Quotes about Collapse

Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse. Votes: 4

Every wave, regardless of how high and forceful it crests, must eventually collapse within itself. Votes: 4

With the advent of genetic engineering the time required for the evolution of new species may literally collapse. Votes: 4

I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm. Votes: 4

America cannot continue to lead the family of nations around the world if we suffer the collapse of the family here at home. Votes: 4

If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos. Votes: 4

The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell. Votes: 4

Censorship is saying: 'I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.' But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word - even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper. Votes: 4

Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse. Votes: 3

I've been in on the beginning, the rise, peak, collapse and end of the talking picture. Votes: 3

Exercise? I get it on the golf course. When I see my friends collapse, I run for the paramedics. Votes: 3

We may get to the point where the only way of saving the world will be for industrial civilization to collapse. Votes: 3

Visual ideas combined with technology combined with personal interpretation equals photography. Each must hold it's own; if it doesn't, the thing collapses. Votes: 3

The banking collapse was caused, more than anything, by bad government policy and the total failure of bad regulation, rather than by greed. Votes: 3

The left dismisses talk about the collapse of family life and talks instead about the emergence of the growing new diversity of family types. Votes: 3

All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end. Votes: 3

Truth is the greatest of all national possessions. A state, a people, a system which suppresses the truth or fears to publish it, deserves to collapse. Votes: 3

Gladio had been necessary during the days of the Cold War but, in view of the collapse of the East Block, Italy would suggest to Nato that the organisation was no longer necessary. Votes: 3

When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere. Votes: 3

You know, we all have our inner demons. I, for one - I can't speak for you, but I'm on the verge of moral collapse at any time. It can happen by the end of the show. Votes: 3

The consequences of a collapse would not be pretty. Whichever country precipitated it - Germany by threatening to abandon the euro, or Greece or Spain by actually doing so - would trigger economic chaos and incur its neighbours' wrath. Votes: 3

We expected that people were just waiting for the collapse of the Soviet Union, or at least for its retreat, and they were going to be full of initiative in all areas of life - in culture, in economy and in politics. Votes: 3

Men were only made into 'men' with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally 'a man' any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse. Votes: 3

The New Deal is plainly an attempt to achieve a working socialism and avert a social collapse in America; it is extraordinarily parallel to the successive 'policies' and 'Plans' of the Russian experiment. Americans shirk the word 'socialism', but what else can one call it? Votes: 3

Your home is regarded as a model home, your life as a model life. But all this splendor, and you along with it... it's just as though it were built upon a shifting quagmire. A moment may come, a word can be spoken, and both you and all this splendor will collapse. Votes: 3

The roof cannot collapse when the value pillars of government and society are sound and strong. Votes: 1

General relativity predicts that time ends inside black holes because the gravitational collapse squeezes matter to infinite density. Votes: 1

Civilization must stand up and combat the current collapse of governance, the rise of violence, and the spread of chaos and fear in many parts of the world. Votes: 1

If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit. Votes: 1

You get in before sunrise and you get out after sunset and you go home, eat and collapse. While you're aware of the ratings, you aren't prepared for the response of the fans. Votes: 1

It's almost sickening now that the regulators 'on the beat' while the biggest credit collapse in modern financial history unfolded are now patting themselves on the back for their 'brave' stance on short-selling! Votes: 1

Once we start deliberately messing with the climate systems, we could inadvertently shift rainfall patterns (climate models have shown that rainfall in the Amazon might be particularly vulnerable), causing collapse of ecosystems, drought, famine, and more. Votes: 1

For something to collapse, not all systems have to shut down. In most cases, just one system is enough. For example, the human body is a system of systems. If just one system, such as the cardiovascular system, shuts down, death follows. Votes: 1

Communism in Cuba will collapse sooner or later because you can't control the free flow of information. Communism prevents organizations from developing by stopping the flow of information. The system is based on police and listening devices and triggers the worst characteristics in humans. Votes: 1

I usually doze off between 7:30 and 9 p.m. while putting my baby to sleep. Then I suddenly wake up remembering I'm an adult with no bedtime. I spend the next four hours catching up on reading, e-mails, and other adult pursuits until I collapse for good until sunrise. Votes: 1

Ever since the collapse of cap and trade legislation and the realization that President Obama is unlikely to ever utter the words 'climate change' in public again, much less use the bully pulpit to prepare the nation for the catastrophic risks of inaction, the movement has been in a funk. Votes: 1

NATO was constructed on the - with the reason, whether one believes it or not, that it was going to defend Western Europe from Russian assault. Once the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union was beginning to collapse, that reason was gone. So, first question: why does NATO exist? Votes: 1

What's amazing is that I'm recognized all over the world through 'Red Dwarf.' British fans are exceptional, but the American fans are something else. Some of them fly 500 miles to stand in line for three hours, just to meet me, then when they do they collapse. It makes you feel like a rock star! Votes: 1

We print journalists are victims of economic forces beyond our control. We were as surprised as everyone else was by the sudden collapse of the reliable reporting market. We had no idea that real news and clear-eyed analysis were being 'bundled' with subprime celebrity gossip, 'U.S. Weekly' derivatives, and Jennifer Aniston/Angelina Jolie swaps. Votes: 1

