Disasters Quotes

239 Disasters quotes by 209 unique authors

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
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
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
Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace the day's disasters in his morning face. — Oliver Goldsmith
The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making. — Ted Danson
Manhattan is an accumulation of possible disasters that never happen. — Rem Koolhaas
And I, unfortunately, have been to too many disasters as president. — George W. Bush
Recorded history is largely an account of the crimes and disasters committed by banal little men at the levers of imperial machines. — Edward Abbey
It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the… — Thucydides
Architects mostly work for privileged people, people who have money and power, Power and money are invisible, so people hire us to visualize their power… — Shigeru Ban
I call for the need of world leaders to address climate change and reduce the increasing risk of disasters- and world leaders must include mayors,… — Ban Ki-moon
If I don't ask "Why me?" after my victories, I cannot ask "Why me?" after my setbacks and disasters. — Arthur Ashe
The essence of warriorship, or the essence of human bravery, is refusing to give up on anyone or anything. We can never say that we… — Chogyam Trungpa
Unless we announce disasters no one will listen. — Unknown Author
The foes now are universal - poverty, famine, religious radicalization, desertification, drugs, proliferation of nuclear weapons, ecological devastation. They threaten all nations, just as science… — Shimon Peres
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

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