Quotes about Disaster

A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster. Votes: 6

It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture. Votes: 6

Today, as never before, the fates of men are so intimately linked to one another that a disaster for one is a disaster for everybody. Votes: 6

The combination of Obamacare and taxes would be a disaster. Votes: 5

Pride and excess bring disaster for man. Votes: 4

Only disaster can follow divided counsels and opposing wills. Votes: 4

An orchestra full of stars can be a disaster. Votes: 4

A disaster where marble has been substituted for imagination. Votes: 4

Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Votes: 4

Climate is always evolving, and natural disaster have always existed. Votes: 4

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity. Votes: 4

I am a PR disaster because I talk too much. Votes: 4

I don't think I've ever had a real fashion disaster. Votes: 4

W2K will be a bigger disaster than Y2K. Votes: 4

In the past, people worked together only when some great disaster threatened. Votes: 4

I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster. Votes: 4

McHale's Navy' was a disaster. I'm not pretending it wasn't a disaster. Votes: 4

Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all time low over the world. Votes: 4

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred. Votes: 4

Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster. Votes: 4

We virtually never feel our age, but thinking that we should can lead to disaster. Votes: 4

My most disastrous date was not so much a disaster as uncomfortable for both parties involved. Votes: 4

My life hasn't always been a disaster, it's just that when it has, it's been a spectacular disaster. Votes: 4

What is lacking in India are decent social services. The health service is a disaster. Education is a disaster. Votes: 4

If you put yourself in a group of people you cannot work with it's obviously going to be a disaster. Votes: 4

Texting has added a new dimension to language use, but its long-term impact is negligible. It is not a disaster. Votes: 4

Any disaster is a learning process. Votes: 3

To copy is to invite disaster. Votes: 3

Every master was once a disaster. Votes: 3

All is but illusion and disaster. Votes: 3

I think Aleppo is a disaster, humanitarian-wise. Votes: 3

Only after disaster can we be ressurected Votes: 3

One person's fashion is another person's disaster. Votes: 3

Out of near disaster, came real progress. Votes: 3

Only after disaster can we be resurrected. Votes: 3

Confidence without clarity is always a disaster. Votes: 3

There is no greater disaster than discontent. Votes: 3

No disaster is worse than being discontented. Votes: 3

Each disaster became a steppingstone for growth. Votes: 3

Aleppo is a disaster. It's a humanitarian nightmare. Votes: 3

When faced with disaster, learn to laugh faster. Votes: 3

A defeatist spirit must inevitably lead to disaster. Votes: 3

One person's disaster is another person's talking point. Votes: 3

To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster. Votes: 3

No one ever understood disaster until it came. Votes: 3

The Obama Administration has been an unmitigated disaster Votes: 3

I do not wish disaster to British arms. Votes: 3

Trusting our intuition often saves us from disaster. Votes: 3

Nothing like a little disaster for sorting things out. Votes: 3

The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention. Votes: 3

The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention. Votes: 3

When politics is elevated over business, economic disaster follows. Votes: 3

Meet success like a gentleman; disaster like a man. Votes: 3

A prayerless person is a disaster waiting to happen. Votes: 3

I'll destroy you. I am the master of disaster. Votes: 3

For an artist, to be normal is a disaster Votes: 3

When disaster waves, I try not to wave back. Votes: 3

You have to jump into disaster with both feet. Votes: 3

If we lose our hope, that's our real disaster! Votes: 3

I would be a disaster as a prime minister. Votes: 3

The whole world is a disaster waiting to happen. Votes: 3

When someone refuses listening to reason disaster will surely follow. Votes: 3

When success and incompetence meet, disaster is not far away. Votes: 3

We need the books that affect us like a disaster Votes: 3

The disaster ruins everything, all the while leaving everything intact. Votes: 3

European fisheries are a disaster. The American fisheries are well-kept. Votes: 3

When you meet triumph or disaster, treat these imposters alike. Votes: 3

The middle of every successful project looks like a disaster. Votes: 3

When we weren't being transcendent we specialized in self-inflicted disaster. Votes: 3

She's saving the world one fashion disaster at a time! Votes: 3

There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster. Votes: 3

America has the slowest growth and jobs are a disaster. Votes: 3

Leaving American disaster victims to languish is morally reprehensible and un-American. Votes: 3

Monotheism is easily the greatest disaster to befall the human race. Votes: 3

I’ve lived in several countries and been a disaster everywhere. Votes: 3

It seems after the disaster many good things and blessings happen,. Votes: 3

Wikipedia only works in practice. In theory, it's a total disaster. Votes: 3

There are no quick fixes to Indigenous poverty and social disaster. Votes: 3

Success is the ability to continue to move through total disaster. Votes: 3

Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to reveal a social disaster. Votes: 3

Your limitations make you the wonderful disaster you most probably are. Votes: 3

The Obama foreign policy, in broad strokes, has been a disaster. Votes: 3

Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse. Votes: 3

Obamacare is a disaster. You know it. We all know it. Votes: 3

In typical Washington fashion, nothing gets reformed until a disaster happens. Votes: 3

When men lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster. Votes: 3

Don't wait for a disaster to get to know your neighbors. Votes: 3

Victory and disaster establish indestructible bonds between armies and their commanders. Votes: 3

Hillary Clinton has been a disaster as a senator. A disaster. Votes: 3

Always try to turn a marketing disaster into a marketing opportunity. Votes: 3

Worry is a dividend paid to disaster before it is due Votes: 3

The most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination. Votes: 3

The Veteran's Administration is a disaster, the V.A., it's a disaster. Votes: 3

Bogging down large armies in historically complex, dangerous areas ends in disaster. Votes: 3

