Earthquake Quotes

178 quotes by 162 authors

Nothing but an imperious intellectual and moral necessity can drive into doubt a religious mind, for it is as though an earthquake shook the foundations… — Annie Besant
Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the… — Barbara Boxer
Governments of rich countries spend some $6bn of tax money a year on disaster relief and development aid overseas, while each new earthquake, famine or… — James Buchan
There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave… — Lord Byron
I am grateful to President George W. Bush for PEPFAR, which is saving the lives of millions of people in poor countries and to both… — William J. Clinton
I do not use airplanes. They strike me as unsporting. You can have an automobile accident-and survive. You can be on a sinking ship-and survive.… — Isaac Asimov
For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and… — Frederick Douglass
Most loss of life and property has been due to the collapse of antiquated and unsafe structures, mostly of brick and other masonry. ... There… — Charles Francis Richter
Let us suppose, that the Old and New worlds were formerly but one continent, and that, by a violent earthquake, the ancient Atalantis [sic] of… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Nature uncovers the inner secrets of nature in two ways: one by the force of bodies operating outside it; the other by the very movements… — Mikhail Lomonosov
[In plotting earthquake measurements] the range between the largest and smallest magnitudes seemed unmanageably large. Dr. Beno Gutenberg then made the natural suggestion to plot… — Charles Francis Richter
It is done. Once again the Fire has penetrated the earth, not with the sudden crash of thunderbolt, riving the mountain tops: does the Master… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Global warming is one of those things, not like an earthquake where there's a big bang and you say, 'Oh, my God, this is really,… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have… — Saint Augustine
Willie was a salesman. And for a salesman, there is no rock bottom to life?. He's a man way out there in the blue, riding… — Arthur Miller
We believe our suppliers of materials have not been impacted. At this point, our customers have not asked us to do anything differently as a… — Paul Otellini
I'm a doer, and whether it was the tsunami in Sri Lanka or the earthquake in Indonesia, I was always saying, I should be there;… — Paul Walker
Through the shake of an earthquake I will never fall. Thatâ€™s how strong my love is. — Alicia Keys
In an earthquake, I shouldn't run out of the house -- I should run into it. — Tony Danza
In the middle of my third Hollywood picture The Magician, the earthquake hit Hollywood. Not the real earthquake. Just the talkies. — Conrad Veidt

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