I think fashion is repulsive. The whole idea that someone else can make clothing that is supposed to be in style and make other people look good is ridiculous. It sickens me to think that there is an industry that plays to the low self-esteem of the general public. I would like the fashion industry to collapse. Votes: 1

Out of all the ridiculous religion stories - which are greatly, wonderfully ridiculous - the silliest one I've ever heard is, 'Yeah, there's this big, giant universe, and it's expanding, and it's all going to collapse on itself, and we're all just here, just 'cuz. Just 'cuz.' That to me, is the most ridiculous explanation ever. Votes: 1

I think it would collapse my heart if I was super famous. I don't have the nerve for it, I'm too anxious. I don't know how you're not obsessed with how people perceive you, because they're real people, you know? You can convince yourself that they don't really know you, and that's true, but how can it not hurt your feelings? Votes: 1

I think it is fair to say that during World War II there was a high sense of purpose. The country had a very clear vision of its own standing, of its own morality. It was not an ambiguous time. Today, we live in a world that is highly ambiguous, very fractured, with many of the historical, traditional values in a state of collapse, really. Votes: 1

Cracks make caves collapse. Votes: 0

Calamitous collapse is better than mediocre defeat! Votes: 0

Paintings. Or the collapse of time in images. Votes: 0

When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee. Votes: 0

The last thing to collapse is the surface. Votes: 0

In New York, one must collapse to be indolent. Votes: 0

I have severe osteoporosis. Your bones start to collapse. Votes: 0

Mere form without substance must collapse of its own weight. Votes: 0

Most of us don't collapse into puddles of stress-related disease. Votes: 0

Without good drawing, the foundation of a painting will collapse. Votes: 0

For the economy itself will die if our ecosystems collapse. Votes: 0

After World War II, the major estates really did collapse. Votes: 0

The collapse of Russia was the second great event of 1917. Votes: 0

What caused the economic collapse 2008? It was the subprime mortgage crisis. Votes: 0

Any belief that puts itself beyond doubt nurtures its own collapse. Votes: 0

If I said that oil production would collapse I was wrong. Votes: 0

...the collapse of tsarism, while not improbably, was certainly not inevitable. Votes: 0

Public problems collapse into the limited and depoliticized register of private issues. Votes: 0

It was not my intention to collapse; no, I would die standing. Votes: 0

The most rigid structures, the most impervious to change, will collapse first. Votes: 0

I'd be kidding if I said that I predicted the financial collapse. Votes: 0

A Christian life based on feeling is headed for a gigantic collapse. Votes: 0

You know what happens when windmills collapse into the sea? A splash. Votes: 0

Taking it easy is often the prelude to backsliding. Comfort precedes collapse. Votes: 0

With the collapse of vaudeville new talent has no place to stink. Votes: 0

If honesty were suddenly introduced into American life, the whole system would collapse. Votes: 0

Be glad that you're greedy; the national economy would collapse if you weren't. Votes: 0

I predict the Internet will soon go spectacularly supernova and in 1996 catastrophically collapse. Votes: 0

Without energy life would be extinguished instantaneously, and the cellular fabric would collapse. Votes: 0

We are no longer dealing with historical events, but with places of collapse. Votes: 0

If you fail to take advantage of your enemies' collapse, they may recover. Votes: 0

Sometimes all a country needs is an entire collapse for a new beginning! Votes: 0

The last three decades have seen the collapse of the family wage system. Votes: 0

The Roman world is in collapse but we do not bend our neck. Votes: 0

Old houses are full with memories and that's why they resist to collapse! Votes: 0

If we don't build our Spiritual Core our world is going to collapse. Votes: 0

I went to India as a missionary to save England from spiritual collapse. Votes: 0

Can we reach biosphere consciousness and global empathy in time to avert planetary collapse? Votes: 0

Regimes collapse when people are no longer afraid and think they're no longer alone. Votes: 0

The significant collapse of oil prices shows that it was previously way too high. Votes: 0

As species are exterminated by shifting climate zones, ecosystems can collapse, destroying more species. Votes: 0

[W]e must never allow the future to collapse under the burden of memory. Votes: 0

i cried when i saw those buildings collapse on themselves like a broken heart. Votes: 0

Newspaper : A device unable to distinguish between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilisation. Votes: 0

Borrowers will default. Markets will collapse. Gold (the ultimate form of safe money) will skyrocket. Votes: 0

Relationships based on deals between leaders or ruling elites tend to collapse amid popular anger. Votes: 0

Without artists, the sublime idea men have of the universe would collapse with dizzying speed. Votes: 0

I'll be honest, watching the music industry collapse has been demoralizing and disheartening at times. Votes: 0

Walls get made, walls crumble, buildings get built, buildings collapse, memories get made, memories last. Votes: 0

Only education is capable of saving our societies from possible collapse, whether violent, or gradual. Votes: 0

Why is no one talking about all the potential savings from a complete economic collapse? Votes: 0

Her courage seemed to collapse around her ankles like an old pair of elastic undies Votes: 0

No civilization on the brink of collapse has ever changed fast enough to avert collapse. Votes: 0

A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse. Votes: 0

Think from outside the box, collapse the box and take a fucking knife to it. Votes: 0

but even if we survive the collapse of our sun, we will not survive forever. Votes: 0

The failure of the citizens to pray for the nation will lead to its collapse. Votes: 0

Prayer is the core of the day. Take prayer out, and the day would collapse ... Votes: 0

The collapse of the stellar universe will occur - like creation - in grandiose splendor. Votes: 0

Now, our Sun will not collapse to a black hole. It's actually not massive enough. Votes: 0

I see the collapse of the Soviet Union as a great tragedy of the XX century. Votes: 0

Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a f**king sharp knife to it. Votes: 0

Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Votes: 0

Support for Saddam, including within his military organization, will collapse after the first whiff of gunpowder. Votes: 0

Man, wonderful man, must collapse, into nature's cauldron, he is no deity, he is no exception. Votes: 0

When trauma involves intentional harm, such as in a crime or abuse, trust can totally collapse. Votes: 0

My staff was unanimous in believing that Japan was on the point of collapse and surrender. Votes: 0

When the officers are too strong and the common soldiers too weak, the result is COLLAPSE. Votes: 0

We must produce a great age, or see the collapse of the upward striving of our race. Votes: 0

Sexually awakened women, affirmed and recognized as such, would mean the complete collapse of the authoritarian ideology Votes: 0

A sign of a culture that has lost its faith - Moral collapse follows upon spiritual collapse. Votes: 0

Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse. Votes: 0

History shows that people who save and invest grown and prosper, and the others deteriorate and collapse. Votes: 0

It's my nature to go around in high spirits most of the time and then to collapse. Votes: 0

Faith is one of the forces by which men live, and the total absence of it means collapse Votes: 0

If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would collapse. Votes: 0

We're still in the collapse that began after 2008. There's not a new collapse, there hasn't been a recovery. Votes: 0

Happy in all that ragged, loose collapse of water, the fountain, its effortless descent and flatteries of spray... Votes: 0

Historians will likely give Obama credit for steering the country away from the brink of economic collapse in 2009. Votes: 0

In social affairs, I'm an optimist. I really do believe that our military- industrial civilization will soon collapse. Votes: 0

No system that implies control of society by privilege seekers has ever ended any other way but collapse Votes: 0

But I never get attracted to fans cause the eager beaver could be the collapse of a dam Votes: 0

A collapse in U.S. stock prices certainly would cause a lot of white knuckles on Wall Street. Votes: 0

No part of Italian society should see itself as exempt from the effort to save Italy from collapse. Votes: 0

Do we want to be remembered as the generation that saved the banks and let the biosphere collapse? Votes: 0

History is replete with examples of empires mounting impressive military campaigns on the cusp of their impending economic collapse. Votes: 0

If they lost the incredible conviction that they can change their wives or husbands, marriage would collapse at once. Votes: 0

One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. Votes: 0

The biggest threat to global stability is the potential for food crises in poor countries to cause government collapse. Votes: 0

I will not remain silent, resigned to watch as my fellow prisoners collapse under the strain of slavery-like conditions. Votes: 0

If the present economic structure can change only by collapsing, then it had better collapse as soon as possible. Votes: 0

The traditional view of the sanctity of human life will collapse under pressure from scientific, technological and demographic developments. Votes: 0

Junkies find veins in their toes when the veins in their arms collapse. Developing tars sands is the equivalent. Votes: 0

I want to collapse. I want to fall on the sidewalk right there and drag myself to the ivy. Votes: 0

I have always thought that if we began for one moment to say what we thought, society would collapse. Votes: 0

It's as though a smile is ageless, or perhaps eternal, independent of the decay and collapse of the surrounding features. Votes: 0

The ecosystem of our world is a closed system: it would run out of gas, collapse of its own weight. Votes: 0

Facts are all accidents. They all might have been different. They all may become different. They may all collapse altogether. Votes: 0

I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England. Votes: 0

Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do. Votes: 0

Aristocrats might shrug, but commoners, dreading any collapse of the social order, wanted the rules of behavior to be observed. Votes: 0

Everything trends towards catastrophe & collapse. I am interested, geared up & happy. Is it not horrible to be built like that? Votes: 0

My heart and my trust were in the process of collapsing. And that collapse created a vacuum in my chest. Votes: 0

Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned collapse, and they would smile at the beauty of destruction. Votes: 0

Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about? Votes: 0

There will come a day, when all the lies will collapse under their own weight, and truth will again triumph. Votes: 0

The plague did not lead to Europe’s economic collapse. Rather, Europe’s currency-driven economic collapse led to the plague. Votes: 0

As great edifices collapse of their own weight, so Heaven sets a similar limit to the growth of prosperous states. Votes: 0

Events like Hurricane Katrina and the Minnesota bridge collapse suggest a national infrastructure that has suffered from lack of tending. Votes: 0

The collapse of Enron was devastating to tens of thousands of people and shook the public's confidence in corporate America. Votes: 0

The downturn following the collapse of Japan's so-called bubble economy of the 1980s was not as severe as the Great Depression. Votes: 0

We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions. Votes: 0

Marriage is like a temple resting on two pillars. If they come too close to each other the temple will collapse. Votes: 0

I'll take the cemetery," Kane said. He didn't sound excited. Rather, he sounded resigned. "The club might collapse if I go. Votes: 0

I am really and truly frightened by the collapse of support for the Republican Party by the young and the educated. Votes: 0

I am worried that the collapse of home prices might turn out to be the most severe since the Great Depression. Votes: 0

If you died it would be like my bones had been removed. No one would know why, but I would collapse. Votes: 0

Falling in love is not an extension of one's limits or boundaries; it is a partial and temporary collapse of them. Votes: 0

How many times do you take yourself to the brink of complete collapse? It's not a real fun place to go. Votes: 0

In the fluid world of 1919, it was possible to dream of great change, or have nightmares about the collapse of order. Votes: 0

Pressure hulls collapse at the speed of sound. Once that starts, you're inside your own little imploding atomic bomb, and you're gone. Votes: 0

When I make a work, I often take it to the very edge of its collapse, and that's a very beautiful balance. Votes: 0

Being a journalist got me to meet with children who had witnessed all their beliefs, all their faith in the world collapse. Votes: 0

The West may collapse very suddenly. Complex civilizations do that, because they operate, most of the time, on the edge of chaos. Votes: 0

The speed with which armies collapse, bureaucracies abdicate, and social structures dissolve once the autocrat is removed frequently surprises American Policy makers. Votes: 0

That's why you did it. You wanted your world to collapse around you. You wanted everything to get as dark as possible. Votes: 0

The budget targets imposed by the Bretton Woods institutions, combined with the effects of the devaluation, trigger the collapse of public investment. Votes: 0

The E.U. cannot act as guardian of the post-Cold War status quo without risking a collapse of Europe's current institutional infrastructure. Votes: 0

The suddenness of the leap from hardware to software cannot but produce a period of anarchy and collapse, especially in the developed countries. Votes: 0

Rose Tyler: Can't you come through properly? The Doctor: Then the whole thing would fracture. The two universes would collapse. Rose Tyler: So? Votes: 0

Across the continent, political divisions are deepening. For all of these reasons, the specter of a euro zone collapse has not been dispatched. Votes: 0

Whatever the country, whatever the culture, whatever the time, when you become a big enough organization, you start to collapse and slow down. Votes: 0

After the collapse of Wall Street in the 1920s, the culture stopped being all about money, and the country survived and ultimately flourished. Votes: 0

I think money is due for some sort of collapse. People are going to realize that money has a half-life, like radioactive elements. Votes: 0

Corruption could lead to the collapse of the Party [Communist Party of China] and the downfall of the State [People's Republic of China]. Votes: 0

The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse. Votes: 0

It is simply science fiction fantasy to say that, if you do not raise the debt ceiling, that everything is going to collapse. Votes: 0

We believe we are creating the beginning of a new world order coming out of the collapse of the U.S.-Soviet antagonisms. Votes: 0

Civilization sails prettily like a child's rubber balloon until it hits a sharp object; then it is likely to collapse like the balloon. Votes: 0

If the nails are weak, your house will collapse. If your verbs are weak and your syntax is rickety, your sentences will fall apart. Votes: 0

A warrior lives on his wars, whether offensive or defensive. And he suffers a collapse if he finds that his warring capacity is unwanted. Votes: 0

Playing roles in any relationship is false and will inevitably lead to the relationship's collapse. Noone can be any one thing all the time. Votes: 0

The only hope is that our civilization will collapse at a certain point, as always happens in history. Then, out of barbarity, a renaissance. Votes: 0

The collapse of good conscience and the absence of accountability and public scrutiny have led to crimes against humanity and violations of international law. Votes: 0

It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should collapse in ruin. Votes: 0

If all women on earth woke up tomorrow feeling truly positive and powerful in their own bodies, the economies of the globe would collapse overnight. Votes: 0

Public opinion is the atmosphere of society, without which the forces of the individual would collapse, and all the institutions of society fly into atoms. Votes: 0

History proves... that a smart central bank can protect the economy and the financial sector from the nastier side effects of a stock market collapse. Votes: 0

Too much work will create too much motivation for the strong, and a big collapse for the weak! Strength gets great strength from the challenges! Votes: 0

Nine-tenths of the world is entertained by scandalous rumors, which are never dissected until they are dead and, when pricked, collapse like an empty bladder. Votes: 0

Agreement reached by the negotiators?usually starts to collapse in the hands of those who implement it, no matter how carefully cleared at the top. Votes: 0

Why did the Soviet Union disintegrate? Why did the Soviet Communist Party collapse? An important reason was that their ideals and beliefs had been shaken. Votes: 0

If what has happened in the one person were communicated directly to the other, all art would collapse, all the effects of art would disappear. Votes: 0

At some point, my body will collapse. But I hope that my brain will still be working so that I can carry on with writing. Votes: 0

The possibility of physical and mental collapse is now very real. No sympathy for the Devil, keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride. Votes: 0

We have said we will never collapse, never ever. We may have our droughts, our poverty, but as a people we shall never collapse, never ever. Votes: 0

If economies collapse and lawlessness rules and resources are scarce, many people who claim with their mouths that they follow Jesuswill abandon him with their lives. Votes: 0

...Nature allows Destruction nor collapse of aught, until Some outward force may shatter by a blow, Or inward craft, entering its hollow cells, Dissolve it down. Votes: 0

First of all, I think the Saudis are deeply concerned about the collapse of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the resumption of conflict. Votes: 0

Architects thrive after massive urban disasters. The abject collapse of East Berlin gave us the only city in Europe with a mighty host of Postmodern skyscrapers. Votes: 0

People will continue to make movies. But I do think the economic model of the studio movie is closing in on a kind of systemic collapse. Votes: 0

A United States collapse would be much different than a Greece collapse. Greece can collapse, and there's a ripple. We collapse, and the world feels it. Votes: 0

No piecemeal solution is going to prevent the collapse of whole societies and ecosystems ... a radical re-thinking of our values, priorities and political systems is urgent. Votes: 0

Sometimes when someone says something stupid, my friends and I just read the reviews out loud and collapse with laughter at the stupidity of it all. Votes: 0

The Americans stabbed in the back the forces that worked to bring about the collapse of Saddam's regime and wanted to keep Iraq a sovereign country. Votes: 0

We know that the governments in most of the successor states formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union are replaced through a process of regular elections. Votes: 0

Most investors give too much credence to the theory that prices are rational; they presume that a market collapse must have been justified by serious economic trouble. Votes: 0

If the propositions of this Discourse are tenable, the "state of progressive collapse" is precisely that state in which alone we are warranted in considering All Things. Votes: 0

When the Jews leave Russia, Communism will collapse there. World Jewry is today relocating to America. Thus the real threat of Communism in America has just begun. Votes: 0

In whose interest is it to hype up the collapse of the Internet from a DDoS attack? Why, the people who provide cyber security services, of course. Votes: 0

If we went into stores only when we needed to buy something, and if once there we bought only what we needed, the economy would collapse, boom. Votes: 0

This idea that America is somehow on the verge of collapse, this vision of violence and chaos everywhere, doesn't really jibe with the experience of most people. Votes: 0

It may not seem like much, but think of the consequences. One overdue library book today, the collapse of the universe by the end of the week. Votes: 0

Churches we build only by our own efforts and not in the strength of the Spirit will quickly collapse when we don't push and prod people along. Votes: 0

Oh, we are but soft and squishy bags of mortality rolling in a bin of sharp circumstance, leaking life until we collapse, flaccid, into our own despair.. Votes: 0

Synergistic convergence is the most important idea we have at our disposal to prevent collapse scenarios and move forward in a nonlinear manner toward an evolutionary society. Votes: 0

He snatched the book from me and replaced it hastily on its shelf, muttering that if one brick was removed the whole library was liable to collapse. Votes: 0

I usually point out that most loss of life and property has been due to the collapse of antiquated and unsafe structures, mostly of brick and other masonry. Votes: 0

Cyprus was a breath away from economic collapse. It was a big battle in which we came out wounded, but upright and determined to make a fresh start. Votes: 0

A person's faith can collapse almost overnight if she failed over the years to listen patiently to her own doubts, which should only be discarded after long reflection. Votes: 0

[Donald Trump] said, back in 2006, "Gee, I hope it does collapse, because then I can go in and buy some and make some money." Well, it did collapse. Votes: 0

Then there's politics. Just imagine politics with its dumbbell element subtracted. There would be no Republican candidates. There would be no Democratic voters. The whole system would collapse. Votes: 0

The collapse of the global marketplace would be a traumatic event with unimaginable consequences. Yet I find it easier to imagine than the continuation of the present regime. Votes: 0

It is common knowledge now that we depend on insects for our continued existence; that, without key pollinators, the human population would collapse in less than a decade. Votes: 0

A career is like a house: it's made of many bricks, and each brick has the same value, because without any one of them, the house would collapse. Votes: 0

Once the inner connection is grasped, all theoretical belief in the permanent necessity of existing conditions collapses before their collapse in practice -- Letter to Ludwig Kugelmann (July 11, 1868) Votes: 0

I go from exasperation to a state of collapse, then I recover and go from prostration to Fury, so that my average state is one of being annoyed. Votes: 0

If you're overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you're creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system. Votes: 0

After two world wars, the collapse of fascism, nazism, communism and colonialism and the end of the cold war, humanity has entered a new phase of its history. Votes: 0

Innovation is a twofold threat to academic mediocrities: it endangers their oracular authority, and it evokes the deeper fear that their whole, laboriously constructed intellectual edifice might collapse. Votes: 0

People in Russia say that those who do not regret the collapse of the Soviet Union have no heart, and those that do regret it have no brain. Votes: 0

True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create theirown. Votes: 0

I want to make something that is breathtaking. Of course, you can't make something that is always breathtaking, or you would never be able to breathe. You would collapse. Votes: 0

When the enemy starts to collapse you must pursue him without the chance of letting go. If you fail to take advantage of your enemies collapse, they may recover. Votes: 0

The Universe doesn't know the difference between a dime and a million. If you refuse the dime, the Universe thinks you don't want money, so you collapse your chances. Votes: 0

I didn't understand that playing roles in any relationship is false and will inevitably lead to the relationship's collapse. No one can be any one thing all the time. Votes: 0

Two significant developments in the past several decades have been the collapse of communism as an ideology and the general acceptance, in rhetoric, if not practice, of liberal democracy. Votes: 0

After the Soviet collapse, Marxism is a relic, a pathetic anachronism reduced to its last redoubts: North Korea, Cuba, and the English departments of the more expensive American universities. Votes: 0

So South Korean ability is very much limited to handle North Korean, you know, difficulties. So we don't want to see an immediate collapse of the North Korea regime. Votes: 0

If your theory is found to be against the second law of theromodynamics, I give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation. Votes: 0

We're finally going to get the bill for the Industrial Age. If the projections are right, it's going to be a big one: the ecological collapse of the planet. Votes: 0

Well-established theories collapse under the weight of new facts and observations which cannot be explained, and then accumulate to the point where the once useful theory is clearly obsolete. Votes: 0

If your theory is found to be against the second law of thermodynamics I give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation. Votes: 0

The U.S. spent years and years and billions of dollars to build the Iraqi army only to watch it collapse and hand over so many of its weapons. Votes: 0

If nations join together now, before the big collapse and share their resources, they can maintain a level of sustainability. Sustain the people that is, and not banks and businesses. Votes: 0

There are specific times where film noir is a natural concomitant of the mood. When there's insecurity, collapse of financial systems - that's where film noir always hits fertile ground. Votes: 0

We must support government coercion over enforcing international protocols and speed limits on motorways if we want the global economy not to collapse and millions, billions of people to die. Votes: 0

The only constant in our marriage is the edge of the cliff we're hanging on to, killing time until we tire ourselves out and give in to our inevitable collapse. Votes: 0

By the end of the 50s, everything began to collapse and, little by little, I lost all of my work. I lost Rex, the Wonder Dog and all the westerns. Votes: 0

The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is studied, the more clearly those tragic years become revealed as a vast collapse of civilization. Votes: 0

If an economy is to sustain progress, it must satisfy the basic principles of ecology. If it does not, it will decline and eventually collapse. There is no middle ground Votes: 0

When we were doing a scene, lots of times we would collapse giggling, because it seemed so silly because it felt like we were doing a home movie at times. Votes: 0

We have a freer world because of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the changes in China. Those two have been the main contributors to freedom in our time. Votes: 0

Almost all of the many predictions now being made about 1996 hinge on the internet's continuing exponential growth. But I predict the internet will soon go spectacularly supernova and in 1996 catastrophically collapse. Votes: 0

When I heard the words, I felt as if the blood had been frozen in my veins, and that my lungs must collapse for the want of air. Mr. Lincoln shot! Votes: 0

We believe that black holes collapse to rings hitting very fast. If you follow through the ring you don't die. The mathematics says you fall straight through, perhaps to another universe. Votes: 0

After the risky mortgage-lending practices fostered by government intervention led to massive defaults and foreclosures that caused financial institutions to collapse or be bailed out, Congressman Frank changed his tune completely. Votes: 0

Look at your body— A painted puppet, a poor toy Of jointed parts ready to collapse, A diseased and suffering thing With a head full of false imaginings. —The Dhammapada Votes: 0

Political ideas that have dominated the public mind for decades cannot be refuted through rational arguments. They must run their course in life and cannot collapse otherwise than in great catastrophe... Votes: 0

Entrust yourself entirely to God. He is a Father and a most loving Father at that, who would rather let heaven and earth collapse than abandon anyone who trusted in him. Votes: 0

Now an army is exposed to six several calamities, not arising from natural causes, 1 but from faults for which the general is responsible. These are: (1) Flight; (2) insubordination; (3) collapse; (4) ruin; (5) disorganisation; (6) rout. Votes: 0

It has always amazed me how tax cuts don't work until they take effect. Mr. Obama's experience with deferred tax rate increases will be the reverse. The economy will collapse in 2011. Votes: 0

America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality and its spiritual life. If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within. Votes: 0

I think there are specific times where film noir is a natural concomitant of the mood. When there's insecurity, collapse of financial systems - that's where film noir always hits fertile ground. Votes: 0

It's Obama's bad luck that he got elected just as the mayhem of the foreclosures, the banking collapse, and the General Motors disaster was accelerating the surge in unemployment to warp speed. Votes: 0

America's problem isn't too much religion or too little of it. It's bad religion: the slow-motion collapse of traditional Christianity and the rise of a variety of destructive pseudo-Christianities in its place. Votes: 0

Living systems are never in equilibrium. They are inherently unstable. They may seem stable, but they're not. Everything is moving and changing. In a sense, everything is on the edge of collapse. Votes: 0

The IMF economists were doubtless shaken by the extreme failures of their prescriptions over many years, and by the collapse of the intellectual edifice of economic theory on which they were relying. Votes: 0

Round and round will Americans be compelled to ride on a mindless, manufactured, racial carousel ... for without it, the edifice of an industry built upon grievance and excuse-making is destined to collapse. Votes: 0

Businesses that fail to develop their staff are twice as likely to collapse. Firms seeking to reposition themselves for the economic upturn need to invest in their staff's flexibility, responsiveness and skills. Votes: 0

When the common soldiers are too strong and their officers too weak, the result is insubordination. When the officers are too strong and the common soldiers too weak, the result is collapse. Votes: 0

Most of you guys can't see the potential in a nervous breakdown. A real collapse. There's more chance of finding yourself in a major depression than there is in a bottle Prozac. Votes: 0

With supreme irony, the war to make the world safe for democracy ended by leaving democracy more unsafe in the world than at any time since the collapse of the revolutions of 1848 Votes: 0

Pot barley takes longer to cook than pearl, but an overnight soak in water will speed things along. It's a robust grain that, if overcooked, won't collapse but will become more tender. Votes: 0

Homosexuality is not a civil right. Its rise almost always is accompanied, as in the Weimar Republic, with a decay of society and a collapse of its basic cinder block, the family. Votes: 0

The blowback against a bailout of Lehman would have been fierce. It is often forgotten, but the prevailing wisdom the day after Lehman fell was that its collapse was a good thing. Votes: 0

Journalism took me around the world. I worked in London for ten years and reported on the collapse of the Soviet Union, the troubles in Northern Ireland, and the first Gulf War. Votes: 0

I think it's more difficult now to write a spy thriller with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Many authors have tried, but few have succeeded in capturing the interest of readers. Votes: 0

The economic position is only flourishing on the surface. Germany is in fact dancing on a volcano. If the short-term credits are called in, a large section of our economy would collapse. Votes: 0

When you live in a false society, that bases its wealth upon money, then that society itself will collapse eventually. Not because I say so, because it's not based on physical reference. Votes: 0

In the West, since the collapse of communism and the fall of the Soviet Union, the one discipline both the official and unofficial cultures have united in casting aside has been history. Votes: 0

Why are you breaking down, incidentally? I mean if you're able to go into a collapse with all your might, why can't you use the same energy to stay well and busy? Votes: 0

Once the dollar begins to collapse beneath the weight of all this new deficit spending, accumulation of contingency liabilities and the socialization of our economy, commodity prices and interest rates will head skyward. Votes: 0

What is needed for a sound expansion of production is additional capital goods, not money or fiduciary media. The credit expansion is built on the sands of banknotes and deposits. It must collapse. Votes: 0

I have a work-out regime; I am not a maniac. It sounds cliche, but stand-up comedy, doing a one-man show, helps keep me young, and yes, it is exhausting, but I don't collapse. Votes: 0

Everyone in my industry, the movie industry, is looking at the music industry and going, 'How do we avoid that collapse?' And I don't know if you can, to be quite honest! Votes: 0

And here we encounter the seeds of government disaster and collapse - the kind that wrecked ancient Rome and every other civilization that allowed a sociopolitical monster called the welfare state to exist. Votes: 0

Political leaders in capitalist countries who cheer the collapse of socialism in other countries continue to favor socialist solutions in their own. They know the words, but they have not learned the tune. Votes: 0

You explode, if that's more to your taste, shoot yourself all around in endless darts, be prodigal, spendthrift, reckless: I shall implode, collapse inside the abyss of myself, towards my buried centre, infinitely. Votes: 0

After the ignominious collapse of the Copenhagen global climate change summit in 2009, Bolivia organised a People's Summit with 35,000 participants from 140 countries - not just representatives of governments, but also civil society and activists. Votes: 0

Socialism is undoubtedly in the throes of a crisis greater than at any time since 1917. The last half of 1989 saw the dramatic collapse of most of the communist party governments of Eastern Europe. Votes: 0

There will be no future without forgiveness. Any process of peace is bound to collapse if this is missing. There is no way peace and stability can come through the gun of vengeance. Votes: 0

I think we are seeing the absolute and utter collapse of male politicians in this [U.S] country and we're seeing what the underpinnings of the power structure are, which are sexist underpinnings. Votes: 0

The idea that there will be something spiritual or subtle, some sort of consciousness that can escape the collapse of the body and brain, is not very credible in the modern scientific worldview. Votes: 0

Are we amateurs and not professionals? We know the lessons of history, we know the mistakes and we either act accordingly or collapse. Salvation lies in clarity and the courage to implement change Votes: 0

British fans are exceptional, but the American fans are something else. Some of them fly 500 miles to stand in line for three hours, just to meet me, then when they do they collapse. Votes: 0

The collapse of Enron and the subsequent collapse of Arthur Andersen were tremendous tragedies. But as I stated at the time of my indictment on July 8, 2004, failure does not equate to a crime. Votes: 0

Perhaps September 11 could be called the first historic world event in the strictest sense: the impact, the explosion, the slow collapse - a gruesome reality literally took place in front of a global public. Votes: 0

Some doomsayers think the collapse will be triggered by runaway government spending, excessive taxation, oppressive regulation, food shortages, fuel shortages or natural disasters such as deadly pandemics or lethal changes in the world's climate. Votes: 0

One of the most destructive things that's happening in modern society is that we are losing our sense of the bonds that bind people together - which can lead to nightmares of social collapse. Votes: 0

For new media reactionaries...the problem is technology, the endless distractions of the Internet, the breakdown of authority in an age of blogs and Twitter, the collapse of narrative in a hyper-linked, multi-networked world. Votes: 0

Money is the most important subject intellectual persons can investigate and reflect upon. It is so important that our present civilization may collapse unless it is widely understood and its defects remedied very soon. Votes: 0

Social bonds have given way under the collapse of social protections and the attack on the welfare state. Moreover, all solutions to socially produced problems are now relegated to the mantra of individual solutions. Votes: 0

The chief task was to stop the arms race before it brought utter disaster. However, after the collapse of communism and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, any rationale for having nuclear weapons disappeared. Votes: 0

There is no indispensable man. The government will not collapse and go to pieces if any one of the gentlemen who are seeking to be entrusted with its guidance should be left at home. Votes: 0

It is ironic to watch the churches, including large sections of my own religion, surrendering to the spirit of modernity at the very moment when modernity itself is undergoing a kind of spiritual collapse.... Votes: 0

Dodd-Frank and independent actions of banks go a long way in terms of progress on capital, liquidity, transparency, "living wills" (plans for winding down a bank in the event of a collapse) and resolutions. Votes: 0

Billy is a funny, cheeky, lovely boy and I love being with him. Parenthood is terrifying though. I can barely walk past a building without panicking that it's going to collapse on his head. Votes: 0

I wanted to analyze how unnecessary it is to collapse a heroine into one specific mold, to give them all the same sparkly fashion, the same tiny figures, and the same homogenized plastic smile, Votes: 0

They think that if they were allowed to do anything they desired, they would be satisfied and the more desires the better. But all desires divorced from The Desire eventually collapse in on themselves. Votes: 0

If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos. Votes: 0

When someone is good, but it doesn't seem like their world will collapse if they don't get the part, it's more appealing. It's like dating someone: You don't want someone who's too into you. Votes: 0

Ellen Barkin, your upcoming TV show ‘The New Normal’ premiers on September 11th. September 11th, that sounds about right. Every clip I’ve seen feels like I’m watching a third tower collapse. Votes: 0

There is an old maxim that says that two empires that are too large will collapse. The analog in set theory is that two different theories that are too powerful must necessarily contradict each other. Votes: 0

[Magic] can guide people to the very edge of reason - and then push them off. Thoughts collapse for a moment and the mind is free to just experience. Magic is a window to eternity. Votes: 0

What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the cold war? Votes: 0

The economics of industrialized countries would collapse if women didn't do the work they do for free: According to economist Marilyn Waring, throughout the West it generates between 25 and 40 percent of the gross national product. Votes: 0

China is not going to become a liberal democracy; if it did, it would collapse. I do not believe you can impose on other countries standards which are alien and totally disconnected with their past. Votes: 0

Fortunately, the mind is restless; when it uncovers a layer of its own deception, gives up an illusion, exposes a lie, it does not stand idle for long before the collapse of its earlier assumptions. Votes: 0

What is born will die, What has been gathered will be dispersed, What has been accumulated will be exhausted, What has been built up will collapse, And what has been high will be brought low. Votes: 0

Before the New York Times starts running "Portraits in Grief" of former Enron employees, it's worth remembering that even after the collapse, Enron stock is still worth more than the entire Social Security "trust fund." Votes: 0

If money is not maintained, it can collapse like a bridge along Interstate 5 and fixing it, even with determined politicians, will take ages, during which time God only knows how much human damage will occur. Votes: 0

In 1975, the collapse of a cascade of Chinese dams during a flood killed a hundred and seventy-one thousand people, but the event is rarely discussed, and the names of the victims are largely unrecorded today. Votes: 0

Animal experiments occupy a central place in the material and spiritual edifice of our whole civilization. We are speaking here of one of those foundation stones whose removal could cause the whole house to collapse. Votes: 0

I speak of a clinical depression that is the background of your entire life, a background of anguish and anxiety, a sense that nothing goes well, that pleasure is unavailable and all your strategies collapse. Votes: 0

Despite elections and the experience of post-Soviet personal freedoms by the Russian people, the fate of democracy in Russia is perhaps more ambiguous now than at any time since the collapse of the Communist system. Votes: 0

Societies where there are worthy men and women of God, not necessarily preachers or religious men, but men that know the ways of God, they stand up against the collapse of equity in their land Votes: 0

If we and the rest of the back-boned animals were to disappear overnight, the rest of the world would get on pretty well. But if the invertebrates were to disappear, the world's ecosystems would collapse Votes: 0

all that was left to me was certain images and all of them spoke to me of the collapse of a cruel world and the slow construction in its stead of another world, equally cruel. Votes: 0

When a society begins to lack men that, that they stand up against the collapse of equity in their land that is the kind of thing that brings sorrow to the heart of our King Votes: 0