Economic disaster begins with a philosophy of doing less and wanting more. Votes: 3

If some appalling disaster befalls, there's Always a way for the rich. Votes: 3

The sense of impending disaster hung over the garden like a chandelier. Votes: 3

Hurricane Katrina is without question the worst natural disaster in American history,. Votes: 3

Life constantly presents the greatest opportunity brilliantly disguised as the biggest disaster. Votes: 3

Any statistics can be extrapolated to the point where they show disaster. Votes: 3

I see disaster everywhere; I also ["¦] see generosity and resistance everywhere. Votes: 3

A clash of doctrine is not a disaster, it is an opportunity. Votes: 3

Falling in love is great but being in love is a disaster Votes: 3

the life that goes out of love and care -its a disaster . Votes: 3

There's always a little bit of heaven, even in a disaster area. Votes: 3

Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster Votes: 3

Not to follow the dharma leads to disaster. Life will be unhappy. Votes: 3

What is a highway to one is a disaster to the other. Votes: 3

What is a disaster for most is an opportunity for a few. Votes: 3

The play was a great success, but the audience was a disaster. Votes: 3

You can't live someone else's expectations in life. It's a recipe for disaster. Votes: 3

I cannot get any sense of an enemy - only of a disaster. Votes: 3

We are always just one successful terrorist attack away from a nuclear disaster Votes: 3

Noble souls, through dust and heat, rise from disaster and defeat the stronger. Votes: 3

In handling resources, strive to avoid disaster rather than to attain an optimum. Votes: 3

Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies. Votes: 3

After 'Skins' I became mildly famous, which was a bit of a disaster. Votes: 3

Frame every so-called disaster with these words: In five years, will this matter? Votes: 3

The war on Iraq was a disaster, clearly carried out under false pretences. Votes: 3

The forest fires are the worst disaster in California since I was elected. Votes: 3

It is a joy to be hidden, and disaster not to be found. Votes: 3

If you are passionate only about yourself -that is the road to disaster. Votes: 3

WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. Votes: 3

The Cuban economy is a disaster. No, I do not praise Fidel Castro. Votes: 3

Business is good right now, but now my personal life is a disaster. Votes: 3

Theatre is a series of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster. Votes: 3

If the economy becomes disembodied from society it can only lead to disaster. Votes: 3

Just remember: Surviving is the best revenge, no matter what the disaster has been. Votes: 3

The media always tries to make everything into a disaster, but it's mostly rubbish. Votes: 3

The contours of the coming disaster expanded to include the deaths of all present. Votes: 3

Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster. Votes: 3

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster. Votes: 3

There's nothing like a jolly good disaster to get people to start doing something. Votes: 3

Death is not a disaster. Too many births - that is the real disaster. Votes: 3

Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster. Votes: 3

The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. Votes: 3

The history of paper money is an account of abuse, mismanagement, and financial disaster. Votes: 3

Technology without hatred can be a blessing. Technology with hatred is always a disaster. Votes: 3

Children don't heal as well.. they change.. they mutate with disaster and make accomodations. Votes: 3

Underneath this veneer of slightly crazy and mildly socially retarded, I'm a complete disaster. Votes: 3

Beginnings are definitely the most exciting, middles are perplexing and endings are a disaster. Votes: 3

Commercial distress in any great business center will the more surely create widespread disaster. Votes: 3

Yeah, I think it's an absolute disaster that Australia, the government, allowed kangaroo culling. Votes: 3

The capital phenomenon, the most catastrophic disaster, is uninterrupted sleeplessness, that nothingness without release. Votes: 3

Become an alchemist. Transmute base metal into gold, suffering into consciousness, disaster into enlightenment. Votes: 3

Our Strategic Petroleum Reserve is there for a natural disaster or some other catastrophe. Votes: 3

Eighteen years since the Chernobyl disaster. Is it just me surprized? Still no superheroes! Votes: 3

Does it take the harsh light of disaster to show a person's true nature? Votes: 3

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster. Votes: 3

The minute you think you've got it made, disaster is just around the corner. Votes: 3

One thing we have to do: Repeal and replace the disaster known as Obamacare. Votes: 3

Nobody can stop natural disaster, we are the cause and we are the remedy. Votes: 3

When we see death, we see disaster. When Jesus sees death, he sees deliverance! Votes: 3

My life is neither a disaster nor supernatural, yet it is an unlikely event. Votes: 3

He taught me never to smile, which helps me when I visit disaster sites. Votes: 3

Me trying to make a business around Linux would have been a total disaster. Votes: 3

I grew up in what was not so much a familyas a genetic disaster. Votes: 3

Regime change is not within that purview. And that has been an all-out disaster. Votes: 3

When one is overfed and another one is hungry, I call that a disaster. Votes: 3

God, I used to have really skinny-crap eyebrows. They were such an ugly disaster. Votes: 3

Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow. Votes: 3

Success and glory are in the advance, disaster and shame lurk in the rear. Votes: 3

I was a disaster child. I remember I make very often my mother cry. Votes: 3

If you worry about disaster all the time, that's what you're going to get. Votes: 3

I think getting married and then running away for 10 months would be an absolute disaster. Votes: 3

A man should be able to stand up under any disaster for his country's good. Votes: 3

The further we are from the last disaster, the closer we are to the next. Votes: 3

