Disasters Quotes

239 Disasters quotes by 209 unique authors

Disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, floods, oil spills and radioactive fallout cause massive death of people, pigs, bats and birds. These disasters also impact… — Paul Stamets
I still feel needles in my back when I think about all the horrible disasters that would have befallen me if I had permanently moved… — Hunter S. Thompson
While it will be desirable to achieve planned results, it will be even more important to avoid unplanned disasters. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Lucky is the man who has been successful with his children and not got ones who are notorious disasters. — Euripides
We have become a society that can't self-correct, that can't address its obvious problems, that can't pull out of its nosedive. And so to our… — Thomas Frank
That is who Barack Obama is - a person of admirable character - and that is who he has remained for me over these last… — Elizabeth Gilbert
The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as… — Quentin Crisp
But by showing us live coverage of every bad thing happening everywhere in the world, cable news makes life seem like it's just an endless… — Gregg Easterbrook
My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters. — Boris Johnson
Bad things do happen in the world, like war, natural disasters, disease. But out of those situations always arise stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary… — Daryn Kagan
We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling… — Robert E. Lee
Corporations often partner with government after natural disasters, as many companies did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. As a rule, however, long-term… — Simon Mainwaring
I've had some real hair disasters. — Sienna Miller
Technology is always a two-edged sword. It will bring in many benefits, but also many disasters. — Alan Moore
We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn't have to be lost if there was enough disaster… — Petra Nemcova
The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters. — Harold Nicolson
Rising sea levels, severe draughts, the melting of the polar caps, the more frequent and devastating natural disasters all raise demand for humanitarian assistance and… — Leon Panetta
Natural disasters are terrifying - that loss of control, this feeling that something is just going to randomly end your life for absolutely no reason… — Eli Roth
The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few disasters. — May Sarton
I've produced more pilots than United Airlines, and they've all been disasters. Every audition I ever took in my life I lost. — Willard Scott
It's very difficult to ignore humanitarian disasters. The royalties from my albums continue to support my charity work. — Cat Stevens
Disasters redistribute money from taxpayers to construction workers, from insurance companies to homeowners, and even from those who once lived in the destroyed city to… — James Surowiecki
My heart goes out to victims and survivors of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy and to their families. This disaster will go down in history books… — Ellen Tauscher
Global interdependence today means that economic disasters in developing countries could create a backlash on developed countries. — Atal Bihari Vajpayee
The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain. — Colin Wilson

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