The battle of Kursk... the forcing of the Dnieper... and the liberation of Kiev, left Hitlerite Germany facing catastrophe. — Vasily Chuikov Copy Share Image
If Gone With the Wind has a theme it is that of survival. What makes some people come through catastrophes and others,… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
The earthquake in Haiti was a class-based catastrophe. It didn't much harm the wealthy elite up in the hills, they were shaken… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Catastrophes come when some dominant institution, swollen like a soap-bubble and still standing without foundations, suddenly crumbles at the touch of what… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
The refugees are not only going to be a demand on the country's resources, but also the refugees raise the possibility that… — Nguyen Viet Thang Copy Share Image
The demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We could not wipe ourselves out with a nuclear war. I do not want so sound too positive. It would be a… — Rusty Schweickart 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
Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe. — Susan Sontag 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
Probably most catastrophes end this way without an ending, the dead not even knowing how they died...,those who loved them forever questioning… — Norman Maclean Copy Share Image
If you are a good person, you will probably be a good father. Try not to worry too much. If you don't… — Clyde Edgerton 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
The concept of progress must be grounded in the idea of catastrophe. That things are 'status quo' is the catastrophe — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
A hundred times have I thought New York is a catastrophe and 50 times: It is a beautiful catastrophe. — Le Corbusier Copy Share Image
As the idea imparted by the term Cataclysm, Catastrophe, or Revolution, is extremely vague, and may comprehend any thing you choose to… — George Julius Poulett Scrope Copy Share Image
I think Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space. I think we'll lose some of the top-tier PC/OEMs,… — Gabe Newell 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
Think about the strangeness of today's situation. Thirty, forty years ago, we were still debating about what the future will be: communist,… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
In the Atlantean period there were many energies being used and information and knowledge being used which were, for particular reasons of… — David Icke Copy Share Image
Good stuff tends to happen gradually, whereas violence or catastrophes are deemed more newsworthy. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
There are only two things that can destroy a healthy [hu]man: love trouble, ambition, and financial catastrophe. And that's already three things,… — Peter Altenberg Copy Share Image
But my vote for Venus's most peculiar feature is the presence of craters that are all relatively young and uniformly distributed over… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Lawsuits are rare and catastrophic experiences for the vast majority of men, and even when the catastrophe ensues, the controversy relates most… — Benjamin N. Cardozo Copy Share Image