Any effort that has self-glorification as its final endpoint is bound to end in disaster. Votes: 3

Time after time ... today's crisis shrinks to next week's footnote to a newly headline disaster. Votes: 3

Love is my drug of choice, even if it comes laced with pain and disaster. Votes: 3

A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act. Votes: 3

This is what happens when you fall in love. You're looking at a natural disaster. Votes: 3

Yes, life in Chechnya so far looks more like a life after a natural disaster. Votes: 3

In a world of disorder and disaster and fraud, sometimes only beauty can be trusted. Votes: 3

Having a baby is a disaster for your career. I don't think there's any sympathy. Votes: 3

The man does better who runs from disaster than he who is caught by it. Votes: 3

People are trying to decide whether the man-made disaster is worse than Mother Nature's disaster. Votes: 3

Success sometimes may be defined as a disaster put on hold. Qualified. Has to be. Votes: 3

A nation is not in danger of financial disaster merely because it owes itself money. Votes: 3

We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults. Votes: 3

Success and failure, triumph and disaster. That is the rhythm of life in the garden. Votes: 3

Even in an apocalypse like this, surely running out of Coke qualified as a disaster. Votes: 3

In the absence of a natural disaster we are left again to our own uneasy devices. Votes: 3

I try not to think about negative thoughts and possibilities and disaster and things like that. Votes: 3

There are three kinds of people who run toward disaster, not away: cops, firemen and reporters. Votes: 3

The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster. Votes: 3

Narcissistic love is riding on the rollecoaster of disaster filled with a heart full of tears. Votes: 3

There's no disaster that can't become a blessing, and no blessing that can't become a disaster Votes: 3

[Hillary Clinton's] regulations are a disaster, and you're going to increase regulations all over the place. Votes: 3

There's no disaster that can't become a blessing, and no blessing that can't become a disaster. Votes: 3

A blueprint for disaster in any society is when the elite are capable of insulating themselves. Votes: 3

Most companies are busy making their products worse, not better. Updating is almost always a disaster. Votes: 3

The threat of environmental crisis is the 'international disaster key' to unlock the New World Order. Votes: 3

Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions. Votes: 3

When you have the worst disaster in American history, you've got to be attuned to expectations,. Votes: 3

The European economy is collapsing! The trans-Atlantic region is a disaster area in terms of economy. Votes: 3

Disability is often framed, in medical terms, as the ultimate disaster and certainly as a deficit. Votes: 3

Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times. Votes: 3

Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life Votes: 3

A great disaster had befallen Russia: Men have forgotten God; that's why all this has happened. Votes: 3

Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster. Votes: 3

It is in disaster, not success, that the heros and the bums really get sorted out. Votes: 3

Paintings helped to change my life. I'd still be living a life of disaster without it. Votes: 3

The credit of success is claimed by all, while a disaster is attributed to one alone. Votes: 3

I think the environmental impact of this disaster is likely to have been very, very modest. Votes: 3

Hillary Clinton will be a disaster for our country, a disaster in so many other ways. Votes: 3

Have you noticed that only in time of illness or disaster or death are people real? Votes: 3

America would have a disaster on trade, and America will have a disaster with open borders. Votes: 3

If I could learn to treat triumph and disaster the same, then I would find bliss. Votes: 3

It's become a cliche to think of marriage as a disaster area and a war zone. Votes: 3

Delicacy in shaping desires of any kind will help to reach excellence, but failure will bring disaster. Votes: 3

I thought the Bush economic policy was a disaster. We lost 500,000 private sector jobs during his tenure. Votes: 3

So a lorry-load of tortoises crashed into a train-load of terrapins, I thought "That's a turtle disaster". Votes: 3

It is always too late, or too little, or both. And that is the road to disaster. Votes: 3

I would not let myself be intimidated by Yahya Khan, his methods had led us to disaster. Votes: 3

African-Americans now 45 percent poverty in the inner cities. The education is a disaster. Jobs are essentially nonexistent. Votes: 3

Mr. Chairman, obviously a $60 million cut in the National Endowment for the Arts would be a disaster. Votes: 3

Despite the economic disaster that is Russia, there are still air shows taking place in the country. Votes: 3

Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter, Votes: 3

The exchange rate between first-world lives and third-world lives in disaster stories in the media is about 50:1. Votes: 3

I was sent to sleepover camp since I was 6, and you know, it's a recipe for disaster. Votes: 3

The tree of nonsense is watered with error, and from its branches swing the pumpkins of disaster. Votes: 3

Most people plan by disaster. They think of what can go wrong and then they master it. Votes: 3

Together we all live every moment On the very brink; The razor's edge Of ecstasy or disaster. Votes: 3

There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions. Votes: 3

Weapons of mass destruction in the hands of Islamic extremists will be a disaster for the world. Votes: 3

Thinking about profound social change, conservatives always expect disaster, while revolutionaries confidently anticipate utopia. Both are wrong. Votes: 3

Every big computing disaster has come from taking too many ideas and putting them in one place. Votes: 3

To achieve anything in this game you must be prepare to dabble in the boundary of disaster. Votes: 3

The only ultimate disaster that can befall us is to feel ourselves at home on this earth. Votes: 3

Taxing less and spending more.. it's fun in the short run, but it's a recipe for disaster. Votes: 3

When you love someone, you care about them. If they have a disaster, you don't abandon them. Votes: 3

Never let a little man to sit on a big chair; that would be a big disaster! Votes: 3

What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing. Votes: 3

A war is going to destroy our economy even further. It's going to be a threefold humanitarian disaster. Votes: 3

