#catastrophe

I'll never forget Hurricane Katrina - the mix of a natural and a man-made catastrophe that resulted in the death of over 1,500 of our neighbors. Millions of folks were marked by the tragedy. ↗

— Cedric Richmond

#death #folks #forget #hurricane #hurricane katrina

Human beings will line up for miles to buy a bucket of catastrophes, but don't try selling sunshine and light - you'll go broke. ↗

— Chuck Jones

#broke #bucket #buy #catastrophes #go

The military has been tremendously important in the past during catastrophes and in protecting the population. But it shouldn't become an auxiliary police force. ↗

— Otto Schily

#become #been #catastrophes #during #force

If everything moves along and there are no major catastrophes we're basically headed towards holograms. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#basically #catastrophes #everything #headed #major

If you're under 26, you can stay on your parents' plan. You can go back to school or get extra training without fear of a health catastrophe bankrupting your family. Over three million previously uninsured young adults are now on their parents' plans. ↗

— Kathleen Sebelius

#back to school #bankrupting #catastrophe #extra #family

Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible. ↗

— Edward Teller

#clearly #fast #goes #improves #life

The sense of national catastrophe is inevitably heightened in a television age, when the whole country participates in it. ↗

— R. W. Apple, Jr.

#catastrophe #country #heightened #inevitably #national

I have come to know a God who has a soft spot for rebels, who recruits people like the adulterer David, the whiner Jeremiah, the traitor Peter, and the human-rights abuser Saul of Tarsus. I have come to know a God whose Son made prodigals the heroes of his stories and the trophies of his ministry. ↗

— Philip Yancey

#c-s-lewis #life-s-catastrophes #life

My life had become a catastrophe. I had no idea how to turn it around. My band had broken up. I had almost lost my family. My whole life had devolved into a disaster. I believe that the police officer who stopped me at three a.m. that morning saved my life. ↗

— Trey Anastasio

#around #band #become #believe #broken

Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#catastrophes #fiction #fiction writers #foresee #inevitable