Disaster Quotations | Page 3

Politically the disaster has been a godsend to Chavez. I'm sure he's going to make a very visible use of the aid that flows in.

Politically, I wouldn't raise rates on the 20th. Raising rates when you are trying to recover from a disaster like this is sending the wrong message.

potential public relations disaster of profiting from filth and blasphemy.

New Yorkers will never forget the extraordinary support we received following the dark days after 9/11 and how much it meant to our city, ... One way that each of us can offer support is by making a donation to an organization that provides disaster relief.

New Yorkers, in general, love disaster. They love blizzards, power failures, etc. (I don't mean that they loved September 11.) A shared disaster brings them together more - ethnically, racially - because the disaster affects almost all of them, making no distinctions. Their manners are generally very good indeed. And their generosity can be without limits.

On Nov. 15 disaster struck. I went downstairs to shower and shave and about halfway down the steps I could see something.

One of the causes of the disaster is deforestation carried by thieves, but we don't know who they are.

One of the causes of the disaster is deforestation by thieves, but we don't know who they are.

One of the big issues in this which will have to be resolved is the state mission for things like disaster response. I don't know how these people (at the Pentagon) think that's going to happen with (National Guard) force reductions.

One of the biggest problems businesses face in the aftermath of a natural disaster like this is a diminished workforce. Unless it's a 'mom and pop' operation, businesses can't operate without a staff. Good planning could help avoid this problem.

One of the lessons of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is the clear need for local, state and federal responders to train together so they can be better prepared in the event of a disaster that requires widespread relief efforts,

One of the first things to do is talk to Bonds. Will he cooperate? If he doesn't, I think that leads to disaster for Bonds. The union would make a big mistake by being too defensive here. Congress could step in.

One of the critical things he saw was not returning to isolationism. That, he said, would lead to disaster. Roosevelt was very much committed that the U.S. play a proper role in the U.N.

I wish we could bring home some hardware, but you have to look deeper than that. You can have one medal and the rest be a disaster and people would say you're doing good. But I like where we're headed.

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,

If we ever had a disaster like that in New Jersey, we know they'd be sending us help also, ... It's just outstanding to see officers of this caliber willing to leave their families to go help people they don't even know.

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

If we had come back with the same team as last year, it would have been a disaster. We didn't have the firepower to sustain what we needed in this conference. Last year was a honeymoon year. A couple players had career years. I didn't believe we had the core of players like the core we have now. We have a lot more versatility now.

If we have a disaster -- and we think it is quite probable in the next 20-25 years -- we're not prepared to deal with it,

If we do it, it's a budget disaster,

If we didn't have two other facilities, it would've been a major disaster for us to be closed for four consecutive days. Parking is still quite difficult.

I got to make 'Trishakti' with Arshad Warsi, who was a newcomer at that time. The movie took three years to complete and became dated by the time it was released. The movie did not even get a proper release and bombed at the box office. It was a very bad patch of my life and a big disaster for my career.

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

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,

If this isn't a wake-up call for real disaster planning, I don't know what will be.

I don't believe the answer is having the federal government just come in and take over a local disaster. They don't even know who the players are. They don't know the demographics of the county. I just don't think that would work.

I am extremely concerned that there will be donor fatigue, ... This is the fifth or sixth major disaster in a span of 18 months, and we worry and we pray that the American public will continue to come through.

I am deeply grieved at the sad news of the great loss of life and serious damage caused by the recent hurricane disaster in your country. I wish to express to you and the people of your country my heartfelt condolences,

I believe that my newly completed symphony will show the world that atonality and ugly dissonance at the price of giving up inspiration, form, expression, melody and beauty will result in ultimate disaster for the art of music.

I am very sorry and angry about the second half. That was a disaster,

Certainly by having a chapel in a community, regardless of someone's faith, they could know that in times of disaster we would be standing by to help.

Cendant was the unrecognized harbinger of financial disasters to come. It was the harbinger in the late 1990s of how the quest for higher stock prices led managers astray.

But what if our Internet was down? What if we lost our building and had to set up in a school gymnasium? We could get computers, but we couldn't get computers with the configuration settings we need in a timely manner. And if we can't set up our medical records data, we can't see patients, which means we're in trouble, especially in a disaster scenario.

