“If we allow the destruction of the environment, we can see the terrorists have utterly won, and are destroying the future of our children and grandchildren. We must not let that happen.” IfsChildrenHappensEnvironmentDestructionOur ChildrenTerroristDestroyingGrandchildrenChildren And Grandchildren Author:Jane Goodall
“So one begins to wonder what is going to happen to the human race. Technology keeps on advancing with greater and greater power, either for good or for destruction.” HumansHappensRaceWonderTechnologyGreaterDestructionHuman RaceAdvancingGreater Power Book:Thought as a System Source: Thought as a System
“There is a political process which we are trying to achieve through what is called the Vienna Group. That involves the establishment of a governing council, which is to take power away from Bashar Assad, to write a constitution and to open the way for elections. It is important that Bashar leaves in the beginning, not at the end of the process. This will make the transition happen with less death and destruction.” WayWritingTryingImportantEndsHappensPoliticalProcessGroupsAchieveDestructionConstitutionElectionTransitionEstablishmentCouncilGoverningAssadVienna Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“Eating vegetables, fruits and grains rarely causes total destruction of the plant or tree on which the food grew; after harvesting, seeds remain to be replanted the next season. But this certainly does not happen when an animal is slaughtered - death is final; that animal will not reproduce again!” DoeHappensNextCausesAnimalTreeGrewEatingDestructionSeasonsPlantFruitFinalsSeedsVegetablesGrain Author:Sharon Gannon
“Women are afraid of walking at night, that someone pulls them into an alley and rapes them. That almost never happens. I mean, 98% of people who are raped, are raped by somebody they know. Somebody goes too far. But the destruction is just the same.” PeopleKnowsMeanHappensNightWalkingDestructionAlleys Author:Peter James
“Our task, your task... is to try to connect the dots before something happens. People say, 'Well, where's the smoking gun?' Well, we don't want to see a smoking gun from a weapon of mass destruction.” PeopleWantTryingWellsHappensWeaponsMassGunTasksDestructionSmokingWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionDots Author:Donald Rumsfeld
“There are many reasons for violence. This is just something that sometimes happens. We'd see it in treatment centers - the child who'd suffered something awful. Even in the best recovery there'd be a fear that everything would fall apart and they'd become victims again. And their final loyalty was to themselves. They couldn't be forced. They preferred to wreck everything, preferred self-destruction to surrender. (175)” ChildrenSelfSometimesReasonHappensFallViolenceDestructionVictimFinalsLoyaltySurrenderRecoveryAwfulTreatmentFalling ApartWrecksSelf Destruction Book:Boy in the Water: A Novel Source: Boy in the Water: A Novel
“Iraq is a long way from the U.S., but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face.” WayLongMatterStatesUseHappensFacesDealsLeaderRiskSecurityWeaponsMassDestructionThreatDemocraticDemocratIraqNuclearChemicalsAlliesLong WayLiedWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionIraq WarRoguesWmdGulf WarChemical WeaponsWmds In IraqBiological WeaponsInvading IraqBiological WarfareNuclear Destruction Author:Madeleine Albright
“I thought if we made an album that tried to change the world, or give it hope, it would really happen. But all people found was death and destruction and misery and self-hate. I learned that the world doesn't want to be saved, and it will f**king punch you in the face if you try.” PeopleIfsWorldWantGivingTryingMadeSelfHappensFacesHateFoundKingsDestructionMiseryAlbumsSavedChanging The WorldSelf Hate Author:Gerard Way
“What if one happens to be possessed of a heart that can’t be trusted—? What if the heart, for its own unfathomable reasons, leads one willfully and in a cloud of unspeakable radiance away from health, domesticity, civic responsibility and strong social connections and all the blandly-held common virtues and instead straight towards a beautiful flare of ruin, self-immolation, disaster?” IfsHeartSelfReasonHappensBeautifulStrongSocialCommonResponsibilityVirtueConnectionsDestructionCloudsDisasterRuinsWhat IfPossessedTrustedCivicsRadianceUnspeakableUnfathomableFlareDomesticityCivic Responsibility Author:Donna Tartt
“The worst thing that will probably happen-in fact is already well underway-is not energy depletion, economic collapse, conventional war, or the expansion of totalitarian governments. As terrible as these catastrophes would be for us, they can be repaired in a few generations. The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats. This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.” YearsWellsWarFactsGovernmentHappensWould BeEnergyProcessNaturalLossMillionsGenerationsEconomicWorstTerribleDiversityEconomicsDestructionForgivingSpeciesFollyCollapseConventionalExpansionWorst ThingsCatastropheDescendantsHabitatEconomic CollapseNatural HabitatsTotalitarian Government Author:E. O. Wilson
“With this ego arises all the problems, the thousand and one problems. This ego will not allow you to fall in love and millions of problems will arise in your life. This ego would like everybody to surrender to you; this ego will not allow you to surrender to anybody - and love happens only when you surrender. When you force somebody to surrender, it is hate, destruction, it is not love.” ProblemHappensHateFallForceMillionsThousandEgoDestructionAnd LoveFalling In LoveSurrenderArise Author:Rajneesh
“There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years, and he could have it earlier.” IfsWorldShouldYearsMayMadeHappensRememberNextDifficultFiveProgressSourceDevelopmentWeaponsMassEvidenceDestructionCurrentsAccessNuclearFive YearsNuclear WeaponsSaddamHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionUnderestimatedWmdUranium Author:Jay Rockefeller
“We on Earth have just awakened to the great oceans of space and time from which we have emerged. We are the legacy of 15 billion years of cosmic evolution. We have a choice: We can enhance life and come to know the universe that made us, or we can squander our 15 billion-year heritage in meaningless self-destruction. What happens in the first second of the next cosmic year depends on what we do, here and now, with our intelligence and our knowledge of the cosmos.” KnowsYearsFirstsMadeSelfHappensEarthChoicesUniverseNextSpaceDependsEvolutionOceanDestructionBillionsLegacyCosmosHeritageMeaninglessCosmicTime And SpaceHere And NowAwakenedSelf DestructionVastness Author:Carl Sagan
“Real change will only happen when we fall in love with our planet. Only love can show us how to live in harmony with nature and with each other and save us from the devastating effects of environmental destruction and climate change” RealShowsHappensFallEffectsPlanetsDestructionHarmonyClimateEnvironmentalFalling In LoveClimate ChangeOur PlanetOnly LoveReal ChangeEnvironmental Destruction Author:Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
“When there happens to be a weapon of mass destruction suspect site in an area that we occupy and if people have time, they'll look at it.” PeopleIfsLooksHappensWeaponsMassAreasDestructionIraqSuspectsSiteWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass Destruction Author:Donald Rumsfeld
“But we cannot allow weapons of mass destruction to fall into the hands of terrorists. I will not allow that to happen.” HandsHappensFallWeaponsMassDestructionTerroristWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass Destruction Author:George W. Bush