The blues is an impulse to keep the painful details and episodes of a brutal experience alive in one's aching consciousness, to… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass… — Paul Claudel Copy Share Image
In front of the photograph of my mother as a child, I tell myself: she is going to die: I shudder, like… — Roland Barthes 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
You cannot prevent a major catastrophe, but you can build an organization that is battle-ready, where people trust one another. In military… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
I think there's a lot of catastrophe in this world and a lot of cruelty and a lot of carelessness. — Adrien Brody Copy Share Image
Now I am quietly waiting for the catastrophe of my personality to seem beautiful again, and interesting, and modern. — Frank O'Hara Copy Share Image
The establishment of the Republican Party, which I've been watching all my life. They always seem to win. I mean, there was… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
This awful catastrophe is not the end but the beginning. History does not end so. It is the way its chapters open. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
The most important thing to remember is that inflation is not an act of God, that inflation is not a catastrophe of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, you can learn something completely mind-blowing in yoga and then totally forget about it the minute you need it the most.… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
That was for instance the case in Mocambique a couple of years ago, during the flooding catastrophe. Instead of co-ordinating assistance properly,… — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
If centralism is ultimately to prevail; if our entire system of free Institutions as established by our common ancestors is to be… — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
We have found ways to capture, kill and market ocean wildlife on an unprecedented scale. It's an absolute catastrophe. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Now financial liberalization is just a catastrophe waiting to happen, and there are very well understood reasons for that. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Most marriages are a mess, and the children get caught between two bitter, antagonistic parents. My parents stayed married for 27 unhappy… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I don't like to read or write about life in its tiring entirety. Most days, months, even years are just filler between… — Gary Lutz Copy Share Image
Wild globalization has benefited some, but it's been a catastrophe for most. — Marine Le Pen Copy Share Image
Humanity cannot afford to muddle through the rest of the twentieth century; the risks are too great, and the stakes are too… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
Nationalism stems from catastrophes, whether they are caused by earthquakes or lost wars. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
History: the category of human phenomena which tends to catastrophe. — Jules Romains Copy Share Image
100,000,000 Guinea Pigs sparked a rising wave of consumer indignation. But...it takes a major catastrophe to carry legal and enforcement action over… — John Grant Fuller Copy Share Image
Make no mistake: Tackling climate change is vital. But to see everything through the lens of short-term CO2 reductions, letting our obsession… — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
