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
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
When opting out from partnership is so easy, every minor disagreement is perceived as a major catastrophe and irreparable disaster. — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
We are in a race between knowledge and catastrophe. If we keep track of what is important, never lower our standards or… — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
Success is built on failure, on frustration, on catastrophe, it is your determination and spirit which culminates into success. — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
When you inherit the level of economic catastrophe that President Obama inherited, it was a real touch-and-go situation. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Nobody can deny that we have a lot of wars going on; brothers killing brothers; we have a lot of diseases and… — Ousmane Sembene Copy Share Image
The terrible part of this looming catastrophe is that people have been working on solutions for years and have developed concrete steps… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
The dramatic sufferings of adults and all the cruel fantasies of those of my own age, who seemed abandoned to their own… — Antoni Tapies Copy Share Image
You could argue that Barack Obama faced in '08 a situation as bad as any president since the Great Depression. What Obama… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
Life is atrocious, we know. But precisely because I expect little of the human condition, man's periods of felicity, his partial progress,… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
I first came into the labor force in 1941 when the minimum wage was 40 cents an hour, and that was my… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Bolivia is in the lead internationally in talking about the threat of environmental catastrophe. It's generally true where there are indigenous populations,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Because I don’t care what anyone says or how often or winningly they say it: no one will ever, ever be able… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
If we are to avoid that catastrophe [a nuclear World War III], a system of world order — preferably a system of… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
I perfectly understand the particular attention which you pay to the question of nuclear energy, and fully realize the possible dangers and… — Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Copy Share Image
To fail to properly contextualize content has historically been the basis for the slaughter of millions of people in every century throughout… — David Hawkins Copy Share Image
Just remember, without discipline, a clear strategy, and a concise plan, the speculator will fall into all the emotional pitfalls of the… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore Copy Share Image
It seemed to me the basic definition of mental illness, this persistent, painful inability to simply be with someone else. It might… — Tracy Thompson Copy Share Image
Of the four billion life forms which have existed on this planet, three billion, nine hundred and sixty million are now extinct.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Bush administration has created an unimaginable catastrophe in Iraq. This should've been one of the easiest military occupations in history and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
My hunch, for what it's worth, is that most of us probably find it much, much harder than we realize to really… — Decca Aitkenhead Copy Share Image
When I saw from Rome that catastrophe (brought by Yolanda) I had to be here. And on those very days I decided… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Insofar as Zionism sought to solve the Jewish question, it must be reckoned not just a failure but a catastrophe: Israel is… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
The loss of India would mark and consummate the downfall of the British Empire. That great organism would pass at a stroke… — Lord Randolph Churchill Copy Share Image
Because of Christ, even our catastrophes have purpose. God is preparing our character for the time when we will see Him face… — Kenneth Boa Copy Share Image
“The public craves disaster. Don't understand it myself, but the more tragic, the more intriguing. And this catastrophe has it all. Death,… — Marian Cheatham Copy Share Image
Our planetary system is affected by a magnitude of force as powerful as any naturally occurring global catastrophe, but one caused solely… — Edward Burtynsky 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
“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
Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe. — Sumner Redstone 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
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
Ladies and gentlemen please would you bring your attention to me? For a feast for your eyes to see an explosion of… — Saliva Copy Share Image
Today's coastal development along with hurricane amnesia places modern man on a collision course with catastrophe if the lessons of history are… — Max Mayfield Copy Share Image
One accident or terrorist strike involving high-level waste would endanger lives and cause a catastrophe that would leave millions of dollars in… — Shelley Berkley Copy Share Image
If you are asking did I support the Soviet Union, yes I did. Yes, I did support the Soviet Union, and I… — George Galloway Copy Share Image
I'll never forget Hurricane Katrina - the mix of a natural and a man-made catastrophe that resulted in the death of over… — Cedric Richmond Copy Share Image