After the Fukushima disaster, Japan shut down most of its reactors and said it would move to renewables. Votes: 3

When you're going with a huge dramatic disaster film, try to keep the narrative as simple as possible. Votes: 3

You're headed for disaster cos you never read the signs Too much love will kill you every time Votes: 3

I think Naomi Klein was very astute with her book 'Shock Doctrine.' We make money on disaster. Votes: 3

You can have some, but not all. Wanting to have it all is a sure recipe for disaster Votes: 3

Even Woodstock turned out to be a disaster. Everybody was stuck in the mud and people got sick. Votes: 3

A management decision is irresponsible if it risks disaster this year for the sake of a grandiose future. Votes: 3

While enthusiasm may be necessary for great accomplishments elsewhere, on Wall Street it almost invariably leads to disaster Votes: 3

The incompetent quickly throws himself into another impressive enterprise in order to escape his responsibility from previous disaster. Votes: 3

The terror of the unforeseen is what the science of history hides, turning a disaster into an epic. Votes: 3

Technology without hate can be so beneficial for mankind, but in conjunction with hatred, it leads to disaster. Votes: 3

I think the evangelicals want to provoke an immense global disaster to precipitate the second coming of Christ. Votes: 3

I would have been a disaster as a career politician. I would never have toed a party line. Votes: 3

Trying to look cool and lovely in comedy is a recipe for disaster. You have to let go. Votes: 3

Faith means that a man should regard any disaster simply as a fate-determined blow which must be endured. Votes: 3

Famine and disaster, right there in front of you, and the more you watch, the less you do. Votes: 3

Romney economics would spell disaster for America's middle class. In this economy there are shipbuilders and ship wreckers. Votes: 3

disaster, when it is quite sure of its own strength, will announce itself by hardly moving its lips Votes: 3

Iraq continues to be an immense disaster, and the President has no apparent plan for getting our troops out. Votes: 3

The appropriation of radical thinking by lazy, self-obsessed hippies is a public relations disaster that could cost the earth. Votes: 3

For him , life was a coin that had disaster on one side and waiting for disaster on the other Votes: 3

The larger the disaster, the more necessary it is to have the government as the principal driver of recovery. Votes: 3

No organization should be allowed near disaster unless they are willing to cooperate with some level of established leadership. Votes: 3

Haiti allowed us to glimpse into a future of what disaster response might look like in a hyper-connected world. Votes: 3

I think if the general exodus that seems to be going on occurs it's going to be a disaster,. Votes: 3

We pray that every field of science may contribute in bringing happiness - not disaster - to human beings. Votes: 3

NAFTA, signed by Hillary Clinton's husband, is perhaps the greatest disaster trade deal in the history of the world. Votes: 3

There's no guarantee of disaster-free in any world religion,but love, faith and knowledge give men hope and willpower. Votes: 3

All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out. Votes: 3

There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start a new. Votes: 3

Digital is a disaster. No digital radio has the correct time and they don't even agree with each other. Votes: 3

Hillary Clinton's plan is going to raise taxes and even double your taxes. Her tax plan is a disaster. Votes: 3

Health care - we need health care for our people. We need a good - Obamacare is a disaster. Votes: 3

These days we are all pained by the disaster caused by the hurricane in the United States of America. Votes: 3

America has lost 70,000 factories since China entered the World Trade Organization, WTO, another Bill and Hillary Clinton backed disaster. Votes: 3

I came into acting with that sort of dull, meet-with-triumph-and-disaster-the-same philosophy and it's been the right one for me. Votes: 3

The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus. Votes: 3

No more terrible disaster could befall your people than for them to fall into the hands of a Hero. Votes: 3

There is no sense in doing a wonderful script with somebody who can't direct because that is a disaster. Votes: 3

When a man arrives at great prosperity God did it: when he falls into disaster he did it himself. Votes: 3

You don't want to peak in high school. If you do, the rest of your life is a disaster. Votes: 3

Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it. Votes: 3

Running into a pole is a drag, but never being allowed to run into a pole is a disaster, Votes: 3

The choice facing the American people is not between growth and stagnation, but between short-term growth and long-term disaster. Votes: 3

If a natural disaster strikes your community, reach out to your friends, neighbors, and complete strangers. Lend a helping hand. Votes: 3

When opting out from partnership is so easy, every minor disagreement is perceived as a major catastrophe and irreparable disaster. Votes: 3

The fact is, almost everything Hillary Clinton's done in foreign policy has been a mistake and it's been a disaster. Votes: 3

The foundations and the intent of the Affordable Care Act are laudable. The way it's being implemented is a disaster. Votes: 3

All students of disaster movies know that nothing survives these natural onslaughts except cats and the highest paid film stars. Votes: 3

The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster. Votes: 3

Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art. Votes: 3

I thought of the analyst Winnicott's observation: 'It is a joy to be hidden but disaster not to be found'. Votes: 3

You can never be too far away from a disaster, because there is no disaster-free zone in this entire universe! Votes: 3

I certainly wouldn't say that my life is a disaster, but there have been moments where I've felt like that Votes: 3

It is just as important to move on in the wake of stunning success as in the wake of disaster. Votes: 3

Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it. Votes: 3

I think everybody at IBM knows the early 1990s disaster, and its in our fabric that you cannot miss the ship. Votes: 3

Sometimes disaster is our teacher. I don't welcome it, but if it comes, there is something to be learned from it. Votes: 3

