Disastrous Quotes

180 Disastrous quotes by 166 unique authors

Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Look, I'm very much in favor of tax cuts, but not with borrowed money. And the problem that we've gotten into in recent years is… — Alan Greenspan
I went through two pretty dark years being fed up with the system and frustrated with my own party after two disastrous elections in 2006… — Jim DeMint
President Obama has earned my vote on the basis of his excellent judicial appointments, his consensus-building foreign policy and the improvements he has brought about… — Alan Dershowitz
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for… — Arthur Erickson
I don't think kids should have role models. They're disastrous. — Rupert Everett
The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first… — Margot Fonteyn
By taking out a loan, I am committing myself to years of interest repayments, and therefore to years of wage slavery. And the U.K. has… — Tom Hodgkinson
Reagan won because he was real. He believed in America. He told people he was gonna make it great again coming out of a disastrous… — Rush Limbaugh
What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is… — Thomas Merton
It's like gambling somehow. You go out for a night of drinking and you don't know where your going to end up the next day.… — Jim Morrison
Earlier today, Arnold Schwarzenegger criticized the California school system, calling it disastrous. Arnold says California's schools are so bad that its graduates are willing to… — Conan O'Brien
Can advertising foist an inferior product on the consumer? Bitter experience has taught me that it cannot. On those rare occasions when I have advertised… — David Ogilvy
The history of the last century shows, as we shall see later, that the advice given to governments by bankers, like the advice they gave… — Carroll Quigley
Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by… — Ayn Rand
Drugs ruin peoples lives, break up families and have disastrous effects on our communities. — Adam Rickitt
I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world. These are well known to all. But these aspects do… — Jose Saramago
There's a flip side to having prominent public intellectuals, which is that they start meddling in politics and often with quite disastrous results. — Will Self
Bloated budgets are ruining Hollywood - these pictures are squeezing all the other types of movies out of Hollywood. It's disastrous. — Steven Spielberg
The time is long overdue to stop looking for progress through racial or ethnic leaders. Such leaders have too many incentives to promote polarizing attitudes… — Thomas Sowell
Brainy folks were also present in Lyndon Johnson's administration, especially in the Pentagon, where Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's brilliant 'whiz kids' tried to micro-manage… — Thomas Sowell
Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child's tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It's not funny and it's… — Ben Stein
Being unemployed is even more disastrous for individuals than you'd expect. Aside from the obvious harm - poverty, difficulty paying off debts - it seems… — James Surowiecki
Success and failure are equally disastrous. — Tennessee Williams

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