American cities Quote by Alan Autry

Many of the crisis problems which are considered disasters in the United States would only be normal, everyday living conditions in most of Asia.

— K.P. Yohannan

It is in the genes of cities to bounce back from disasters - whether natural or man made. The denizens of suburbia have no…

— Vikas Swarup

Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to reveal a social disaster.

— Jim Wallis

Disasters are called natural, as if nature were the executioner and not the victim.

— Eduardo Galeano

There are disasters that are entirely manmade, but none that are entirely natural.

— Rebecca Solnit

Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for…

— Earl Blumenauer

Americans rightly asked, if this is the way our government responds to a natural disaster it knew about days in advance, how would it…

— Russ Carnahan

Cities are distinguished by the catastrophic forms they presuppose and which are a vital part of their essential charm. New York is King Kong,…

— Jean Baudrillard

My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters.

— Boris Johnson

We love disasters that have nothing to do with us

— Mark Doty

I live a half mile from the San Andreas fault - a fact that bubbles up into my consciousness every time some other part…

— Gary Hamel

Never in our country's history have we witnessed a natural disaster that has impacted so many people in such a wide area. In fact,…

— Jo Bonner