Optimist: Someone who figures that taking a step backwards after taking a step forwards is not a disaster. It's a cha-cha. Votes: 3

Be the best. No negativity. No weakness. No acquiescence to fear or disaster. No errors of ignorance. No evasion to reality Votes: 3

When we rebuild a house, we are rebuilding a home. When we recover from disaster, we are rebuilding lives and livelihoods. Votes: 3

The estate tax has been a disaster. First of all it's double taxation, some people could even say it's triple taxation. Votes: 3

Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings. Votes: 3

Obamacare is a disaster waiting to explode. If you sit back and let it explode, it's going to be much easier. Votes: 3

They are safe but they are not in their homes. They are city-less. I think it's just a disaster for everyone. Votes: 3

What's now urgently needed [to stop environmental disaster] is the international political commitment to take action to avoid dangerous climate change. Votes: 3

In human history a moral victory is always a disaster, for it debauches and degrades both the victor and the vanquished. Votes: 3

You have no control [over natural disaster]. That's what's scary about it. You're helpless. That feeling of helplessness is really scary. Votes: 3

If you over plan New Year's Eve it's going to be a disaster so you have to be alive to changes. Votes: 3

New York is a city with virtually no habitable public space - only private spaces expensively maintained within the general disaster. Votes: 3

Environmental disaster is the gravest threat to China's continued development. That's according to me, but it is not some wacko view. Votes: 3

Thinking people, when disaster strikes, make it their priority to look for its causes, in order to prevent it happening again. Votes: 3

I want, we're going to repeal and replace Obamacare. Obamacare is a total and complete disaster. It's going to be gone. Votes: 3

I can think of no greater disaster to this country than to have the voters of it divide upon religious lines. Votes: 3

Movement helps keep me centered. I am a disaster, for instance, at sitting meditation, but I'm pretty decent at walking meditation. Votes: 3

You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster Votes: 3

Life is a sleazy stranger, who looks vaguely familiar; flirting with a bimbo named disaster at the end of the bar. Votes: 3

I said '17 - right now, this year, "'17 is going to be a disaster." I'm very good at this stuff. Votes: 3

There are men in the world who derive an exaltation from the proximity of disaster and ruin, as other from success. Votes: 3

Who is of so little faith that in a moment of great disaster or heartbreak has not called to his God? Votes: 3

As system virtualization becomes mainstream, IT managers will find a greater need for disk imaging for disaster recovery and systems deployment,. Votes: 3

We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read. Votes: 3

Wealth is commonplace but wisdom is rare. I beg you to remember that wealth without wisdom can often end in disaster. Votes: 3

My diary is a disaster...I can't spell at all...I'll spell the same word completely differently in the same sentence. Votes: 3

I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity. Votes: 3

We've got a recipe for disaster. It's huge -- this combination of body image issues and the drug's weight loss appeal. Votes: 3

The Fukushima nuclear complex went on to become the worst man-made engineering disaster in all of human history, outside of war. Votes: 3

Emma, I'm sorry, I can't help you. This is a disaster. You're completely vulnerable. It's like going into battle in a nightie. Votes: 3

A master blesses calamity, for the master knows that from the seeds of disaster (and all experience) comes the growth of self. Votes: 3

I want you bad like a natural disaster. You are all I see. You are the only one I want to know. Votes: 3

He has absolutely no judicial supervision of all of this [ invasions of privacy ]. So all in all, [Barack] Obama is a disaster. Votes: 3

Iraq is a quagmire and has been a humanitarian disaster for the Iraqis. There is no way forward without ending the occupation. Votes: 3

Negotiating with the Taliban must be done from a position of strength. Negotiating from a position of weakness would be a disaster. Votes: 3

My father did a lot of disaster relief work, and he was always in places where there was a lot of pain. Votes: 3

Obamacare is a disaster. It's too expensive. It's horrible health care. It doesn't cover what you have to cover. It's a disaster. Votes: 3

Culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences are a nuisance at best and often a disaster. Votes: 3

I learned a long time ago that trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to terrible times. Votes: 3

AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching. Votes: 3

The fundamental human values all emanate from Dharma, based on Truth. If human behaviour has no such basis, it leads to disaster. Votes: 3

Every week I have a disaster in my kitchen. The fire alarm goes off repeatedly. But it doesn't stop me being adventurous. Votes: 3

NAFTA stripped us of manufacturing jobs. We lost our jobs. We lost our money. We lost our plants. It is a disaster. Votes: 3

Any idea of a United India could never have worked and in my judgment it would have led us to terrific disaster. Votes: 3

I believe life is destiny, and really the capture the magic of life, and the same for the magic in the disaster. Votes: 3

Quotes are like cayenne pepper or some other strong spice: a little goes a long way, and too much is a disaster. Votes: 3

Yet there is a dignity in the human spirit which can become most clearly visible in the moment of defeat and disaster. Votes: 3

My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland Votes: 3

Hillary Clinton wants to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership; that deal will be a disaster for North Carolina, for every state. Your state. Votes: 3

Life, unfortunately, doesnʹt seem to care what we want. Act now while you can actually stop it from being a disaster. Votes: 3

My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland. Votes: 3

Fey...a Scotch word...It means the kind of exalted happiness that comes before disaster. You know--it's too good to be true. Votes: 3

How many times had those awful words - "I know what I'm doing" - been uttered throughout history as prelude to disaster? Votes: 3

By the time I turned 12, I was a 5-foot 10-inch social disaster. Towering over my friends was the bane of my adolescence. Votes: 3

