Disaster Quotes · Page 56

In the turbulence of this anxious and active world many people are leading uneventful, lonely lives. To them dreariness, not disaster, is…

— Queen Elizabeth II

Let none falter who thinks he is right, and we may succeed. But if, after all, we shall fail, be it so:…

— Abraham Lincoln

History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between.

— Sarah Vowell

I don't usually feel threatened by the militias. Most members are just indulging their fantasies of being warriors without having to sign…

— Eileen Pollack

Team Hillary [Clinton] after everything came out the other night, they said, she just wants to talk about the issues. She wants…

— Kellyanne Conway

If the American government can't stand behind the dollar, the world's benchmark currency, then the global financial system will very likely enter…

— Adam Davidson

Iraq is a quagmire and has been a humanitarian disaster for the Iraqis. There is no way forward without ending the occupation.

— Jean Parker

The American president [George W. Bush] closes his eyes to the economic and human damages that are inflicted on his country and…

— Jurgen Trittin

The most intelligent men, like the strongest, find their happiness where others would find only disaster: in the labyrinth, in being hard…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

It's no accident that Julia Child appeared on public television - or educational television, as it used to be called. On a…

— Michael Pollan

Natural disasters are terrifying - that loss of control, this feeling that something is just going to randomly end your life for…

— Eli Roth

A person who suffers from a character disorder frequently has significant behavioral or emotional problems that will almost certainly spell disaster for…

— Neil Clark Warren

[Religion is a] primitive insurance against disaster. ... Originally religion was merely a function of the self-preservative instinct. Offer sacrifices to the…

— Rose Macaulay

I moved to New York for love, and it was a disaster, in 2000. And then I had American friends who had…

— Lauren Beukes

With God as witness, I want to proclaim this truth, that the way of violence cannot bring Swaraj, it can only lead…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Kids get a lot of lip service in disaster planning, but they tend to get far fewer resources than they need. The…

— Irwin Redlener

The two biggest threats to international security in 2013 are Iran getting a nuclear weapon, and Iran being bombed to stop it…

— David Miliband

I was staying on [writer/director/actor] Eric Schaeffer's couch in New York, and he said, "I've got this movie [If Lucy Fell]. Can…

— Ben Stiller

One could say that everybody in this world has a spiritual teacher. For most people, their losses and disasters represent the teacher;…

— Eckhart Tolle

We've got a recipe for disaster. It's huge -- this combination of body image issues and the drug's weight loss appeal.

— Robert Hughes

If we had a terrorist attack, the way the people respond is going to determine whether that attack is just a tragedy…

— Patrick J. Kennedy

I was against the war in Iraq because I said it's going to totally destabilize the Middle East, which it has. It…

— Donald Trump

The fundamental human values all emanate from Dharma, based on Truth. If human behaviour has no such basis, it leads to disaster.

— Sathya Sai Baba

The disaster ruins everything, all the while leaving everything intact.

— Maurice Blanchot

Any idea of a United India could never have worked and in my judgment it would have led us to terrific disaster.

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah