#disaster

But by showing us live coverage of every bad thing happening everywhere in the world, cable news makes life seem like it's just an endless string of disasters - when, for most people in most places today, life is fairly good. ↗

— Gregg Easterbrook

#bad thing #cable #coverage #disasters #endless

Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for large numbers of people around the globe. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#around #asia #becoming #disasters #earthquakes

Never in our country's history have we witnessed a natural disaster that has impacted so many people in such a wide area. In fact, as of the writing of this column, millions of people along the Gulf Coast have been displaced from their homes in a period of only five days. ↗

— Jo Bonner

#area #been #coast #column #country

I'm a wonderful disaster. So are you. We're all a mess. We're in this culture that says take this pill and you'll be happy, go on this diet and you'll be thinner, have your teeth whitened, people will love you more. ↗

— Emilio Estevez

#culture #diet #disaster #go #happy

There is a huge responsibility on all of us to get England through. It would be one of the biggest disasters in sports history if we blew it and we must make sure it does not happen. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

#blew #disasters #does #england #get

I tell you, the difference for me is between being victimized, terrorized, numbed by reading about different disasters, or reducing the anxiety by getting up and doing something about it, at whatever level. ↗

— Ted Danson

#anxiety #being #between #difference #different

We not only romanticize the future; we have also made it into a growth industry, a parlor game and a disaster movie all at the same time. ↗

— Eugene Kennedy

#disaster #future #game #growth #industry

Abby did a little happy dance before jogging down the hall to the bedroom. The corners of my mouth turned up. What other woman would be that excited to see her boyfriend trade punches? No wonder I fell in love with her. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#walking-disaster #beauty

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity. ↗

— John D. Rockefeller

#disaster #every #i #i always #into

The anger subsided, and my shoulders fell. “I know you didn’t. But you have got to curb this overprotective big-brother thing you’ve got going on.” Travis laughed once. “I’m not playing the big brother, Pigeon. Not even close. ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#beautiful-disaster #big-brother #jamie-mcguire #love #sweet