“Don't grieve for what doesn't come. Some things that don't happen keep disasters from happening.” — Rumi Copy Share Image
Bad things do happen in the world, like war, natural disasters, disease. But out of those situations always arise stories of ordinary… — Daryn Kagan Copy Share Image
I didn’t realize that one tragedy can beget another, and another — bright-eyed disasters flooding out of a death hole like bats… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
The things you think are the disasters in your life are not the disasters really. Almost anything can be turned around: out… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
As London is suddenly promoted as a super-wealth brand, the England outside London shivers beneath cutbacks, tight circumstances and economic disasters. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Disasters are usually a good time to re-examine what we've done so far, what mistakes we've made, and what improvements should come… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
I've had many baking disasters but whatever it is, I'll cover it with icing and sprinkles and say a child has made… — Rylan Clark-Neal Copy Share Image
It's vital that we be good stewards of our waterways - including protecting them from potentially devastating disasters that can't be undone. — John E. James Copy Share Image
The walls of books around him, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world of disasters. — Ross Macdonald Copy Share Image
“The United States turned its back on the Jewish people and an awesome tragedy occurred, starting a pattern that continues until this… — John McTernan Copy Share Image
We have become a society that can't self-correct, that can't address its obvious problems, that can't pull out of its nosedive. And… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
Some doomsayers think the collapse will be triggered by runaway government spending, excessive taxation, oppressive regulation, food shortages, fuel shortages or natural… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
All disasters stem from us. Why is there a war? Perhaps because now and then I might be inclined to snap at… — Etty Hillesum Copy Share Image
“The burden of mankind is very heavy: When a cosmic or an earth-based disaster hits us in this chaotic universe, He must… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
I have seen the devastating and long-term impact natural disasters like Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Ida have had on our families at… — Andy Kim Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Putin probably, almost certainly, thinks that one of the great disasters of the 20th century was the demise of the Soviet Union.… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is the way… — Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel Copy Share Image
“I should have known by then that it's never the disasters you see coming that finally come to pass; it's the ones… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
The miserable failures of capitalist economies in the Great Depression were root causes of worldwide social and political disasters. — James Tobin Copy Share Image
I've been through natural disasters. I lived down in Miami and was down there for Hurricane Andrew which was a Category 5.… — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
Sometimes you learn more from films that aren't terribly successful and, indeed, sometimes you learn more from real disasters than you do… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
The thing about family disasters is that you never have to wait long before the next one puts the previous one into… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The walls of books around him, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters.” — Ross McDonald Copy Share Image
Humanity must have a speed of advance higher than the speed of advance of cosmic disasters or big global catastrophes! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Their chief residence was Bagdad, where they remained until the eleventh century, an age fatal in Oriental history, from the disasters of… — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Very large scale disasters, especially those that have occurred in the developing world, have very long recovery periods. — Irwin Redlener Copy Share Image
I had a few dating disasters along the way with girls cheating on me. One girl was the inspiration for me singing… — Liam Payne Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Disasters have no mercy hours where they stop visiting the people; for them, all hours are favourite and legitimate to visit! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“His view of the world featured swift disasters set against a background of lurking doom, my cooking did nothing to contradict it.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“In the future, the Holy One, Blessed be He, will bring about great disasters in the countries of the world to sweeten… — Carl Gallups Copy Share Image
“History, largely experienced previously as a series of natural disasters, could now be seen as a movement in which everyone could potentially… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“I am crying for more and more disasters, for bigger calamities, for grander failures. I want the whole world to be out… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“Hurricanes, tornadoes and volcanoes are all Natural Disasters. We can't fit Global Warming into that category. We have only us to blame” — Veronica M. White Copy Share Image
