Disasters Quotes

239 Disasters quotes by 209 unique authors

Birth: The first and direst of all disasters. — Ambrose Bierce
This book has been a catalogue of mistakes by politicians, moral and practical disasters which led to wars, enslavement and wretchedness on a scale which… — A. N. Wilson
There was a tsunami and there are terrible natural disasters, all of this because of too little Torah study. — Ovadia Yosef
I'm a witch woman--high on tobacco and holy water. I'm a woman delighted with her disasters. They give me something to do. A profession of… — Sandra Cisneros
While natural disasters capture headlines and national attention short-term, the work of recovery and rebuilding is long-term. — Sylvia Mathews Burwell
BIRTH, n. The first and direst of all disasters. As to the nature of it there appears to be no uniformity. Castor and Pollux were… — Ambrose Bierce
We make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars; as if we were villians by compulsion. — William Shakespeare
He led the state through a budget crisis, natural disasters, and political turmoil, working across party lines for a better environment, election reforms, and bipartisan… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
If you want to have a nonmiraculous day, I suggest that newspaper and caffeine form the crux of your morning regimen. Listen to the morning… — Marianne Williamson
Sometimes it can feel like the whole globe is spinning with irredeemable losses, capricious natural disasters and crimes so outrageously evil they dismantle any attempt… — Karen Russell
There is a growing feeling that perhaps Texas is really another country, a place where the skies, the disasters, the diamonds, the politicians, the women,… — Pete Hamill
You need a civil society... Bushfires can achieve the change from society to community. Bushfires can. Floods can. Ghastly crimes and disasters can. Places can… — Bob Maguire
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
History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between. — Sarah Vowell
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
Crime is only the worst example, but it is a paradigm for other Labour policy disasters. No one tells the voters that crime is falling:… — Polly Toynbee
If politics and business fail us, of course the military will be called in. In the developing world, the massive and repeated ecological disasters are… — Bruce Sterling
Getting into the habit of switching a timer on will, I promise, save you from any number of kitchen disasters. — Delia Smith
Natural disasters in Bolivia have been getting worse with the passage of time. It's brought about by a system: the capitalist system, the unbridled industrialization… — Evo Morales
Farms and ranches contend with much more than quarterly reports and profit margins - the weather can wreak havoc on their quality of life and… — Ruben Hinojosa
Our disasters have been some of the best things that ever happened to us. And what we swore were blessings have been some of the… — Richard Bach
I like natural disasters and I think that they may be the highest form of art possible to experience — Walter De Maria
Disasters are usually a good time to re-examine what we've done so far, what mistakes we've made, and what improvements should come next. — Dan Ariely
The relentless note of incipient hysteria, the invitation to panic, the ungrounded scenarios - the overwhelming and underlying desire for something truly terrible to happen… — Adam Gopnik

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