29 Earthquakes Quotes for You to Enjoy

Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes. Voltaire

Trouble Earth Earthquakes More Opinion Caused Than Little

There is a lot that happens around the world we cannot control. We cannot stop earthquakes, we cannot prevent droughts, and we cannot prevent all conflict, but when we know where the hungry, the homeless and the sick exist, then we can help. Jan Schakowsky

We cannot prevent hurricanes or earthquakes, floods or volcanic eruptions. But we can ensure that both people and communities are better prepared and more resilient. Miroslav Lajcak

People Better Earthquakes Ensure We Cannot Hurricanes More Prevent Both Volcanic Cannot Communities Prepared Floods Resilient

Storms of every sort, torrents, earthquakes, cataclysms, 'convulsions of nature,' etc., however mysterious and lawless at first sight they may seem, are only harmonious notes in the song of creation, varied expressions of God's love. John Muir

How terribly downright must be the utterances of storms and earthquakes to those accustomed to the soft hypocrisies of society. John Muir

Society Earthquakes Those Must Terribly How Accustomed Storms Downright Soft

As a country with experience of coping with earthquakes, tsunamis and other natural disasters, Japan believes in emphasizing the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction. We therefore prioritize investment in disaster prevention and post-disaster improvements under a policy of Build Back Better (BBB). Shinzo Abe

Experience Natural Better Country Build Natural Disasters Other Back Earthquakes Risk Prevention Investment Emphasizing Disaster Disasters Policy Prioritize Reduction Japan Therefore Believes Coping

If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.' Adam Hamilton

Death God People Pain Valley Earthquakes Neighbors Destroying Shadow Through Economies Calling Comforts Doing His Walking Sending Human Human Beings Them Help Works Beings Even Need

If you want to understand geology, study earthquakes. If you want to understand the economy, study the Depression. Ben Bernanke

Depression You Earthquakes Study Economy Understand Geology Want

Over most of history, threats have come from nature - disease, earthquakes, floods, and so forth. But the worst now come from us. We've entered a geological era called the anthropocene. This started, perhaps, with the invention of thermonuclear weapons. Martin Rees

Disasters happen. We still have no way to eliminate earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, floods or droughts. We cope as best we can by fortifying ourselves against danger with building codes and levees, and by setting aside money to clean up afterwards. Seth Shostak

Best Money Building Setting Way Danger Earthquakes Ourselves Hurricanes Clean Clean Up Droughts Disasters Still Up Happen Afterwards Against Aside Codes Floods Cope Levees Eliminate

Nuclear power plants built in the areas usually thought of as earthquake zones, such as the California coastline, have a surprisingly low risk of damage from those earthquakes. Why? They built anticipating a major quake. Bill Dedman

There's been a lot of really great intensive research into earthquakes, but we can't predict an earthquake down to the day. We can't predict where a hurricane is going to be a month in advance. Carrie Nugent

Day Great Predict Research Down Month Earthquake Earthquakes Hurricane Advance Been Lot Going Intensive Where Really

Incidentally, the usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in extending the scale to apply to earthquakes in all parts of the world. Charles Francis Richter

What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved to be closer to the truth than we expected. Charles Francis Richter

Truth Alike Earthquakes Scale Scaling Constant Emerged Magnitude Except Factor Course Proved Were Than Expected Closer

It's not unexpected that shooting massive amounts of water, sand, and chemicals at high pressure into the earth to shatter shale and release natural gas might shake things up. But earthquakes aren't the worst problem with fracking. David Suzuki

Environmental Natural Problem Water Pressure Earth Earthquakes Release Worst High Shake Shatter Massive Chemicals Up Shooting Unexpected Natural Gas Sand Might Amount Things Gas

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

Life Natural People Natural Disasters Increasingly Latin Latin America Earthquakes Hurricanes Feature Disasters Globe Around Becoming America Asia Regular Speaker Large Large Numbers Floods Numbers

The Book of Revelation is the strangest book in the Bible, and the most controversial. Instead of stories and moral teaching, it offers only visions - dreams and nightmares, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, earthquakes, plagues and war. Elaine Pagels

War Dreams Bible Book Earthquakes Visions Moral Only Instead Most Revelation Offers Controversial Stories Apocalypse Teaching Strangest Four Nightmares

Japan's humid and warm summer climate, as well as frequent earthquakes resulted in lightweight timber buildings raised off the ground that are resistant to earth tremors. Harry Seidler

Summer Earth Earthquakes Resulted Lightweight Well Frequent Buildings Climate Timber Off Japan Warm Ground Raised Resistant

People in Japan have experienced many tsunamis and various earthquakes throughout the ages. Hayao Miyazaki

People Earthquakes Various Throughout Experienced Japan Ages Many

I was pleasantly surprised with 'Salvage.' I went to Australia and New Zealand for the novel and met a lot of people who had experienced the earthquakes in Christchurch. They responded very strongly to the book because they had been through these natural disasters and were trying to figure out how to rebuild. Jesmyn Ward

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Well, I grew up in the Bay Area, so I've been in earthquakes before. Joe Morgan

Before Earthquakes Bay Bay Area Area Well Been Up Grew

I was a rust repairer. I was a rust repairer and full-time survivor. I survived all the major earthquakes, and the Titanic, and several air crash. Keith Moon

Air Several Earthquakes Rust Major Survived Survivor Crash Titanic Full-Time

Chile's mines are very dangerous; the country has a lot of earthquakes. Patricia Riggen

Dangerous Country Earthquakes Mines Lot Very Chile

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