465 Quotes About Disaster

Distractions can be disastrous if they are allowed, they will steal precious time and energy from most important things that matters in life.

What a disaster the murder of George Floyd has been for the global image of the USA.

Hell, sometimes it feels like the whole country is on fire. Like a constant conflagration is burning too close to all poor people. Shouldn't rich-ass America be taking care of everybody?

The tree that gets hit by lightning is the one you remember.

Tragedy descends, and in the carnage our enraged cynicism screams ‘If there was a God, He would not have allowed this!’ And somehow we’ve conveniently forgotten that once upon a time He allowed us to tell Him to go away, and once upon that time we allowed ourselves to take Him up on that offer.

Before the snow could melt for good, an ice storm covered the lowcountry and we learned the deeper treachery of ice. At night, we could hear the disconsolate sounds of trees breaking under the weight of their glistening unnatural burden. Limbs broke with a terrifying violence, like the snapping of healthy bones.

Flying in a modern jet airplane doses the human with levels of radiation comparable to those found in nuclear disaster zones.

Nothing brings men closer than a common misfortune happily overcome.

It was a mistake, that’s all. A stupid, stupid mistake. We all make them–it doesn’t matter if it’s a calculated risk or a split-second decision, but sometimes we’re only one step away from disaster.