Disaster Quotes
1040 quotes by 845 authors
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God's greatest blessings often come costumed as disasters. Any doubters need to do nothing more than ascend the hill of Calvary.
— Max Lucado
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All across the world, ...increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate…
— Barack Obama
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The concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide has changed greatly since fossilized life began on Earth nearly 600 million years ago. In fact, there is only…
— Greg Benson
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Climate science has been targeted by a major political movement, environmentalism, as the focus of their efforts, wherein the natural disasters of the earth system,…
— Richard Lindzen
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Disasters around the world are twice as big as they ever were, and ice is melting where it's not supposed to melt, and everything's changing…
— Jerry Weintraub
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All depressions are caused by government interference and the cure is always offered to take more of the poison that caused the disaster. Depressions are…
— Ayn Rand
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Clear, and compassionate, this collection illuminates the problems and opportunities that flowed from Christchurch after the quakes, and interrogates the manmade disaster that followed. Everyone…
— Unknown Author
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The great ecosystems are like complex tapestries - a million complicated threads, interwoven, make up the whole picture. Nature can cope with small rents in…
— Gerald Durrell
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There's always a little bit of heaven, even in a disaster area.
— Wavy Gravy
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A man's house burns down. The smoking wreckage represents only a ruined home that was dear through years of use and pleasant associations. By and…
— Mark Twain
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Many divorces are not really the result of irreparable injury but involve, instead, a desire on the part of the man or woman to shatter…
— Edward Hoagland
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While many people like the idea of exercising unconditional love, most eventually find it too draining and impossible to sustain, often because the attempt to…
— Aberjhani
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There is a thrill of vulnerability at all airshows. There is no way of making everything completely safe. When the machines are being thrashed to…
— Alex James
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The preservation of the Jew was certainly not casual. He has endured through the power of a certain ideal, based on the recognition of a…
— Cecil Roth
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The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations the most faithful…
— Joseph Conrad
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Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace the day's disasters in his morning face.
— Oliver Goldsmith
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To achieve anything in this game you must be prepare to dabble in the boundary of disaster.
— Stirling Moss
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Experience shows that after a disaster it is particularly difficult with the Americans, who appear to be quite cowardly despite their Rambo films.
— Ken Bates
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The notion that aid can alleviate systemic poverty, and has done so, is a myth. Millions in Africa are poorer today because of aid; misery…
— Dambisa Moyo
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Whether it is a call to action for blood drives, disaster relief, or just community outreach, the American Red Cross does an extraordinary job at…
— Darius Rucker
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