You don't have conversations with microprocessors. You tell them what to do, then helplessly watch the disaster when they take you literally! Votes: 3

Some day everyone will find out everyone else's comp, if it's all over the place, it will be a complete meltdown disaster Votes: 3

Somehow the idyllic existence I envisioned never quite came to pass, but aside from the occasional culinary disaster, my marriage wasn't bad. Votes: 3

I went blonde which killed my hair. It was a disaster. I think it was neat to do it for a bit. Votes: 3

If we don't change, millions of American families are just one medical emergency, or one layoff, away from financial disaster and bankruptcy. Votes: 3

They had that special grace, that special spirit that says, 'Give me a challenge and I'll meet it with joy." on Challenger disaster Votes: 3

You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. Votes: 3

There is no calamity greater than lavish desires. There is no greater guilt than discontent. And there is no greater disaster than greed. Votes: 3

There is no greater offence than harbouring desires. There is no greater disaster than discontent. There is no greater misfortune than wanting more. Votes: 3

We all feel the urge to condemn ourselves out of guilt, to blame others for our misfortunes and to fantasize about total disaster. Votes: 3

Society proceeds like the ocean. After a disaster, it resume its wonted level and rhythms; its devouring interests efface all traces of damage. Votes: 3

When we're talking about the "American response" to any disaster, it's not just a government response, an official response, it's a popular response. Votes: 3

Negotiating sugar trade in bilateral free trade agreements is a recipe for disaster for the U.S. sugar industry, and it is unnecessary. Votes: 3

Experience shows that after a disaster it is particularly difficult with the Americans, who appear to be quite cowardly despite their Rambo films. Votes: 3

Research is so unpredictable. There are periods when nothing works and all your experiments are a disaster and all your hypotheses are wrong. Votes: 3

It was a great fucking time, the short era of disaster euphoria, for nothing enhances pleasures and blocks guilt like a looming cataclysm. Votes: 3

The disaster... is what escapes the very possibility of experience"”it is the limit of writing. This must be repeated: the disaster de-scribes. Votes: 3

I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it. Votes: 3

I always thought Henry Kissinger was a disaster because he lies like most people breathe and you can't have that in public life. Votes: 3

To make one person the center of your world is bound to end in disaster. There are too many factors outside your control. Votes: 3

You presume to name those who have no name. We are pandemonium and disaster. We are the dancing, gibbering horror of the world. Votes: 3

The Bible is a novel that's crazy... it has murder, it has victory it has mayhem, it has disaster, it has war, sanctification. Votes: 3

The sin against blood and race is the hereditary sin in this world and it brings disaster on every nation that commits it. Votes: 3

I am usually part of any disaster at a wedding if I'm a bridesmaid, which I've been lucky enough to be several times. Votes: 3

This is the United States of America. It means we respond to our fellow Americans in times of crisis and emergency and disaster. Votes: 3

When we hear a prediction of some disaster we need to throw the entire weight of our positive thought in the opposite direction! Votes: 3

I think it would be a disaster if Donald Trump is elected. It will also be a disaster if Hillary Clinton is elected. Votes: 3

Without the piano, my life would be a disaster - nobody would hold me in any regard. It's the thing that saved me. Votes: 3

With a disaster like global warming, it's too late to worry about when it's looming except to figure out how to adapt to it. Votes: 3

Unconscious behavior is at the core. Think of the 40 billion animals we abuse and eat who are born into suffering. It's a karmic disaster. Votes: 3

You can't compare any job or any friendship or anything to another. I think if you do, it's kind of a recipe for disaster. Votes: 3

Living things have been doing just that for a long, long time. Through every kind of disaster and setback and catastrophe. We are survivors. Votes: 3

Women are more than smart enough to see that McCain's policies are a disaster... He is anti- every reproductive issue we've ever fought for. Votes: 3

I think that the economy, and the political system, has literally become such a disaster I don't know if it's possible to save it. Votes: 3

What's sort of interesting about the whole public relations disaster that is the Net, in some ways, is that the fundamentals are really good. Votes: 3

If you do not take opportunity to advance and reward the deserving, your subordinates will not carry out your commands, and disaster will ensue. Votes: 3

It doesn't take a miracle or a natural disaster to live in the world that you're after, the change is gonna happen to you Votes: 3

In the old days, advertisers ventured on their own opinions. The few guess right, the many wrong. Those were the time of advertising disaster Votes: 3

For me, a great story is one in which the protagonist faces unimaginable odds; where the stakes are high that failure constitutes a disaster. Votes: 3

Build me straight. O worthy Master! Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel That shall laugh at all disaster, And with wave and whirlwind wrestle! Votes: 3

Quite clearly this is a human disaster of enormous proportions. We have tens and tens of thousands of displaced people across the United States,. Votes: 3

I think this notion that public enterprises do not work and therefore nationalization will be a disaster, I mean, it's not supported by evidence. Votes: 3

I think our trade policies, for many, many years, have been a disaster. They have benefited corporate America at the expense of working people. Votes: 3

One reason the United States finds itself at the edge of a foreign policy disaster is its underinformed citizenry, a key weakness in democracy. Votes: 3

The nature of human beings is that they'd far rather face the disaster that is happening tonight than the one that is happening tomorrow. Votes: 3

To deny ones' true nature and the gifts given you by the gods is to tempt disaster. You cannot hide behind the mask forever. Votes: 3

Ukraine announced plans to open Chernobyl, their nuclear disaster site, to tourists. They say it's just like Disneyland, except the 6-foot mouse is real. Votes: 3

