Devastating Quotes
272 quotes by 248 authors
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Do politicians understand just how difficult it could be, just how devastating rises of 4C, 5C or 6C could be? I think, not yet
— Nicholas Stern
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Much more devastating than frustration is the emotion of disappointment.
— Tony Robbins
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Like millions of others, I have been plagued by the devastating effects of cancer hitting not one, but multiple members of my family.
— Tom DeLonge
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We are on track for a 3.5 deg C rise by 2040 (i.e. 4.2 deg C relative to pre-industrial)... When I look at this data,…
— Fatih Birol
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. . . when I look round to see how we can win the war I see that there is only one sure path .…
— Winston Churchill
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The effects of abuse are devastating and far-reaching. Domestic violence speaks many languages, has many colours and lives in many different communities.
— Sandra Pupatello
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The world generally speaking is now drifting on a more and more devastating course towards the absurd target of extermination - or rather, to be…
— Alva Myrdal
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It's a great excuse and luxury, having a job and blaming it for your inability to do your own art. When you don't have to…
— Julian Schnabel
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The financial crisis has underscored how insufficient attention to fundamental corporate governance concepts can have devastating effects on an institution and its continued viability. It…
— Daniele Nouy
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One of the most devastating enemies of the family is radical sex education in the public school. It is more explicit than necessary for the…
— Beverly LaHaye
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The privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world imposes a grave responsibility. The wrongs, which we…
— Robert H. Jackson
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The bottom line for housing is that the concerns we used to hear about the possibility of a devastating collapse—one that might be big enough…
— Janet Yellen
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Addressing the conclusions of The God Delusion point by point with the devastating insight of a molecular biologist turned theologian, Alister McGrath dismantles the argument…
— Francis Collins
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Balenciaga was incredibleI was madly infatuated with his clothes. His clothes were devastating. One fainted. One simply blew up and died.
— Diana Vreeland
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A devastating culmination of the elegant and the funky, a really sensational musician with enormous depth.
— Nick Lowe
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A human encounter with holiness is devastating. It refuses to allow us to be impressed with the things of the world we’ve been chasing. It…
— Todd Agnew
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Martin's Monsanto poem holds devastating power. I heard the first public reading at the Resurgence Festival of well-being in London. It brought truth with clarity,…
— Tony Juniper
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Nowhere is this challenge more critical -- and the need for action more pressing -- than in the Horn of Africa. From Kenya to Ethiopia,…
— Rajiv Shah
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Getting pregnant wasn't easy, and I found that devastating. I really beat myself up for waiting so long when I'd always wanted children and family…
— Emily Procter
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All that means is that something devastating can happen to you today or to your family & all you can do is cry about it…
— Robert Orben
Who Wrote These Devastating Quotes
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