Quotes of: Natural-disasters Keyword

Though men in the mass forget the origins of their need, they still bring wolfhounds into city apartments, where dog and man both sit brooding in wistful discomfort. The magic that gleams an instant between Argos and Odysseus is both the recognition ...

The Unexpected Universe

There's more than one way to tell each other things, and there's more than one way to listen, too.

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

Let's get something straight; you're not a piece of shit, you're amazing. It doesn't matter who buys me drinks, or who asks me to dance, or who flirts with me. I'm going home with you. You've asked me to trust you, and you don't seem to trust me. - A...

Beautiful Disaster

It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disaster to b...

Benjamin Elijah Mays

Statism is an unnatural disaster.

Stefan Molyneux

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

Kenichi Fukui

A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.

Noam Chomsky

Falling in love too quickly spells disaster. But I’ve always lived dangerously, and I spell disaster with a Z.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and filled myself up with the breeze from the valley. Then I let it out slow so it could get back to its travels, with a little bit of me added to it.

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

...how do you run and play when you feel like there are bricks of the heaviest sadness weighing down every part of your body? How do you laugh and talk when there are no laughs left inside of you?

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

the sweet juices of your mouth are like castles bathed in honey. i've never had it done so gently before. you have put a circle of castles around my penis and you swirl them like sunlight on the wings of birds.

Trout Fishing in America / The Pill vs. the Springhill Mine Disaster / In Watermelon Sugar

The American Society of Civil Engineers said in 2007 that the U.S. had fallen so far behind in maintaining its public infrastructure -- roads, bridges, schools, dams -- that it would take more than a trillion and half dollars over five years to bring...

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

W2K will be a bigger disaster than Y2K.

Scott McNealy

I've had some real hair disasters.

Sienna Miller

Will Human Nature destroy Nature and Humans?

Humans Need Three Hands: Will Human Nature Destroy Nature and Humans?

European fisheries are a disaster. The American fisheries are well-kept.

Roger Daltrey

The combination of Obamacare and taxes would be a disaster.

David A. Siegel

Saying something is “meant to be” is a cop out. It’s a way for people to deal when they screw up or when life hands them a bowl of shit stew. The things that are meant to be are the things we can’t control, the things we don’t cause, the th...

The Song of David

This pre-eminence is something [men] have unjustly arrogated to themselves. And when it's said that women must be subject to men, the phrase should be understood in the same sense as when we say we are subject to natural disasters, diseases, and all ...

The Worth of Women: Wherein Is Clearly Revealed Their Nobility and Their Superiority to Men

The real thing about evil," said the Witch at the doorway, "isn't any of what you said. You figure out one side of it - the human side, say - and the eternal side goes into shadow. Or vice versa. It's like the old saw: What does a dragon in its shell...

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

I belong to my beloved, and my beloved is mine.

Beautiful Disaster