Disaster Quotes

1040 Disaster quotes by 845 unique authors

Drugs are a tragedy for addicts. But criminalizing their use converts that tragedy into a disaster for society, for users and non-users alike. Our experience… — Milton Friedman
You are here to step into the shoes of UN ambassadors - to draft resolutions, to plot strategy, to negotiate with your allies as well… — Ban Ki-moon
Be seriously involved with growing, with your own development, and never fear. Be the kind of person who is naturally powerful, positive, ingenious, open, to… — Jeff Buckley
A prayerless person is a disaster waiting to happen. — D. A. Carson
Confidence without clarity is always a disaster. — Jaggi Vasudev
Travel is a joy, full of surprises. Perhaps some of the most enjoyable times are those where one comes close to disaster: the risks add… — Jane Wilson-Howarth
Death is not a disaster. Too many births - that is the real disaster. — Jaggi Vasudev
When one is overfed and another one is hungry, I call that a disaster. — Jaggi Vasudev
Meet success like a gentleman; disaster like a man. — Winston Churchill
The carbon emissions from tar shale and tar sands would initiate a continual unfolding of climate disasters over the course of this century. We would… — James Hansen
I think one of the great disasters (in military history) is the way that the Second World War has become the defining reference point for… — Antony Beevor
The sense of impending disaster hung over the garden like a chandelier. — Antal Szerb
History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between. — Sarah Vowell
Every week I have a disaster in my kitchen. The fire alarm goes off repeatedly. But it doesn't stop me being adventurous. — Paul O'Grady
Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for… — Stephen Hawking
I have to admit that one of the saddest things I see in ministry is a woman who belittles her husband. Even if he has… — Stu Weber
Each time the losses and deceptions of life teach us about impermanence, they bring us closer to the truth. When you fall from a great… — Sogyal Rinpoche
If you call [the synagogue] a brothel, a den of vice, the devil's refuge, Satan's fortress, a place to deprave the soul, an abyss of… — St. Jerome
To say that one need art, or politics, that incorporate ambiguity and contradiction is not to say that one then stops recognizing and condemning things… — William Kentridge
Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country. When disaster strikes we cannot call on neighboring states for… — Daniel Kahikina Akaka

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