Disastrous Quotes

180 Disastrous quotes by 166 unique authors

The most positive step is to try to expand the employment base by making it, if not economically friendly, at least not economically disastrous, for… — Dick Wolf
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… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
All life on Earth is subject to the rumbles and rockings of the parent stucture which has no control over the disastrous effects of its… — Jack Kirby
One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one. — Agatha Christie
All our days are marked with/ unexpected/ affronts--some/ disastrous, others/ less so/ but the process is/ wearing and/ continuous./ Attrition rules./ Most give/ way/ leaving/… — Charles Bukowski
Love is one of the true mysteries,' he said at last. 'The truest and the deepest of all. One thing, Maerad: to love is never… — Alison Croggon
Connection" is the triumphal cry these days. Connection has made people arrogant, impatient, hasty, and presumptuous. ...I don't doubt that instant communication has been good… — Paul Theroux
I am sorry to have to introduce the subject of Christmas. It is an indecent subject; a cruel, gluttonous subject; a drunken, disorderly subject; a… — George Bernard Shaw
Yes,I'm afraid you're right. Trial and error isn't a bad way to learn how to build an aircraft,but it can be a disastrous way to… — Daniel Quinn
Truth is eternal. Knowledge is changeable. It is disastrous to confuse them. — Madeleine L'Engle
He liked the works of his friends, which is beautiful as loyalty but can be disastrous as judgement. — Ernest Hemingway
Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all… — Thomas Sowell
She was not good on the phone. She needed the face, the pattern of eyes, nose, trembling mouth... People talking were meant to look at… — Lorrie Moore
It doesn't take much to show love, but at some time or another in your, praise God, disastrous life you must have felt, honestly and… — Robert Walser
It's a very American trait, this wanting people to think well of us. It's a young want, and I am ashamed of it in myself.… — Madeleine L'Engle
Evil always wins through the strength of its splendid dupes; and there has in all ages been a disastrous alliance between abnormal innocence and abnormal… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
What was it about that short creature with her wild hair and spurious air of purity and why would anyone much less two men love… — Anna Godbersen
O God, I love you to the edge of madness, Venetia, but I'm not mad yet--not so mad that I don't know how disastrous it… — Georgette Heyer
...he was conscious of the disastrous fact that love and desire must be expressed in the same way... — Albert Camus
Just because of that one disastrous blind date she had last year, where the guy turned out to be fifty-nine, not thirty-nine (He claimed it… — Sophie Kinsella
Adrian's face was the picture of perfect politeness and restraint, meaning something disastrous was about to happen. — Richelle Mead
When I'm single, I'm this fabulous, independent, confident woman, and then I get involved with one disastrous man after another and I turn into this… — Jane Green
The more you know, the more you try to change them, and that can be disastrous. — Rick Riordan
Then my father's features hardened. "You can't expect my blessings on this disastrous mistake." The words were directed at me, but Vlad responded. "I wouldn't… — Jeaniene Frost
In spite of the fact that the law of revenge solves no social problems, men continue to follow its disastrous leading. History is cluttered with… — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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