Catastrophe Quotes
344 quotes by 289 authors
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Notwithstanding, therefore, that we have not witnessed of a large continent, yet, as we may predict the future occurrence of such catastrophes, we are authorized…
— Charles Lyell
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As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe. The catastrophe consisted in the…
— Arthur Koestler
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All the parties of capitalist society, all its moralists and all its sycophants will perish beneath the debris of the impending catastrophe. The only party…
— Leon Trotsky
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An announcement of [Christopher] Zeeman's lecture at Northwestern University in the spring of 1977 contains a quote describing catastrophe theory as the most important development…
— Unknown Author
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What I know for sure is that behind every catastrophe, there are great lessons to be learned. Among the many that we as a country…
— Oprah Winfrey
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The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril. There may still be disputes about exactly how much we're contributing…
— Barack Obama
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With its array of gadgets and machines, all powered by energies that are destructive of land or air or water, and connected to work, market,…
— Wendell Berry
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Every once in a while I feel despair over the fate of the planet. If you've been following climate science, you know what I mean:…
— Paul Krugman
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...unless we act boldly and quickly to deal with the underlying causes of global warming, our world will undergo a string of terrible catastrophes...
— Al Gore
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Nuclear terrorism is one of the most serious threats of our time. Even one such attack could inflict mass casualties and create immense suffering and…
— Ban Ki-moon
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I believe that Chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess…
— Vlastimil Hort
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Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.
— Paul Claudel
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Today we're seeing that climate change is about more than a few unseasonably mild winters or hot summers. It's about the chain of natural catastrophes…
— Barack Obama
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We are upsetting the atmosphere upon which all life depends. In the late 80s when I began to take climate change seriously, we referred to…
— David Suzuki
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Two thousand scientists, in a hundred countries, engaged in the most elaborate, well organized scientific collaboration in the history of humankind, have produced long-since a…
— Al Gore
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Unless we free ourselves from a dependence on these fossil fuels... we are condemning future generations to global catastrophe
— Barack Obama
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If the level and amount of consumption and waste of the western rich countries ever reaches the poor countries, it will mean the end of…
— Robert Muller
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It was the hard work of our people, the freedom they enjoyed and their faith in God that built this country and made it the…
— Ronald Reagan
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The economy in Ireland has been rampaging ahead for the last 15 years. Barring an international, political or natural catastrophe, things can only get better…
— Eddie Murphy
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It's hard to find a reason that is not environmentally centered, that [doesn't have] something to do with global warming or what the planet is…
— Rosie O'Donnell
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