Out of the experience of extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud.. Votes: 3

Paradoxical as it may seem, God means not only to make us good, but to make us also happy, by sickness, disaster and disappointment. Votes: 3

With God as witness, I want to proclaim this truth, that the way of violence cannot bring Swaraj, it can only lead to disaster. Votes: 3

Even within the seemingly most unacceptable and painful situation is concealed a deeper good, and within every disaster is contained the seed of grace. Votes: 3

What we found out with Katrina is that the country is still unable to deal with disaster, .. God forbid this happens in San Francisco. Votes: 3

When I tried to play characters that strayed from who I am it ended in disaster. People didn't expect me in comedies or musicals. Votes: 3

In the auto industry, there's one thing you can always count on: if a new environmental or safety rule is proposed, executives will prophesy disaster. Votes: 3

We're facing a natural disaster in the middle of an economic disaster. The federal government has to balance its budget the way our families do. Votes: 3

It was nice standing out in the darkness, in the damp grass, with spring coming on and a feeling in my heart of imminent disaster. Votes: 3

For a decade or more after the Vietnam war, the people who had guided the U.S. to disaster decently shrank from the public stage. Votes: 3

Even more real than the disaster that has befallen our brothers and sisters must be our own willingness to sacrifice and help with the healing. Votes: 3

That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy. Votes: 3

Yet we have a voting system that forbids us from actually bringing our values into our vote, which is, in my view, quite a disaster. Votes: 3

Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little. Votes: 3

You must not on any account give me credit for being penetrating. I have impressed people that way before, and the result is always disaster. Votes: 3

I'm a great believer in all forms of energy, but we're putting a lot of people out of work. Our energy policies are a disaster. Votes: 3

My parents were constantly afraid they would lose their jobs. The idea that we were always a paycheck away from disaster was drilled into me. Votes: 3

That we don't design agriculture to be sustainable is totally eerie. We design it to be a disaster, and of course, we get a disaster. Votes: 3

I regard monotheism as the greatest disaster ever to befall the human race. I see no good in Judaism, Christianity, or Islam - good people Votes: 3

There's nobody to guide through the process of becoming a man... to explain to them the meaning of manhood. And that's a recipe for disaster. Votes: 3

No matter how well things are going, failure and disaster are just around the corner. So celebrate the good, but be ready for the bad. Votes: 3

Many of my contemporaries in the developed world see subsistence farming as soulful and organic, but it is a poverty trap and an environmental disaster. Votes: 3

If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster is not left to chance. Votes: 3

Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune? Votes: 3

Garbage in, garbage out. Or rather more felicitously: the tree of nonsense is watered with error, and from its branches swing the pumpkins of disaster. Votes: 3

The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. Votes: 3

Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be governed by chance. Votes: 3

The possibility of disaster remains horrific to me. Like when you know everything's about to go wrong in a way that's not controllable or knowable. Votes: 3

I tried to play bass in a punk band once, and it was an absolute disaster. I can't play anything. I don't know what it is. Votes: 3

The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster When you take your pill it's like a mine disaster. I think of all the people lost inside you. Votes: 3

[Hillary Clinton] talks about solar panels. We invested in a solar company, our country. That was a disaster. They lost plenty of money on that one. Votes: 3

I’m in love with everyone I’ve ever met in one way or another. I’m just a crazy, unhinged disaster of a human being. Votes: 3

I fought NAFTA when it passed; it has been a big disaster for us, in my opinion. If we can renegotiate that, it would be wonderful. Votes: 3

It was growing late, and though one might stand on the brink of a deep chasm of disaster, one was still obliged to dress for dinner. Votes: 3

Youth has the resilience to absorb disaster and weave it into the pattern of its life, no mater how anguishing the thorn that penetrates its flesh. Votes: 3

The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. Votes: 3

I'm not a trained chef, so I end up making stuff up. It either turns out brilliant or an absolute disaster. I just go for it. Votes: 3

The PS3 is a total disaster on so many levels, I think It's really clear that Sony lost track of what customers and what developers wanted. Votes: 3

People don't actually stay still, you know - when their area is a disaster, they go somewhere else, right? And that's just a natural human impulse. Votes: 3

Unlike Hillary Clinton, who voted for the war without knowing what she was doing, I would not have had our people in Iraq. Iraq was disaster. Votes: 3

To avert disaster, we have not only to teach men to make things but to teach them to have complete moral control over what they make. Votes: 3

I think the wildest wildlife you can find these days is in Chernobyl, where wolves are running around breeding quite well in the nuclear disaster zones. Votes: 3

Warned by the disaster of the last great war, the statesmen of all nations have been taking measures to prevent the return of another such calamity. Votes: 3

Prudence is not the same thing as caution. Caution is a helpful strategy when you're crossing a minefield; it's a disaster when you're in a gold rush. Votes: 3

Vietnam was a palpable failure. And of course, in retrospect, it was even more clearly a disaster and a failure than maybe people understood at the time. Votes: 3

Everything that happens is meant to be. It's meant to happen like that. But sometimes you don't know at the time that it's meant to be disaster. Votes: 3

One morning, just like 9/11, there's going to be a disaster. I have yet to see the United Nations do anything effective with either Iran or North Korea. Votes: 3

Lifeboats are decked out on the sides of a ship waiting for when disaster strikes, faith on the other hand is a part of you for whenever. Votes: 3

When there was a disaster, it used to be that people went to church and all held hands. Now the minute anything happens they run to CNN. Votes: 3

