Catastrophe Quotes

344 Catastrophe quotes by 289 unique authors

Unless we are willing to escape into sentimentality or fantasy, often the best we can do with catastrophes, even our own, is to find out… — Norman Maclean
What tale do you like best to hear?' 'Oh, I have not much choice! They generally run on the same theme - courtship; and promise… — Charlotte Bronte
It began as most thing begin. Not on a dark and stormy night. Not foreshadowed by ominous here comes the villain music, dire warning at… — Karen Marie Moning
Probably most catastrophes end this way without an ending, the dead not even knowing how they died...,those who loved them forever questioning "this unnecessary death,"… — Norman Maclean
Partition was a total catastrophe for Delhi,’ she said. ‘Those who were left behind are in misery. Those who were uprooted are in misery. The… — William Dalrymple
You list the dead. You tell the stories of the past. You write about the catastrophes and the massacres. What about the living, Finnikin? Who… — Melina Marchetta
I looked at it [revolver] as if it reminded me of a crime I had committed with an irrepressible smile such as rises sometimes to… — Anais Nin
Only part of us is sane: only part of us loves pleasure and the longer day of happiness, wants to live to our nineties and… — Rebecca West
Sometimes a catastrophe is simply a course correction. — James A. Owen
Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe. — Rex Stout
It seemed to him that in Annawadi, fortunes derived not just from what people did, or how well they did it, but from the accidents… — Katherine Boo
Bad artists ignore the darkness of human existence. Good artists often get stuck there. Great artists embrace the full catastrophe of our condition and find… — Martha Beck
Boy trouble, huh?" "Boy catastrophe is more like it. I'm not sure I can do this." "Do what?" Concern sounded in Holiday's voice. "Do Lucas,"… — C.C. Hunter
Not merely hope, but any burdensome yearning: ambition, hatred, love (especially love) - how rarely do our emotions meet the object they seem to deserve?… — Julian Barnes
Christianity, unlike any other religion in the world, begins with catastrophe and defeat. Sunshine religions and psychological inspirations collapse in calamity and wither in adversity.… — Fulton J. Sheen
And because he felt like he might burst open and because he lacked the dexterity in English to say all that he was thinking--how in… — Jess Walter
If Gone With the Wind has a theme it is that of survival. What makes some people come through catastrophes and others, apparently just as… — Margaret Mitchell
We have to stop meeting like this." And that was the truest thing ever spoke. I needed to stop staring at his bicep... and chest...… — Unknown Author
It's like we're a catastrophe waiting to happen. — Unknown Author
You want to be an alchemist so badly? Don't wait to react to the immediate problem. Plan ahead. Look at the big picture and you… — Richelle Mead
"There's been a quantum leap technologically in our age, but unless there's another quantum leap in human relations, unless we learn to live in a… — Albert Einstein
Poetry operates by raising our curiosity, engaging the mind by degrees to take an interest in the event, keeping that event suspended, and surprising at… — Joshua Reynolds
There is an old saying that the course of civilization is a race between catastrophe and education. In a democracy such as ours, we must… — John F. Kennedy
The BP spill was the greatest environmental catastrophe in U.S. history. Yet somehow, gas companies like BP and Halliburton ran interference on reporting that story. — Josh Fox
I think religion has caused so much catastrophe in the world. — Kirk Douglas

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