Disaster Quotes
1040 quotes by 867 authors
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We all feel the urge to condemn ourselves out of guilt, to blame others for our misfortunes and to fantasize about total disaster.
— Deepak Chopra
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Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it.
— Emile M. Cioran
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Personally, I consider 'Titanic' the most brilliant example of successful counterprogramming; the film actually countered itself by embedding an epic chick flick within a classic…
— Diablo Cody
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During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not allow anything…
— Maya Angelou
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My most disastrous date was not so much a disaster as uncomfortable for both parties involved.
— Jennifer Aniston
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Life is a sleazy stranger, who looks vaguely familiar; flirting with a bimbo named disaster at the end of the bar.
— Ani DiFranco
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The U.S. has become the most egregious war-monger and terrorist nation in the world, as well as the long-time leading purveyor of weapons of war…
— Dave Lindorff
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Why is history important? Without history, many people have no idea how many of today's half-baked ideas have been tried, again and again - and…
— Thomas Sowell
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When something out of the ordinary happens, it is ridiculous to say that it is a mystery or a portent of something to come... the…
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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The insanity of the collective egoic mind, amplified by science and technology, is rapidly taking our species to the brink of disaster. Evolve or die:…
— Eckhart Tolle
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It is not till it is discovered that high individual incomes will not purchase the mass of mankind immunity from cholera, typhus, and ignorance, still…
— R. H. Tawney
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From a position of this sort, if the enemy is unprepared, you may sally forth and defeat him. But if the enemy is prepared for…
— Sun Tzu
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If we die, do not mourn for us. This is a risky business we're in, and we accept those risks. The space program is too…
— Gus Grissom
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It doesn't take a miracle or a natural disaster to live in the world that you're after, the change is gonna happen to you
— Michael Tolcher
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We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.
— Abraham Lincoln
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Haiti allowed us to glimpse into a future of what disaster response might look like in a hyper-connected world.
— Paul Conneally
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Technology without hatred can be a blessing. Technology with hatred is always a disaster.
— Simon Wiesenthal
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I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country. The…
— Douglas MacArthur
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The past year's natural disasters have highlighted the invaluable contributions of volunteers in our communities. They have volunteered their time, energy and skills to save…
— Kofi Annan
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The cutting of primeval forest and other disasters, fueled by the demands of growing human populations, are the overriding threat to biological diversity everywhere.
— E. O. Wilson
Who Wrote These Disaster Quotes
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