Disaster Quotes
1040 Disaster quotes by 845 unique authors
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"Sooner or later disasters such as an asteroid collision or a nuclear war could wipe us all out, But once we spread out into space…
— Stephen Hawking
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I will begin by saying what everybody would like to ignore or forget... we have sustained a total and unmitigated defeat... All is over. Silent,…
— Winston Churchill
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All problems, depressions, wars, disasters, assassinations, all of them were planned, caused, instigated, and implemented by the International Bankers and their attempt to establish a…
— John F. Kennedy
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Unprecedented warnings by officials most closely linked with nuclear arms negotiations and defense strategy indicate that we are running out of time. If we fail…
— Alan Cranston
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They are safe but they are not in their homes. They are city-less. I think it's just a disaster for everyone.
— Teri Hatcher
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The explosion of a terrorist's single nuclear device in a major metropolitan center would trigger an unparalleled humanitarian and environmental disaster. An accidental military launch…
— Alan Cranston
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The UN is committed to the goal of ensuring that all nations share in economic, social, & scientific progress. It delivers humanitarian assistance to the…
— Bill Bradley
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If we lose our hope, that's our real disaster!
— Dalai Lama
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Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.
— Ambrose Bierce
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I was extremely moved by the plight of Tsunami victims and I was inspired to try to make a difference.
— Alanis Morissette
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The vast majority of those of Scots lineage living in the Ulster counties in the 18th century had come across, or their people had come…
— Unknown Author
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This book has been a catalogue of mistakes by politicians, moral and practical disasters which led to wars, enslavement and wretchedness on a scale which…
— A. N. Wilson
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Taxation, the very thing that had triggered the British civil wars, would do so again, this time in America. The taxes may have been different,…
— Simon Schama
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We are terrible for each other, and, yes, we are a disaster. But tell me your heart doesn't race for a hurricane or a burning…
— Joey Comeau
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The true sweetness of chess, if it can ever be called sweet, is to see a victory snatched, by some happy impertinence, out of the…
— H.G. Wells
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A defeatist spirit must inevitably lead to disaster.
— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
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What would you do, sir, if terrorists were killing 45,000 people every year in this country? Well, the current health care system, the insurance companies,…
— Keith Olbermann
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If we had a terrorist attack, the way the people respond is going to determine whether that attack is just a tragedy or whether that…
— Patrick J. Kennedy
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In handling resources, strive to avoid disaster rather than to attain an optimum.
— Butler Lampson
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There is humor in the specter of the worst disaster in our nation's history. All I have to do is sweep away the debris of…
— Will Durst
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