Abandon Quote by Leon Jouhaux

You know one of the causes of modern despair is the fact that we have had proposed to us, from various quarters, an impossible…

— Morris West

There was an omnipresent sense of crisis.

— Fritz Leiber

The disaster ruins everything, all the while leaving everything intact.

— Maurice Blanchot

“In fact, I suspect that our only hope is disaster. Cruel tho' it is to say it, there has got to be a vast…

— Edward Abbey

It were no virtue to bear calamities if we did not feel them.

— Suzanne Curchod

“The tragedy and opportunity of this moment in history are exactly the same: the natural and technical resources needed to pull us back from…

— Rick Hanson

The world was arrogant and self-satisfied, but behind all this confidence there was an uneasy sense of impending disaster. The old creeds, both religious…

— John Buchan

A great disaster is a symbol to us to remember all the big things of life and forget the small things, of which we…

— Jawaharlal Nehru

The popularity of disaster movies expresses a collective perception of a world threatened by irresistible and unforeseen forces which nevertheless are thwarted at the…

— David Mamet

A crisis creates the opportunity to dip deep into the reservoirs of our very being, to rise to levels of confidence, strength, and resolve…

— Jon M. Huntsman Sr

To me, the idea that any kind of disaster helps create a nation seems a ridiculous one. There was no family in the house…

— Michael Winter

We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.

— Luc de Clapiers