Bush caused this disaster. And you caused this disaster because you voted for that ape.

Be a little pessimistic now, and assume it can happen to you. Develop a disaster plan for your home or business now so you can rest a little more easily in the future.

Because of the magnitude of this disaster, it would be very difficult to say.

Because of the hurricane disaster, we reduced our rate by 25 percent.

Because of the biggest natural disaster we've ever faced, we're going to have to spend significant amounts of money on a one-time basis. And that's what's important: It's one time, it's not recurring.

I loved 'Independence Day' and I've liked disaster movies since I was a kid. And to do one with those guys... why not? But I think 'Godzilla' with people who I didn't know anything about, I might have been worried, because it could have been who knows? But I read the script and thought it was really exciting and hey, I wasn't doing anything and it seemed like a very good thing to do.

I had one particular handbag disaster when I couldn't get into it, and when I finally did, it flew over the red carpet and was caught by 200 lenses. Not a great moment.

I feel we are very well prepared for a disaster ... but the reality is you can never be prepared enough. Never.

I feel that this is a potential disaster on several levels. They are reducing scholarly texts to paragraphs. The point of a scholarly text is they are written to be read sequentially from beginning to end, making an argument and engaging you in dialogue.

I feel that this is a disaster waiting to happen. Putting something like this below the ground is a very, very bad idea.

I feel really proud that in the wake of such a disaster that people are donating. They are going to have such an impact on a lot of people.

I can think of a recent disaster that shows what happens when a country neglects its duties of state towards its people.

Great people like Dick Lewis make great radio. Dick and his team's ability to serve the people who suffered tremendous losses as a result of this natural disaster is a demonstration of local radio's highest purpose, and of why this medium is fundamental.

Given the enormity of this national disaster and our collective desire to help the victims of this tragedy, our student-athletes, coaches and staff want to help those in the Gulf region. We are joining the response of the entire University of Connecticut community to assist those who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Fox bought the rights to the book way back when, and there was this attempt by Fox to make a movie out of 'The Hot Zone,' and it tended tragically in a Hollywood disaster involving Robert Redford and Jodie Foster and Ridley Scott. But the rights have been sitting at Fox ever since.

Funds . . . were not shared to build capabilities throughout a larger community. Now, it's forcing communities to apply together. We recognized any attack or natural disaster would tax the resources of surrounding communities.

I don't remember ever hearing of someone running for office and getting elected by saying that if the worst natural disaster in the history of the country hit, the government wasn't going to spend a dime to help the innocent citizens.

If Arkansas has enough damage, it will become a federal disaster area, and the homeowners can get more money when it comes to temporary housing assistance. The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management may offer only three months, while FEMA could possibly give six months. It will be more money for the families to get them get back on their feet.

I don't want the federal government to take over disaster response, believe me,

I expect some people will walk out of the theater. But I don't want to be timid. I want to treat the disaster genre realistically. That's what makes it effective and truly scary.

I don't think it's so great they're coming out a week between each other or whatever. It's a disaster, ... The point is, those guys do great work. That's why it's unfortunate they're coming out at the same time. Filmmakers won't compare them, but everybody else will.

Given the normal cynicism of Pakistanis, something like this has never happened. I think the scale of the disaster is something that has touched everyone to the core.

If it costs $50 to renovate it, it would be too much. That building has been a disaster from the beginning.

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

If this was December and something like this happened, it would be a disaster for their customers. But their customers won't even notice it happening now,

If the government were serious to begin with, we could have avoided a repeat of this type of disaster.

If sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster is not left to chance.

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

He was a strong leader, extremely competent. He walked into an utter disaster, and slashed spending without cutting corners.

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

He had no intention of coming to help us. He should have been there 24 hours after. That was a national disaster an entire city! He is telling me he is going to rebuild my city. Still, when I go back home, you are going to rebuild my city, but what about all the stuff I lost? What about jobs?

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

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've been to New Orleans three or four times and just couldn't believe the people could be having such a horrible time. This was the worst disaster I've seen in the United States.

We're preparing as if we're getting a Class 4 hurricane, checking equipment, supplies, generators, communications, backup communications capabilities, phones and pagers, ... Our normal disaster recovery procedures are in place.

