Disasters Quotes

239 Disasters quotes by 209 unique authors

In the U.S. alone, weather disasters caused $50 billion in economic damages in 2010. — Jeff Goodell
Our public credit is good, but the abundance of paper has produced a spirit of gambling in the funds, which has laid up our ships… — Thomas Jefferson
When shall we see poets born? After a time of disasters and great misfortunes, when harrowed nations begin to breathe again. And then, shaken by… — Denis Diderot
Our thoughts and prayers continue to go out to every individual who was affected by these powerful storms, ... Despite facing serious obstacles, the wireless… — Steve Largent
If the truth is boring, civilization is irksome. The constraints inherent in civilized living are frustrating in innumerable ways. Yet those with the vision of… — Thomas Sowell
In politics, throwing the taxpayers' money at disasters is supposed to show your compassion. But robbing Peter to pay Paul is not compassion. It is… — Thomas Sowell
In the social equation, the value of a single life is nil; in the cosmic equation, it is infinite... Not only communism, but any political… — Arthur Koestler
Sometimes the biggest disasters aren't noticed at all - no one's around to write horror stories. — Vernor Vinge
As Mayor of San Francisco, I will work hard to ensure that, in the event of natural or man-made disasters, San Franciscans are prepared and… — Gavin Newsom
We are talking only to ourselves. We are not talking to the rivers, we are not listening to the wind and stars. We have broken… — Thomas Berry
I didnâ€™t realize that one tragedy can beget another, and another â€” bright-eyed disasters flooding out of a death hole like bats out of a… — Karen Russell
The biggest stories in 2005 were the national disasters — Geraldo Rivera
The walls of books around him, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world of disasters. — Ross Macdonald
We love disasters that have nothing to do with us — Mark Doty
There is a huge responsibility on all of us to get England through. It would be one of the biggest disasters in sports history if… — Rio Ferdinand
That natural disasters are required to provide Americans with a glimpse of reality in their own country is an indication of the deep rot infecting… — Tariq Ali
Whatever I decide will not work. Â It's what people want that will work. Â So no one decided whether you become a vegetarian or… — Jacque Fresco
How impossible it is for us to imagine ourselves victims of disaster. We suffer for the poor people who were thrown into the sea from… — Vivienne Westwood
We have become a force of nature Not long ago, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, drought, forest fires, even earthquakes and volcanic explosions were accepted as â€œnatural… — David Suzuki
A hotter, moister atmosphere is an atmosphere primed to trigger disasters. — Michael Oppenheimer

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