Quotes of: Disaster Keyword

Natural disasters in Bolivia have been getting worse with the passage of time. It's brought about by a system: the capitalist system, the unbridled industrialization of the resources of the Planet Earth.

Evo Morales

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

Neal Barnard

The U.N.'s humanitarian agencies rely on charitable donations from the public as well as the generosity of governments to continue their lifesaving work in response to natural disasters, armed conflicts and other emergencies.

Ban Ki-moon

A moment of patience can prevent a great disaster and a moment of impatience can ruin a whole life.

Chinese

If the lady of the house breaks something it is an unfortunate accident; if the servant does, then it is a terrible disaster.

Turkish

What we are now witnessing in the 21st century is the fracture or complete breakdown of families, societies, and governments as a result of centuries of dehumanization that have taken a toll. More natural disasters (tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes,...

How Do Hurricane Katrina's Winds Blow?: Racism in 21st-Century New Orleans

What we are now witnessing in the 21st century is the fracture or complete breakdown of families, societies, and governments as a result of centuries of dehumanization that have taken a toll. More natural disasters (tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes,...

How Do Hurricane Katrina's Winds Blow?: Racism in 21st-Century New Orleans

You have built a human relationship on the foundation of asbestos.

The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made

So I flirt with disaster once or twice. Who doesn’t?” He snorted. “You don’t just flirt with disaster, you have intercourse with it.

Impulse

There is never enough time for fun.

Ida B. . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World

Extreme violence has a way of preventing us from seeing the interests it serves.

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Mr. President, it may surprise my colleagues, but I am no fan of federal disaster programs for agriculture. They are difficult to pass and often a disaster to implement.

Pat Roberts

We are entering an era of heightened disaster, thanks to climate change. Being prepared for disaster will mean being prepared to sift truth from rumour, and being prepared to adjust our worldview.

Rebecca Solnit

Disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, floods, oil spills and radioactive fallout cause massive death of people, pigs, bats and birds. These disasters also impact the immune health of survivors. All harbor viruses.

Paul Stamets

It was definitely a new way of life for people who had become so used to being entertained by televisions, computers and technology." -from Day After Disaster

Day After Disaster

Each child’s story is worthy of telling. There shouldn’t be a sliding scale of death. The weight of it is crushing.

Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival

Science is entirely dependent on constants. Anything that is not constant (natural disasters, poor construction, or other human factors) is nearly impossible to include in equations such as those used in archaeology and for dating the Earth.

Stephen and Tiffany Domena

Sometimes it can feel like the whole globe is spinning with irredeemable losses, capricious natural disasters and crimes so outrageously evil they dismantle any attempt to solve or explain them.

Karen Russell

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.

Robert Higgs

I think Mr. Obama is a disaster for business and a disaster for the United States. Not that Mr. Romney would be much better, but the Republicans understand the problem of excessive debt better than Mr. Obama, who basically doesn't care about piling u...

Marc Faber

Corporations often partner with government after natural disasters, as many companies did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. As a rule, however, long-term civic/corporate partnerships are still rare .But this need not remain the status qu...

Simon Mainwaring