What is being done is fairly massive. There will be temporary field offices in various areas around the disaster zone, ... We'll be trying to get word to refugees that are staying in shelters that they can visit or call these temporary field offices to get their checks. As you can imagine, it's a rather difficult proposition to get that information out to the people who need it.

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.

When information is missing, we're going to put the needs of the disaster victim first. If that means that later we need to come back and ask them for some funds, we'll do that. But really our first priority is helping those folks out.

Today, America is confronting another disaster that has caused destruction and loss of life, ... This time the devastation resulted not from the malice of evil men, but from the fury of water and wind.

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.

Having wireless broadband would help some of these disaster situations. But it's not the panacea.

Having one beneath Texas would be an unmitigated disaster.

Here we have 40,000 people and if we had a day or two notice we could probably get everybody out if we had to evacuate the entire city, ... Every emergency plan presupposes one thing, that there will be infrastructure to work off of, a road to drive down, some way to get a generator going to get electricity. If your city is underwater, when you reach a disaster of that magnitude it simply overwhelms any plan.

Going forward, we plan to develop a countrywide mechanism with the Indian department of science and technology for spatial data creation, collection and dissemination that can be used for multiple applications such as disaster management.

Good disaster response planning requires broad involvement of several community groups. Pediatricians, local school officials, school nurses, public health officials, emergency officials and school physicians should work together to improve the preparedness of schools for the unwelcome possibility of a mass casualty event.

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.

History has shown that severe weather does not discriminate, and everyone should be prepared to address any type of disaster. If we can educate our school-age population, they can help us promote awareness at home.

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 is an informal network of people helping each out in poor communities. They have great survival skills. The difference is that, in a poor community, that disaster wipes out that informal safety net.

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.

Unless this whole intolerable system is changed radically and rapidly, disaster must follow and appalling bloodshed and civil war become inevitable.

We must have these things lined up before a disaster happens, ... We're sorry if we offended people or made people not feel included. After Katrina hit, we were in a crisis mode. Because we were expecting to get potentially 1,000 evacuees, we had to work fast and work smart.

We looked at the lessons learned from Katrina. We're painstakingly looking at what best fits the needs of disaster victims and taking bids for future work.

Hurricane Katrina, a disaster for our neighboring states, has created emergency conditions in Texas that will require all available resources of both federal and state governments to overcome,

Hurricane Barton has gone from a Category 5 to a Category 3. But it is still a disaster, ... weaken environmental laws, interfere with states' prerogatives and give undue aid to oil companies.

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

Hurricane Katrina was a colossal natural disaster compounded by an unprecedented breakdown in the government response. Above all, it shows what happens when government is run by people who denigrate the role of government in our lives.

Hurricane Katrina, the Mother Earthers say, is the result of the failed environmental policies of the Bush administration. This disaster is because the United States has not agreed to abide by the Kyoto Treaty protocols. According to those who worship the spinning dirt at the altar of Kyoto, their god, the environment, has exacted justice through Hurricane Katrina.

He was just not comfortable (at linebacker). It's something we can do in a disaster, but he wasn't comfortable rushing from there and he played really well (on the line), one of his best games in quite awhile.

I would think that any disaster preparedness center would address the needs of those who are most vulnerable. That was not the case here.

Katrina is the largest flood disaster in our nation's history, and it requires us to take a new look at how we process flood insurance claims. Our mutual goal is to get families into the recovery process as quickly as possible.

Katrina is one of the most disruptive and challenging disaster in American history,

Katrina was the worst disaster probably in U.S. history. It becomes a question of capacity more than training when you have a disaster of this magnitude.

Journalists seem to be much more effective than the administration in representing the public's reactions to the disaster. Clueless federal officials seem to know less about what is happening than the journalists do, and sometimes less than an average TV viewer. This tips the balance of power toward the press, which is why we see such aggressive questioning and on-air criticism close to jeering.

I think it is probably wise that we are together meeting right now because of the war on terror, and this disaster we had down in the Gulf is all the more reason we should get together and talk about and develop a legislative package that assists the men and women of the Guard in the future,

It can be a disaster if you don't achieve that.