#flood

If you’re listening to this, congratulations! You survived Doomsday. I’d like to apologize straightaway for any inconvenience the end of the world may have caused you. The earthquakes, rebellions, riots,tornadoes, floods, tsunamis, and of course the giant snake who swallowed the sun—I’m afraid most of that was our fault. Carter and I decided we should at least explain how it happened. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#destruction #earthquakes #floods #funny #funny-and-random

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood? ↗

— Buddha

#behavior #between #clinging #debris #each

You know, you meet some people, and do a lot of interviews, and you come across a Buck O'Neill and you know you are going to know him for the rest of your life. The same thing happened with Curt Flood. ↗

— Ken Burns

#buck #come #flood #going #happened

When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went home and sat down to write, and the material for the book just came flooding into my hands. ↗

— Julia Cameron

#came #distinguished #down #enough #flooding

The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#first #flood #god #only #sending

We have a human rights interest. Then there is the immigration problem. The human-rights violations have caused people to take to boats and flood not only the United States, but other countries in the region, creating great instability. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#caused #countries #creating #flood #great

Flooding damage is not customary for New York, especially downstate. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#damage #especially #flooding #new #new york

There's no such thing as a 100-year flood. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#such #thing

We are talking about predictable recurring flooding. ↗

— Robert A. Brady

#flooding #predictable #recurring #talking

There's going to be a flood of opportunities right now but I don't think I could really talk about them. ↗