#isa

As Mayor of San Francisco, I will work hard to ensure that, in the event of natural or man-made disasters, San Franciscans are prepared and our City is protected. ↗

— Gavin Newsom

#disasters #ensure #event #franciscans #francisco

Homeowners and business owners across the country agreed to pay premiums, communities agreed to adopt building codes to mitigate flood dangers, and the Federal Government agreed to provide insurance coverage to policyholders after a disaster. ↗

— Bob Ney

#adopt #after #agreed #building #business

The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters. ↗

— Harold Nicolson

#great #great secret #incidents #marriage #none

The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

#claim #ends #fanaticism #god #our

People write about getting sick, they write about tummy trouble, they write about having to wait for a bus. They write about waiting. They write three pages about how long it took them to get a visa. I'm not interested in the boring parts. Everyone has tummy trouble. Everyone waits in line. I don't want to hear about it. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#boring #bus #everyone #get #getting

And it was only released in London last week, so when I go back to England Monday or whatever, I am expecting heaps of adulation. I'm hoping there is. If that doesn't happen I will be disappointed. ↗

— David Thewlis

#am #back #disappointed #england #expecting

If anything was, that the world will always--it can only--disappoint. ↗

— Galt Niederhoffer

#disappoint #world #romantic

I hate Valentine's day. It is a day for nothing but disappointment. ↗

— Larisa Oleynik

#disappointment #hate #i #nothing #valentine

Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that some time ago, and today I do not think I would add one word. ↗

— Laurence Olivier

#ago #black #disappointment #golden #i

America has also forever lost the service of thousands of good soldiers who are now disabled as a result of battle wounds in Iraq. Many others will need mental and emotional rehabilitation before they can return to normal life. ↗

— John Olver

#america #battle #before #disabled #emotional