Famous Quotes & Sayings

Boris Yeltsin

Today, a day of mourning, a new disaster hit us, ... Terrorism has declared war on us ... Terrorists are trying to scare the Russian people. They are trying to demoralize the state.

Going in without a list is usually kind of a disaster for most of us. You're going on hunger and a whim and not planning well.

Historically, investigations of mine disasters in the United States have never involved the families of the victims. That era ends today.

It is great to get a win like this to start the season after last year's disaster. The team has grown up from last year.

We can maybe irrigate one more time. We've been on the verge of disaster all summer.

What do I think? It's wonderful. A strike would have been such a disaster.

We tinkered with disaster there a few times. It was a fast-paced game. That's fine with us. We're versatile enough to play that way.

John Mica

There is an unquestionable need. It would have been a disaster if HUD had not granted the transfer and we hadn't had the other level of governments supporting this,

There aren't a lot of votes to be gained by overseeing a disaster relief that is handled the way it should be, but there is a political downside to not doing enough, or not doing it fast enough.

Donald Williams

Hurricanes and disasters should not be made worse by profiteering,

Hurricane Katrina was the largest disaster in U.S. history. It also occurred in a much-smaller state than Florida is.

I think it's very important that we support this request. Not too many disasters happen in this country.

He hasn't looked back since then (the Stanford disaster).

He has come to symbolize how unprepared this administration was for this disaster, fairly or unfairly,

He did very well with disasters in the past and it always helped him, his presidency and his popularity,

If Y2K is a disaster it will be a global one, not a local one,

If it looks like a storm is going to come in, as a disaster task force, we should get prepared.

Bertie Ahern

I would be a disaster, to put it at its mildest, if any of the institutions were to slide. I think people need to think very, very hard,

Jan Egeland

If we don't work together we will become a disaster within a disaster.

Jeb Bush

If this responsibility is federalized then that will be as big of a disaster as any natural disaster that hits our communities.

Rick Renzi

If this kind of a natural disaster or a disaster involving weapons of mass destruction happened in his (Flake's) district, he'd be singing a different tune,

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.

Antonio Villaraigosa

The reality is when you have a disaster of that proportion, you need the federal government, ... I think the question is, is the federal government prepared to provide the resources that we need? I think that, clearly, by what we've seen in Louisiana, the jury's out.

Eli Roth

Some disaster movies look like you're watching someone else play video games. They're fun but it's not real.

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.

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.

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.

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.

When you look at disaster stories, it is usually that first time using a new piece of equipment that something is going to fall apart.

Michael Brown

We've got to come in as quickly as possible and do what we can to avert another disaster.