Preparedness is the only way we can combat a natural disaster. John Quinlan More John Quinlan Quotes 2
If it doesn't cure cancer or solve inner city poverty, it'll be [viewed as] a disaster. Alex Turner More Alex Turner Quotes 1
The first few days were a natural disaster. The last four days were a man-made disaster. Phillip Holt More Phillip Holt Quotes 1
Forces can come together that turn crisis for some into disaster -- that's really what I think we could be looking at this winter. ... It's just like Hurricane Katrina. They knew it was coming, but little was done to prepare an effective response. And the same thing is happening here. Jerry McKim More Jerry McKim Quotes 1
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster/ And treat those two impostors just the same. Rudyard Kipling English More Rudyard Kipling Quotes 1
Hillary has been a disaster for the state. She doesn't even bring pork here. Steve Greenfield More Steve Greenfield Quotes 1
It needed to be in the public record that no matter the size of the disaster, no matter the level of our compassion, that we have a responsibility to get emergency help to people the right way, but we also have a responsibility to be prudent in our planning. Steve King More Steve King Quotes 0
The governor is finally waking up to the fact that the Bush presidency has been a disaster for California. Steve Maviglio More Steve Maviglio Quotes 0
It's been less than successful, bordering on a disaster. After the $3 billion write-off they took for the poor performance of the previous management team, this summer must be a real disappointment to them. Stuart Rossmiller More Stuart Rossmiller Quotes 0
the most destructive disaster in living memory. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono More Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Quotes 0
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. Suzy Pelican More Suzy Pelican Quotes 0
I am very sorry and angry about the second half. That was a disaster. Sven Goran Eriksson More Sven Goran Eriksson Quotes 0
They don't realize that on a national basis, the Red Cross responds to a disaster every seven minutes. Probably a half a percent of those ever make the news, so you do forget day in and day out what we do. Susan Campbell More Susan Campbell Quotes 0
It's the new pork. Disaster declarations are a way you can pump federally mandated monies into communities without going through Congress. Susan Cutter More Susan Cutter Quotes 0
If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience. Swami Vivekananda Indian Spiritual leader More Swami Vivekananda Quotes 0
It is difficult to understand the lack of preparedness and the ineffective initial response to a disaster that had been predicted for years and for which specific, dire warning had been given for days. Susan Collins More Susan Collins Quotes 0
Katrina was a disaster that scientists, emergency management officials and political leaders had anticipated for years, yet the initial response was woefully inadequate. Susan Collins More Susan Collins Quotes 0
[With billions of dollars to boost disaster preparedness at all levels of government,] we would have expected a sharp, crisp response to this terrible tragedy, ... Instead, we witnessed what appeared to be a sluggish initial response. Susan Collins More Susan Collins Quotes 0
This is such a huge disaster we're not going to be able to prevent all of this. Tamara Faulkner More Tamara Faulkner Quotes 0
The American Cancer Society really stepped up and did their part during this natural disaster. Terry Lynn Watkins More Terry Lynn Watkins Quotes 0
We are prepared organizationally -- probably one of the best in the country. But in terms of responding to a disaster, we just don't have the infrastructure. Terry O'Sullivan More Terry O'Sullivan Quotes 0
It's been a disaster for the whole year. With Bonds back, I think it'll be a night and day kind of experience. Ted Choi More Ted Choi Quotes 0
[As Theodore Steinberg argues, God is getting a bum rap.] This is an unnatural disaster if ever there was one, not an act of God, ... If the potential for mass death and destruction from extreme weather existed anywhere in the U.S., it existed in New Orleans. Theodore Steinberg More Theodore Steinberg Quotes 0