Catastrophe Quotes

344 Catastrophe quotes by 289 unique authors

When misguided public opinion honors what is despicable and despises what is honorable, punishes virtue and rewards vice, encourages what is harmful and discourages what… — Frederic Bastiat
One man's death: that is a catastrophe. A hundred thousand dead: that is a statistic — Kurt Tucholsky
The adoption of agriculture, supposedly our most decisive step toward a better life, was in many ways a catastrophe from which we have never recovered. — Jared Diamond
The future is our responsibility, but change will not take place until the majority loose confidence in their dictatorâ€™s and elected officialsâ€™ ability to solve… — Jacque Fresco
The best newspapermen I know are those most thrilled by the daily pump of city room excitements; they long fondly for a good murder; they… — Pete Hamill
I saw clearly how those who saved the state so heroically and courageously in the War of Independence would be capable of bringing a catastrophe… — Moshe Sharett
I would be very happy to see 3.5 billion humans wiped out from the face of the earth within the next 150 or 200 years… — Unknown Author
Bopha, Sandy, floods in Pakistan, droughts in Chinaâ€¦ How many reports from the likes of the World Bank, NASA and the International Energy Agency will… — Steven Guilbeault
As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there really need be no mistake about his qualification; such a… — James Payn
Famine was quite deliberately employed as an instrument of national policy, as the last means of breaking the resistance of the peasantry to the new… — William Henry Chamberlin
This was truly guerilla filmmaking. We shot out in the middle of nowhere in a place called Delta Flats, where basically every day was some… — Jeri Ryan
When you wake up each morning, you can choose to be happy or choose to be sad. Unless some terrible catastrophe has occurred the night… — Lynda Resnick
Death releases the energy into air. If a true catastrophe is looming, the disturbance becomes such that a sensitive individual may become highly troubled by… — Jed Rubenfeld
Now suppose that the clue experiences that can correct the illusion become for some reason increasingly scarce â€“ perhaps because the dominant story itself brings… — Val Plumwood
If economic catastrophe does come, will it be a time that draws Christians together to share every resource we have, or will it drive us… — Randy Alcorn
There are few treasures of more lasting worth than the experiences of a way of life that is in itself wholly satisfying. Such, after all,… — Eric Shipton
In real life turning points are sneaky. They pass by unlabeled and unheeded. Opportunities are missed, catastrophes unwittingly celebrated. Turning points are only uncovered later,… — Kate Morton
Anyone who studies the state of things which preceded the French Revolution will see that the tremendous catastrophe came about from so excessive a regulation… — Herbert Spencer
Just remember, without discipline, a clear strategy, and a concise plan, the speculator will fall into all the emotional pitfalls of the market - jump… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
That was for instance the case in Mocambique a couple of years ago, during the flooding catastrophe. Instead of co-ordinating assistance properly, to much time… — Anna Lindh

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