#disaster

If politics and business fail us, of course the military will be called in. In the developing world, the massive and repeated ecological disasters are quite commonly met by the military. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#called #commonly #course #developing #developing world

Technology without hatred can be a blessing. Technology with hatred is always a disaster. ↗

— Simon Wiesenthal

#blessing #disaster #hatred #technology #without

The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster. ↗

— Chris Morris

#disaster #ends #pursuit #usually

A tornado of thought is unleashed after each new insight. This in turn results in an earthquake of assumptions. These are natural disasters that re-shape the spirit. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#disaster #disasters #earthquake #forge #insight

People keep asking me, "Where do you get the ideas for your books?" From the worst moments in my life. I call that "literature through disaster." I got the whole Tales from Earth's End Saga that way, as well as Numenon. Don't be afraid of the hard times. ↗

— Sandy Nathan

#inspirational #sandy-nathan #tales-from-earth-s-end #using-hard-timesideas-for-books #where-to-get-inspiration

I had seen people who had lost everything and everyone they loved to war, famine, and natural disasters. ↗

— Chelsea Clinton

#everyone #everything #famine #had #i

I was just as in love with her in our eleventh year as I was in the first. Every anniversary was a victory, a middle finger to everyone who thought we wouldn't last. Abby tamed me, marriage settled me down, and when I became a father, my entire outlook changed. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#walking-disaster #beauty

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. ↗

— Louis A. Johnson

#any #autonomous #conduct #defense #disaster

There was a tsunami and there are terrible natural disasters, all of this because of too little Torah study. ↗

— Ovadia Yosef

#disasters #little #natural #natural disasters #study

I turned to see his expression. When I saw that he was serious, I shot hum a dubious look. “Sleeping in between the toilet and the tub on a cold, hard tile floor with a vomiting idiot was one of your best nights? That’s sad, Trav.” “No, sitting up with you when you’re sick and you falling asleep in my lap was one of my best night.” (…) “Thanks, Trav. I won’t make you babysit me again.” He leaned against his pillow. “Whatever. No one can hold your hair back like I can. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#beautiful-disaster #jamie-mcguire #love #sweet #travis-maddox