Floods Quotes

127 Floods quotes by 114 unique authors

The hour of death waits for no order. Death does not even come from the front. It is ever pressing on from behind. All men… — Yoshida Kenko
Genius is intensity of life; an overflowing vitality which floods and fertilizes a continent or a hemisphere of being; which makes a nature many-sided and… — Hamilton Wright Mabie
This is the fairest picture on our planet, the most enchanting to look upon, the most satisfying to the eye and spirit. To see the… — Mark Twain
Ever since we crawled out of that primordial slime, that's been our unifying cry, 'More light.' Sunlight. Torchlight. Candlelight. Neon, incandescent lights that banish the… — Diane Frolov
Africa can stun you in an instant. It can throw floods and drought and disease at you, sometimes all at the same time. In the… — Jacqueline Novogratz
Love floods our nervous system with positive energy, making us far more attractive to prospective employers, clients, and creative partners... Love leads us to act… — Marianne Williamson
Billions of years ago God was creating universes and life; thousands of years ago he was creating angry floods, sin-saving human sacrifices and audible burning… — Trevor Treharne
Nature and the spirit of our ancestors are giving you loud warnings. Today you see increasing floods, more damaging hurricanes, hail storms, climate changes and… — Thomas Banyacya
By 2040, the Sahara will be moving into Europe and Berlin will be as hot as Baghdad. Atlanta will end up a kudzu jungle. Phoenix… — James Lovelock
When your mind is liberated, your heart floods with compassion. — Nhat Hanh
AIDS today in Africa is claiming more lives than the sum total of all wars, famines and floods and the ravages of such deadly diseases… — Nelson Mandela
You need a civil society... Bushfires can achieve the change from society to community. Bushfires can. Floods can. Ghastly crimes and disasters can. Places can… — Bob Maguire
Noah heeded Godâ€™s command to build an arkâ€¦that they might be saved from the floodwaters. Yet there was no evidence of rain and flood. His… — Thomas S. Monson
I needed to explain that Louisiana's coast accepts the drainage from two-thirds of the United States and, while the necessary levees constructed upstream have prevented… — John Breaux
Every innovation scraps its immediate predecessor and retrieves still older figures â€“ it causes floods of antiques or nostalgic art forms and stimulates the search… — Marshall McLuhan
I don't really remember the day we lost our home in the floods, but looking back I can understand how devastating it was for my… — Samantha Stosur
When we talk of flood control, we usually think of dams and deeper river channels, to impound the waters or hurry their run-off. Yet neither… — Hal Borland
When writing of oneself one should show no mercy. Yet why at the first attempt to discover one's own truth does all inner strength seem… — Georges Bernanos
The National Guard has served America as both a wartime force and the first military responders in times of domestic crisis. Hundreds of times each… — Russel Honore
And if there is one thing we can be sure of, itâ€™s that extreme weather events like Superstorm Sandy, Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, and… — Naomi Klein

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