Best Earthquake Quotations

178 Earthquake quotes by 155 unique authors

Canadians have been very generous toward Haiti after the earthquake and, thanks to you, our most vulnerable people have received food, drinkable water, shelter, medical… — Laurent Lamothe
Principles don't die. They aren't here one day and gone the next. They can't be destroyed by fire, earthquake or theft. Principles are deep, fundamental… — Stephen Covey
The only thing I've experienced that could compare to the launch in terms of raw power was the Loma Prieta earthquake. — Loren Acton
When the Haiti earthquake happened, I registered with UNICEF to set up an account, and posted to Twitter for people to donate to it. In… — Misha Collins
Californians are good at planning for the earthquake, while simultaneously denying it will happen. — Sheila Ballantyne
Beside the grand history of the glaciers and their own, the mountain streams sing the history of every avalanche or earthquake and of snow, all… — John Muir
I shall never sleep calmly again when I think of the horrors that lurk ceaselessly behind life in time and in space, and of those… — H P Lovecraft
Feeling earthquakes was part of growing up, and also preparing for them: doing earthquake drills, or having earthquake supplies. The looming feeling was part of… — Karen Thompson Walker
Shortly after the 2004 Indonesian earthquake, I read that the earthquake had affected the rotation of the earth, shortening the length of our 24-hour day.… — Karen Thompson Walker
We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax. — Samuel Goldwyn
Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery. — Phil Donahue
It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the… — Frederick Douglass
Haiti is always talking about decentralization and nothing has been so obvious, perhaps a weakness, as the centralized nature of Haitian society as being revealed… — Paul Farmer
I live a half mile from the San Andreas fault - a fact that bubbles up into my consciousness every time some other part of… — Gary Hamel
The Oscar sits on some shelf above my desk. If there was an earthquake, I could actually be killed by my own Academy Award. — Helen Hunt
Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match. — Karl Kraus
I used to sleep nude - until the earthquake. — Alyssa Milano
War prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or a plague brings. — Ludwig von Mises
Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else. — Anne M. Mulcahy
Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else. I'll never forget the wrenching days I spent… — Anne M. Mulcahy
God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and… — William Lyon Phelps
The generosity of the American public toward the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami has been reflected in the outpouring of support for the… — Jon Porter
I couldn't help but be impressed by the magnitude of the earthquake. — Dan Quayle
I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that… — Jon Scieszka
Revolution is as unpredictable as an earthquake and as beautiful as spring. Its coming is always a surprise, but its nature should not be. — Rebecca Solnit

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