My life was a sort of series of random disasters.

Regression toward the mean. That is, in any series of random events an extraordinary event is most likely to be followed, due purely to…

— Leonard Mlodinow

I was in something called 'Garth Marenghi's Darkplace' which was a real cult comedy; it's sort of a spoof horror sort of thing, and…

— Alice Lowe

Both the 'Gregor' series and 'The Hunger Games' are what I call lightning-bolt ideas. There was a moment where the idea came to me.…

— Suzanne Collins

I sort of was inspired by 'Friday Night Lights,' where it was a very different show, but similar in that they were both large…

— Jason Katims

The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making.

— Ted Danson

Disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, floods, oil spills and radioactive fallout cause massive death of people, pigs, bats and birds. These disasters also…

— Paul Stamets

In addition to surviving the Forrestal, McCain has survived three other plane disasters, including being shot down over enemy territory.

— John Dickerson

So there you have it: Nature is a rotten mess. But that's only the beginning. If you take your eyes off it for one…

— Lee Goldberg

“The reality is people have always died in large numbers in natural disasters such as avalanches, earthquakes, and tornadoes.”

— Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

The fact that disasters have the power to bring us all together probably explains why weddings are so popular.

— Anonymous

“Being along with the Nature your soul is stronger than all disasters.”

— Esat Durak

Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.

— Ambrose Bierce

It is in the genes of cities to bounce back from disasters - whether natural or man made. The denizens of suburbia have no…

— Vikas Swarup

Even disasters -- there are always disasters when you travel -- can be turned into adventures.

— Marilyn French

Disasters affect every state, and North Carolinians have given our own tax dollars to help neighbors and those in other states in times of…

— Roy Cooper