Disaster Quotes

1040 quotes by 845 authors

"On what motivated Colorado voters: "Let's face it, the War on Drugs was a disaster. It may be well intentioned ... but it sent millions… — John Hickenlooper
Noble souls, through dust and heat, rise from disaster and defeat the stronger. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed. — Laozi
Neither winning nor losing means as much to me as knowing the crowd has enjoyed my match. Some players feel that winning is everything and… — Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Australians are not given to applauding tragedy unless it is at a distance like Gallipoli or Cooper's Creek, and they prefer pure heroism to be… — Geoffrey Dutton
But the people of the disaster area fundamentally needed to understand that the rest of Australia had noticed their misery and their stoicism and their… — Peter Cosgrove
We took the traditional lands and smashed the traditional way of life. We brought the disasters. The alcohol. We committed the murders. We took the… — Paul Keating
The onset of more severe climate impacts overseas may also open up temporary opportunities, or 'policy windows.' These would allow legislators the licence to take… — John Beddington
The American president [George W. Bush] closes his eyes to the economic and human damages that are inflicted on his country and the world economy… — Unknown Author
Access to supercomputers. The science is well ahead of our ability to implement it. It's quite clear that if we could run our models at… — Unknown Author
Remember...this year has already seen more billion-dollar weather-related disasters than any year in US history. Last year was the warmest ever recorded on planet Earth.… — Bill McKibben
This may sound trite, but bad things happen to good people, and when you're facing terrorism, natural disaster, you can have every wonderful plan in… — Warren Rudman
The modern woman is the curse of the universe. A disaster, that's what. She thinks that before her arrival on the scene no woman ever… — Adela Rogers St. Johns
Our way of getting an army able to fight the German army is to declare war on Germany just as if we had such an… — George Bernard Shaw
No matter how much crap you gotta plow through to stay alive as a photographer, no matter how many bad assignments, bad days, bad clients,… — Joe McNally
I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term-meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail… — Ansel Adams
In the abstract art of cooking, ingredients trump appliances, passion supersedes expertise, creativity triumphs over technique, spontaneity inspires invention, and wine makes even the worst… — Bob Blumer
Like everyone else in the world, I've been devastated by the loss and suffering of so many in South Asia....As a mother, I cannot imagine… — Celine Dion
Disaster mitigation... increases the self reliance of people who are at risk - in other words, it is empowering. — Unknown Author
In and of itself, sports may be trivial, but as a symbol of the American way of life, it has enormous weight. We are seen,… — Thomas Boswell

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