It seems the only way to write a half decent book is to worry oneself sick on an hourly basis that one is producing a complete disaster. Votes: 3

We not only romanticize the future; we have also made it into a growth industry, a parlor game and a disaster movie all at the same time. Votes: 3

If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster Votes: 3

Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster. Votes: 3

What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches? Votes: 3

If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster. Votes: 3

We learn from every natural disaster. Whether it's a fire or a flood, we learn something from it so we can respond to the next one better. Votes: 3

I believe good plans are the best way to maximize fun, avoid disaster, and possibly, save the world. I spend a lot of my time making them. Votes: 3

Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster. Votes: 3

If we all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collective disaster - just look at what we are doing to our planet's climate. Votes: 3

You can't spend the rest of your life tiptoeing around to try and avert disaster. It won't work. You'll just end up missing the life you have. Votes: 3

If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster. Votes: 3

Sometimes you have to make a complete disaster of your life in such an epic way that it will be absolutely clear to you what you've been doing. Votes: 3

If you spend five minutes with me or watch me try to balance my checkbook, you can only imagine the disaster I would make of anyone's legal issues. Votes: 3

There is no such thing as a good call at 7 AM. It's been my experience that all calls between the hours of 11 PM and 9 AM are disaster calls. Votes: 3

A great disaster is a symbol to us to remember all the big things of life and forget the small things, of which we have thought too much. Votes: 3

I let a friend set me up on a blind date. It was a disaster. She ended up being a burn victim. By the end of the night. Votes: 3

I didn't lead a very wise life, myself, but it was a full one and a grown-up one. You come of age very quickly through shipwreck and disaster. Votes: 3

I still check the weather every day, usually multiple times a day, because I know at a moment`s notice, a dream crop can turn into a disaster. Votes: 3

Would it be anything like a literary disaster if Gore Vidal were to fall silent? Easy. No. In fact, there is something to be said for the idea. Votes: 3

I'd never want to have a gun. I don't think we need guns in this country and I hate it, and I think the NRA is a disaster area. Votes: 3

We all wish to be brave and strong in the face of disaster. We all wish to be looked up to for our endurance and efforts to help others. Votes: 3

I want to win and I feel that pressure, but my career will not be a disaster if I do not win there. It is a dream to fulfill. Votes: 3

There is humor in the specter of the worst disaster in our nation's history. All I have to do is sweep away the debris of shock to find it. Votes: 3

I'll never have a tattoo - I just don't like them, and when you're old they can look a disaster. As for piercings, I don't like them on men. Votes: 3

In times of trouble you can count on your self. In times of disaster you can count on your friends. In times of sorrow you can count on your Father. Votes: 3

I'm 17 years old and there are many great things ahead. If I don't win the U.S. Open this year, it's not going to be a disaster in my life. Votes: 3

I write songs from the point of view I had at a time;I'm not tryingto write songs from a young person's point of view.That only ends in disaster. Votes: 3

I do not like candy. I do not like knocking on strangers' doors. I do not like having to deal with the candy disaster that is Halloween. I resent it. Votes: 3

We've proved a lot of people wrong so far but the job is not finished yet and if we come home from Istanbul empty handed then it would be a disaster. Votes: 3

We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces. Votes: 3

It's a recipe for disaster. Votes: 2

Our military is a disaster. Votes: 2

The press lives on disaster. Votes: 2

Statism is an unnatural disaster. Votes: 2

ObamaCare is a complete disaster. Votes: 2

Nothing but disaster follows from applause. Votes: 2

Prolific programmers contribute to certain disaster. Votes: 2

The alternative to discipline is disaster Votes: 2

Both triumph and disaster are impostors. Votes: 2

My life was a sort of series of random disasters. Votes: 2

The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters. Votes: 2

The world has been experiencing a whole pattern of auto-destruction, whether in environmental disasters like Chernobyl or health disasters like AIDS. Votes: 2

The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. Votes: 2

We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn't have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness. Votes: 2

I don't admire Freud as much as some people do. Imagine Shakespeare being aware of the Oedipal complex when he wrote Hamlet. It would have been a disaster. Votes: 2

This nation can no longer tolerate the autonomous conduct of any single service. A waste of the resources of America in spendthrift defense is an invitation to disaster for America. Votes: 2

If we had a terrorist attack, the way the people respond is going to determine whether that attack is just a tragedy or whether that attack becomes an all-out disaster. Votes: 2

I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what's happening. Votes: 2

This disaster did not force us to abandon our ideal; on the contrary, from the very first months of the conflict, it led us to define precisely the conditions for its realization. Votes: 2

A great power has to have the discipline not only to go when necessary but to know when not to go. Getting involved in ethnic, religious civil wars is a recipe for disaster. Votes: 2

I attended a very small junior high and specially in the end that became a disaster. The principal was pretty senile and a drunk, so the children more or less runned the school. Votes: 2

I can only hope the federal aid made available today will be sufficient in our recovery efforts, and pray that our citizens continue to be safe from the fallout of this dangerous natural disaster. Votes: 2

The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation. Votes: 2

My heart goes out to victims and survivors of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy and to their families. This disaster will go down in history books as one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history. Votes: 2

No matter what is happening in life or in the world - war, natural disaster, poor health, pain, the death of loved ones - if existence is filled with art, music and literature, life will be fulfilling, a joy. Votes: 2

One of the best things that ever happened to me was Rocky Horror being a total flop in New York as a play. I mean, it was a disaster, and it was the night of the long knives as far as the critics were concerned. Votes: 2