Disastrous Quotes

180 Disastrous quotes by 166 unique authors

People often of masterful intelligence, trained usually in law or economics or perhaps in political science, who have led their governments into disastrous decisions and… — Michael Howard
Giving kids whatever they ask for is disastrous parenting. There's no sense of something earned. I'm sorry, but when you're 12, you don't need a… — Ewan McGregor
We don't cut up when mad men are bred by the old legitimate regular stock religions, but we can't allow wildcat religions to indulge in… — Mark Twain
..if the beginning of the thought or theory is not rooted in reality, the end or the final results of such a thought or theory… — Nirmala Srivastava
Suburban sprawl leads to social atomisation and fragmentation and is environmentally disastrous, as carbon-intensive car journeys displace local shops and replace public transport. — Richard Rogers
Over the years, the diamond industry has had a devastating impact in countries such as Sierra Leone, Angola and the Congo, where profits from the… — Sheherazade Goldsmith
It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next… — Zig Ziglar
In 2004, Kucinich was the only presidential candidate who warned that a war in Iraq would be completely disastrous. I remember how mocked he was… — Marianne Williamson
During the 19th century, Iranians lost vast territories in disastrous wars, and corrupt monarchs sold everything of value in the country to foreigners. — Stephen Kinzer
Climate change might be disastrous, but does that mean we want carbon taxes that raise the price of a gallon of heating oil to $10?… — Alex Berenson
A street full of electric light is a sign of civic failure and is an insulting injury to the soul. Shutting out the night is… — Michael Leunig
Secret ops by secret forces have a nasty tendency to produce unintended, unforeseen, and completely disastrous consequences. New Yorkers will remember well the end result… — Nick Turse
Lithium prevents my seductive but disastrous highs, diminishes my depressions, clears out the wool and webbing from my disordered thinking, slows me down, gentles me… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. — John Kenneth Galbraith
The more disastrous the mishaps the simpler the reviewing task. — Donal Henahan
Nevertheless, the realization that breaking a pencil point would have far less disastrous consequences played little or no role, I believe, in this decision to… — Rudolph A. Marcus
Possibly you are not aware of the fact that the largest sum given by any contributor to the fund is but a trifle when compared… — John Bright
But it required a disastrous, internecine war to bring this question of human freedom to a crisis, and the process of striking the shackles from… — Wendell Willkie
A very difficult year is ahead of us. We must continue our efforts with decisiveness, to stay in the euro, to make sure we do… — Lucas Papademos
I would have been a disastrous soldier. — Max Hastings
Every day it seems more likely that we are destined - or should one say doomed? - to replay the disastrous economic history of the… — Barry Eichengreen
My dear colleague James Hansen, I believe, has finally gone off the deep end... The global warming 'time bomb,' 'disastrous climate changes that spiral dynamically… — Unknown Author
Towards four o'clock, the rebels felt strong enough to take the offensive. A brigade with a battery under Earle managed to strike the Federal right… — Henry Villard
Each candidate behaved well in the hope of being judged worthy of election. However, this system was disastrous when the city had become corrupt. For… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Life is miraculous, even when it's disastrous, it's still incredible, I'm fascinated with everything, life is fascinating, I'm fascinated by trees and dogs, but no… — Coldplay

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