Catastrophe Quotes

344 Catastrophe quotes by 289 unique authors

There are a dozen different ways of delivering destruction in impersonal wholesale, via ships and missiles of one sort or another, catastrophes so widespread, so… — Robert A. Heinlein
I believed in belief, for its own shining sake. To believe in the face of utter hopelessness, every article of evidence to the contrary, to… — Lance Armstrong
Why, if it was an illusion, not praise the catastrophe, whatever it was, that destroyed illusion and put truth in it's place? — Virginia Woolf
That a thing made by hand, the work and thought of a single craftsman, can endure much longer than its maker, through centuries in fact,… — Susan Vreeland
I've never been a fan of personality-conflict burgers and identity-crisis omelets with patchouli oil. I function very well on a diet that consists of Chicken… — Tom Waits
To lose a passport was the least of oneâ€™s worries. To lose a notebook was a catastrophe — Bruce Chatwin
For life is terribly deficient in form. Its catastrophes happen in the wrong way and to the wrong people. There is a grotesque horror about… — Oscar Wilde
Civilization is in a race between education and catastrophe. Let us learn the truth and spread it as far and wide as our circumstances allow.… — H.G. Wells
One day, Annabel saw the sun and moon in the sky at the same time. The sight filled her with a terror which entirely consumed… — Angela Carter
We need not stride resolutely towards catastrophe, merely because those are the marching orders. — Noam Chomsky
Only a catastrophe gets our attention. We want them, we depend on them. As long as they happen somewhere else. This is where California comes… — Don DeLillo
If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity… — Daniel Webster
Life, it turns out, goes on. There is no cosmic rule that grants you immunity from the details just because you have come face-to-face with… — Jodi Picoult
You don't cause problems. You cause catastrophes. — Ilona Andrews
Catastrophe, riots, factories blowing up, armies in flight, flood - the ear can detect a whole apocalypse in the starry night of the human body. — Jean Cocteau
Your welcome means more to me, Ivy Alisha Tamwood, than a thousand souls. Watching Rachel work is a wonder of one catastrophe after another. — Kim Harrison
Regardless of the staggering dimensions of the world about us, the density of our ignorance, the risks of catastrophes to come, and our individual weakness… — Simone de Beauvoir
Sisters annoy, interfere, criticize. Indulge in monumental sulks, in huffs, in snide remarks. Borrow. Break. Monopolize the bathroom. Are always underfoot. But if catastrophe should… — Pam Brown
I'm planning a catastrophe. — Leonard Cohen
I'll tickle his catastrophe. — James Joyce

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