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Calamity Quotes (page 4)

What's friendship's realest measure? I'll tell you. The amount of precious time you'll squander on someone else's calamities and fuck-ups. Richard Ford
The pre-history of our species is hag-ridden with episodes of nightmarish ignorance and calamity, for which religion used to identify, not just the wrong explanation but the wrong culprit. Human sacrifices were made preeminently in times of epidemics, useless prayers were uttered, bogus "miracles" attested to, and scapegoats--such as Jews or witches--hunted down and burned. Christopher Hitchens
It is amazing to me, now, how such wild imaginings and philosophies - inspired by a night charged with frights and calamities - made such perfectly good sense to Owen Meany and me, but good friends are nothing to each other if they are not supportive. John Irving
For I was never able to understand, then or later on, why, if one wanted to do a thing, one should not do it. For I have never waited to do as I wished. This has frequently brought me to disaster and calamity, but at least I have the satisfaction of getting my own way. Isadora Duncan
He dragged me back - just in time. A tree had crashed down on to the side walk, just missing us. Poirot stared at it, pale and upset. "It was a near thing that! But clumsy, all the same - for I had no suspicion - at least hardly any suspicion. Yes, but for my quick eyes, the eyes of a cat, Hercule Poirot might now be crushed out of existence - a terrible calamity for the world. And you, too, mon ami - though that would not be such a national catastrophe." "Thank you," I said coldly. Agatha Christie
A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future. Oliver Goldsmith
He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles. Harry Emerson Fosdick
Publilius Syrus quote: "Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should..."
Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid. Publilius Syrus
Frederick Douglass quote: "A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the..."
A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people. Frederick Douglass
Beilby Porteus quote: "He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over."
He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over. Beilby Porteus
Horace quote: "A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius."
A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius. Horace
Philip Massinger quote: "He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears..."
He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity. Philip Massinger
Oliver Wendell Holmes quote: "A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it..."
A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened. Oliver Wendell Holmes
The real effect of the WTC calamity has been depressed spirits, anxiety, and uncertainty among publishers, and of course those emotions are not restricted to publishers. Richard Curtis
Mario Cuomo quote: "You want calamities? What about the Ice Age?"
You want calamities? What about the Ice Age? Mario Cuomo

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