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The middle class is teetering on the brink of collapse just as surely as AIG was in the fall of 2009 – only this time, it’s not just one giant insurance company (and its banking counterparties) facing disaster, it’s tens of millions of hardworking Americans who played by the rules.
Greek-American author and syndicated columnist
He taught me never to smile, which helps me when I visit disaster sites.
American comedian
If I could learn to treat triumph and disaster the same, then I would find bliss.
Even Woodstock turned out to be a disaster. Everybody was stuck in the mud and people got sick.
American rock musician
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.
One morning, just like 9/11, there’s going to be a disaster. I have yet to see the United Nations do anything effective with either Iran or North Korea.
American politician and author (born 1943)
A great power has to have the discipline not only to go when necessary but to know when not to go. Getting involved in ethnic, religious civil wars is a recipe for disaster.
American politician and former television host (born 1952)
I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster.
Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art.
American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933-2004)
This disaster did not force us to abandon our ideal; on the contrary, from the very first months of the conflict, it led us to define precisely the conditions for its realization.
French trade unionist (1879-1954)