabusa Copy Share Image
It's actually more than 700 case studies that show that, especially in times of crisis, we show our best selves. And we… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of… — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
A tornado of thought is unleashed after each new insight. This in turn results in an earthquake of assumptions. These are natural… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
Disasters occur organically in my work, in that that's the way my thinking tends, more than that's what I start out by… — Jim Shepard Copy Share Image
We had had several mine disasters where workers, some of the workers were rescued. It was, you know, who was lucky and… — Richard Grimes Copy Share Image
How impossible it is for us to imagine ourselves victims of disaster. We suffer for the poor people who were thrown into… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
Natural disasters like Hurricane Harvey are the worst kind of crises for people like Mr. Trump and Mr. Osteen, who purvey their… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
Too many families and homes remain unnecessarily vulnerable to natural disasters like hurricanes. While mitigation will never eliminate the risk to homeowners,… — Tom Rooney Copy Share Image
“Delphine witnessed awful things occurring to other humans. Worse than that, she was powerless to alter their fate. It would be that… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
