Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jan Egeland

The number one priority is to get to those who have nothing. If we don't, we will become a disaster within a disaster.

That's precisely why, when you read any disaster kit, it says you should have enough supplies for 72 hours.

It's not if a disaster will come, but when.

Sean Burke

It's the toughest stretch I've been involved with in all the years I've played. It's just a disaster right now.

This is a very large hurricane, a very powerful hurricane. Wherever you have the eye of this system, you are going to have a potentially catastrophic disaster there. This is the worst-case scenario for a hurricane.

Nothing was the same -- just like any disaster.

It's not a disaster. But it's just not good enough to rally the stock.

It's not a disaster because you know this sector (pharmaceuticals) is very volatile. It's not a trend.

Mark Sanford

The big picture is that the federal government is a disaster with regard to long-term spending.

It will be our worst flood disaster in the Southeast ever.

George H. W. Bush

The world saw this tidal wave of disasters sent upon the Gulf Coast, and we can see a tidal wave of compassion.

We see this as a major humanitarian disaster for the people of this region.

The government should have learned its lesson from steel tariffs -- they were a big disaster. I don't think these protectionist measures will be passed.

Mike Huckabee

To put it in perspective, this tornado today or this series of tornadoes will probably rank equal to all of the tornadoes that we had in the entire year last year, ... So that will give you some perspective of just what an incredible disaster this has been for our state.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

We should not wait for another disaster and let all of this happen and people dying and all this. The fact is we can go and do the work right now.

We know a lot of people lost their glasses in the disaster. And we just want to be here to help out.

Every time some type of natural disaster has hit, the people of this region have come back, and come back stronger than before. Failure is not an option. ... It's too important a task not to do it right.

Aaron Koblin

The trouble with progress is that it tends to happen slowly and quietly. It's not necessarily going to shout about itself, or make the nightly news like a disaster or a scandal would.

Rusty Schweickart

There are always natural disasters and it always seems as though the preparation is somewhat less than adequate. But we have had a series of quite substantial ones here in the last year.

Ellen Galinsky

The reason I think it's gaining momentum is because of natural-disaster preparedness.

This was the latest ghastly episode in what was a whole disaster. I'm just so glad it's ended and they have been set free,

Michael Brown

This was a catastrophic disaster, and in very disaster, there are mistakes, and it's not always smooth and pretty.

Michael Brown

This was a catastrophic disaster, and in every disaster, there are mistakes, and it's not always smooth and pretty. I'm at ease knowing I was doing everything I could.

What it's going to mean is some short-term gains, but a long-term disaster. You're going to have less research and development as you get down to probably four major companies.

This survey is evidence that last year's natural disasters impacted these freshmen in a significant way.

When disasters strike as a result of unsafe medical devices, nobody should be surprised. This is just the latest example.

Eric Williams

We're treating the trailer park as a mass disaster area.

Too much technology and too much privacy, that's just a disaster waiting to happen.

Eduardo Galeano

Disasters are called natural, as if nature were the executioner and not the victim.

We're looking at a disaster that will take months for people to recover from. We're in it for the long haul.

Busy Philipps

We're not co-sleeping. I'm all for what people want to do in their home, but I need my bed. I'm a terrible sleeper... I toss and turn and flip, and it would just be a disaster if there were a baby there. And I think it's important for a kid to have their own space.

Felipe Alou

We were right. But it turned out to be a disaster.

We were very well-prepared, but it's not going to be a breeze. This is a very large, large disaster, and it's going to require a lot of teamwork and patience.