Disaster Quote by Philip Roth

The terror of the unforeseen is what the science of history hides, turning a disaster into an epic.

— Philip Roth

“And as Lindbergh's election couldn't have made clearer to me, the unfolding of the unforeseen was everything. Turned wrong way round, the relentless unforeseen…

— Philip Roth

One of the things I know from the study of history is that history surprises you. History is not written. It's not inevitable.The victory…

— Salman Rushdie

With the destruction of history, contemporary events themselves retreat into a remote and fabulous realm of unverifiable stories, uncheckable statistics, unlikely explanations and untenable…

— Guy Debord

All history is the history of unintended consequences.

— T. J. Jackson Lears

This book has been a catalogue of mistakes by politicians, moral and practical disasters which led to wars, enslavement and wretchedness on a scale…

— A. N. Wilson

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

“The real, the unique misfortune: to see the light of day. A disaster which dates back to aggressiveness, to the seed of expansion and…

— Emil Cioran

The element of the unexpected and the unforeseeable is what gives some of its relish to life and saves us from falling into the…

— Winston Churchill

“It never is what you worry over that comes to pass in the end. The real catastrophes are always different — unimagined, unprepared for, unknown.”

— Karen Thompson Walker

“How do you calculate upon the unforeseen? It seems to be an art of recognizing the role of the unforeseen, of keeping your balance…

— Rebecca Solnit

For historians, hindsight can be a treacherous ally. Enabling us to trace the hidden patterns of past events, it beguiles us with the mirage…

— Eric Foner