Disaster Quotes

1040 Disaster quotes by 845 unique authors

If the militarily most powerful and least threatened states need nuclear weapons for their security, how can one deny such security to countries that are… — Joseph Rotblat
It cannot be denied that for a society which has to create scarcity to save its members from starvation, to whom abundance spells disaster, and… — Arthur Eddington
This year marks 20 years since the Rwandan genocide -- the world's greatest humanitarian tragedy of the late 20th century. The international community had pledged… — Park Geun-hye
These early decisions can foreclose many opportunities to reshape the patterns of development in a community so as to make it better and safer by… — Unknown Author
That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy. — Seneca the Younger
The advent of the mobile phone was a disaster. We are forced to listen, open-mouthed, to other people's intimate conversations. Increasingly, we are all in… — Lynne Truss
If a nuclear disaster occurred, and you had to live out those final painful days just stretched out somewhere thinking about your life--This is who… — Jill McCorkle
If I describe a sunny morning in May (the buds, the wet-winged flies, the warm sun and cool breeze), I am also implying the perishing… — Clark Blaise
A disaster where marble has been substituted for imagination. — Ada Louise Huxtable
There is no 'need' for us to eat meat, dairy or eggs. Indeed, these foods are increasingly linked to various human diseases and animal agriculture… — Gary L. Francione
Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his… — Oliver Goldsmith
Although it is tempting to think of these natural landscapes as reflecting a stability in climactic and geologic forces, long periods of climactic and geophysical… — David Holmgren
Out of the experience of extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud.. — Nelson Mandela
Emotions, in my experience aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness," "joy," or "regret." I'd like to have at my disposal complicated… — Jeffrey Eugenides
If you're an ant, and you're walking along across the top of a cup of pudding, you probably have no idea that the only thing… — Jack Handey
Wikipedia only works in practice. In theory, it's a total disaster. — Sue Gardner
Who is of so little faith that in a moment of great disaster or heartbreak has not called to his God? — Og Mandino
There is no greater offence than harbouring desires. There is no greater disaster than discontent. There is no greater misfortune than wanting more. — Laozi
By 1948, the Italians had begun to pull themselves together, demonstrating once more their astonishing ability to cope with disaster which is so perfectly balanced… — Gore Vidal
When a man arrives at great prosperity God did it: when he falls into disaster he did it himself. — Mark Twain

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