Devastating Quotes

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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
I think that of all the diseases in the world, the disease that all humankind suffers from, the disease that is most devastating to us… — Rich Mullins
My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It's ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm. — Mike Tyson
A man's idea in a game of cards is war, cruel, devastating, and pitiless. A lady's idea of it is a combination of larceny, embezzlement… — Finley Peter Dunne
In this condition of the most devastating humiliation, I still possessed the most precious of liberties, that no-one could take away from me: that of… — Ingrid Betancourt
Go to Lord & Taylor on Fifth Avenue, I think it's the eighth floor, and it's just a department called 'Woman.' It's rather devastating. You've… — Tim Gunn
I simply couldnâ€™t conceive of how devastating it would be not to be able to hear my childrenâ€™s voices. Not to be able to communicate… — Kate Winslet
Its about not letting the internal enemy, the real enemy, have his way because the more he does the stronger he becomes. The films about… — Guy Ritchie
I wanted to write a play about double nature ... one that wouldn't be symbolic or metaphorical or any of that stuff. I just wanted… — Sam Shepard
The mildest criticism of religion is also the most radical and the most devastating one. Religion is man-made. — Christopher Hitchens
Another plague upon the land, as devastating as the locusts God loosed on the Egyptians, is 'Political Correctness.' — Charlton Heston
Peace is not just safety or lack of war, violence, conflict and contention. Peace comes from knowing that the Savior knows who we are, knows… — Quentin L. Cook
To read a lot of trash mixing the blood of war with businessâ€™s stench. To root out any happiness. To go out, and down, and… — Etel Adnan
If some want to misuse the generosity of our nation, and re-examine what was previously examined, they should know the fire of the anger of… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
A third of summer sea ice in the Arctic is gone, the oceans are 30 percent more acidic, and since warm air holds more water… — Bill McKibben
For states that support terror, it is not enough that the consequences be costly-they must be devastating — George W. Bush
I have argued in the past, and would again, if we had been able to pre-empt the attacks of 9/11 would we have done it?… — Dick Cheney
The result [Republicans winning the Senate] would be devastating for reproductive choice, the environment, civil liberties, Social Security and health care, as well as corporate… — Barbra Streisand
The most serious charge that can be brought against modern benevolence is that it encourages the perpetuation of defectives, delinquents and dependents. These are the… — Margaret Sanger
But then back on lithium and rotating on the planet at the same pace as everyone else, you find your credit is decimated, your mortification… — Kay Redfield Jamison

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