Disasters Quotes

We are the authors of our own disasters

— Latin Proverb

The biggest stories in 2005 were the national disasters

— Geraldo Rivera

Disasters teach us humility.

— Anselm of Canterbury

Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.

— Ambrose Bierce

“We are the masters of our own disasters.”

— Anonymous

“Procrastination is the foundation of all disasters.”

— Pandora Poikilos

Every disasters screams for humor

— Silvia Millecam

War is a series of disasters which result in a winner.

— Anonymous

“The challenge of creation reduces us to the inevitable. Our lives are full of tiny disasters.”

— Floriano Martins

“When disasters come at the same time, they compete with each other.”

— Naguib Mahfouz

The disasters of war can be infinitely eerie and poignant.

— Michael Leunig

There was a tsunami and there are terrible natural disasters, because there isn't enough Torah study.

— Ovadia Yosef

Even if predictable, unfortunately certain natural disasters are and remain unavoidable and invincible.

— Jean-Paul Malfatti

In the U.S. alone, weather disasters caused $50 billion in economic damages in 2010.

— Jeff Goodell

Technology is always a two-edged sword. It will bring in many benefits, but also many disasters.

— Alan Moore

Climate change disasters will displace more and more. Those who are most exposed are the poorest.

— Jan Egeland

Disasters have no mercy hours where they stop visiting the people; for them, all hours are favourite and legitimate to visit!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

People's first homes are always disasters. It's like the first time you have sex. It's never as good as later on. It…

— Peter Marino

“Yes, nature has two faces: The pretty one and the ugly one, the disasters! Love the first face and be prepared for…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“When you haven’t been in the world long, it’s hard to comprehend what disasters are at the origin of a sense of…

— Elena Ferrante

It's fine when you careen off disasters and terrifyingly bad reviews and rejection and all that stuff when you're young; your resilience…

— Harold Prince

I had a few dating disasters along the way with girls cheating on me. One girl was the inspiration for me singing…

— Liam Payne

Homeland defense doesn't generate any force requirements beyond having enough National Guard to save lives in natural disasters and to baby-sit nuclear…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

At the end of the day I'm writing comedy. If you get too realistic as a comedy writer with your disasters, it…

— Simon Rich

Disasters happen. We still have no way to eliminate earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, floods or droughts. We cope as best we can by…

— Seth Shostak

“Everyone fears catastrophes and disasters and crashes and deaths, and people who attack you in the dark. You made all that worse…

— Sarah Ferguson

One can make one's life a complete misery, worrying about burglaries and shipwrecks, but ask anyone, anyone you know ... earth-shattering disasters…

— Jean Anouilh

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

— Lee Goldberg

It is in the genes of cities to bounce back from disasters - whether natural or man made. The denizens of suburbia…

— Vikas Swarup

And if there is one thing we can be sure of, it’s that extreme weather events like Superstorm Sandy, Typhoon Haiyan in…

— Naomi Klein

But I warn my colleagues that we will fail in our efforts to protect the homeland if we do not take additional…

— Anonymous

Putin probably, almost certainly, thinks that one of the great disasters of the 20th century was the demise of the Soviet Union.…

— Alan Greenspan

“Psychological trauma is an affliction of the powerless. At the moment of trauma, the victim is rendered helpless by overwhelming force. When…

— Judith Lewis Herman

I do a lot of work with the Red Cross, too. As a reporter, before I went to entertainment news, I tended…

— Nancy O'Dell

“I learned that in these disasters, all we can do is tell our In Case of Emergencies that their grief is real,…

— Glennon Melton

“There should be more natural disasters. I like those because you can't blame anyone. You can't put an earthquake on trial. You…

— Henry Rollins

“Let me summarise our delicate position in this universe: Our every word can be our last word; our every look can be…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, for modernity, and for prosperity. The wealthy pay more because they have benefitted more.…

— Jill Lepore

The past year's natural disasters have highlighted the invaluable contributions of volunteers in our communities. They have volunteered their time, energy and…

— Kofi Annan

“More panic. More emergencies and disasters. Soon, emergencies fell into a sort of natural ranking: drop-everything emergencies, do-what-you-can emergencies, and you’ll just-have-to-wait…

— Colin Cotterill