Blueprints Quote by Jared Diamond

Society proceeds like the ocean. After a disaster, it resume its wonted level and rhythms; its devouring interests efface all traces of damage.

— Honore de Balzac

Sometimes, disaster can inspire ingenuity.

— Michael Arden

In the midst of economic recovery and global upheaval, disasters like this remind us of the common humanity that we share.

— Barack Obama

Disaster falls on those who try hardest to avoid it.

— Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

We have a real role in how our own collective lives, our nation, and our world and society turn out. Seizing those opportunities is…

— Rebecca Solnit

I always tell myself every disaster is more material for my work and another anecdote to tell.

— Hugh Dennis

Disaster mitigation... increases the self reliance of people who are at risk - in other words, it is empowering.

— Ian Davis

“Catastrophe is change on the fast track. Disaster is a laboratory for adaptability.”

— Robert Watson

Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life

— Joseph Campbell

If some appalling disaster befalls, there's Always a way for the rich.

— Euripides

“These things happen to poor people who live in exposed areas. Society is set up in such a way that it’s the poor and…

— Don DeLillo

“We are the masters of our own disasters.”

— Anonymous