“The flapping of a single butterfly's wing today produces a tiny change in the state of the atmosphere. Over a period of time, what the atmosphere actually does diverges from what it would have done. So, in a month's time, a tornado that would have devastated the Indonesian coast doesn't happen. Or maybe one that wasn't going to happen, does.” DoeStatesDoneHappensTodayAtheismProduceMonthsPeriodsWingsTinyAtmosphereButterflyCoastDevastatedTornadoesFlapping Author:Ian Stewart
“I guess my voice kind of changed in middle school. It was what it is now. I remember there was this boy who used to walk behind me and sing that song that goes, "Walk like a man, talk like a man" and I was devastated. So I learned that I can pick up my voice if I want to.” IfsMenWantKindI CanSchoolRememberUsedSongVoiceWalksBehindsBoysMiddleChangedPicksDevastatedMiddle School Author:Dianna Agron
“The problem a lot of writers have is that they really, really enjoy people saying, "You're brilliant." They let their self-perception be dictated by reader response. But if you're going to let other people make you feel good, you're going to end up feeling bad when they say the opposite. You've got to be a cultural stoic. Then you won't be devastated by people who respond negatively. Of course, the downside is that it sort of stops you from being able to enjoy people liking your work.” PeopleIfsFeelsEndsSelfFeelingsProblemAbleCoursesEnjoyLike YouReaderPerceptionOppositesResponseBrilliantFeel GoodDevastatedStoicMake You Feel GoodSelf PerceptionFeeling Bad Author:Chuck Klosterman
“We only have to recall the color of the faces of those who were most devastated by Katrina, to know that there are not yet equal opportunities for all Americans.” KnowsFacesOpportunityColorEqualRecallsDevastatedEqual OpportunityKatrina Author:Jimmy Carter
“I had started acting when I was 7, and I was always wrong. I would always get to the very end [of the audition], but I wasn't a perfect package of one thing. I wasn't a cliche, and it always worked against me. I wasn't pretty enough to play the popular girl, I wasn't mousy enough to be the mousy girl. Then there was a TV show that Toni Collette was starring in. And when a role to play a girl who was struggling with identity came, I thought: "Oh, this is what I was supposed to do. Everything's leading up to this moment." I was 18. I was like, "This is it." I didn't get it. And I was devastated.” EndsEnoughPlayMomentsShowsGirlPerfectActingRolesStruggleOne ThingIdentityTvsTv ShowsAuditionsPackagesClicheDevastatedAlways WrongPopular Girl Author:Brie Larson
“I would like especially to mention you, the women, wives and mothers of Paraguay, who at great cost and sacrifice were able to lift up a country defeated, devastated and laid low by an abominable war. God bless your perseverance, God bless and encourage your faith, God bless the women of Paraguay, the most glorious women of America.” WorldBelieveWarCountrySeemsEyeAbleAmericaMotherDifficultSituationWifeSacrificeCostLowsBlessedInspiredPerseveranceLiftsGloriousBlessBelieve In GodDefeatedVirginsGod BlessDevastatedDiscreditDifficult SituationsWives And MothersGod Bless YouParaguay Author:Pope Francis
“Not all introductions worked well. Rabbits were an unmitigated environmental disaster. Unchecked by any natural predator, they bred at a staggering rate and chewed their way across vast areas of pastureland as well as any garden that came their way. Attempts to control them by introducing ferrets, weasels and stoats did much more harm than good. Although these predators probably killed a reasonable number of rabbits, they also devastated populations of kiwi and raided the nests of flighted birds.” WayWellsNaturalNumbersBirdAreasGardenEnvironmentalRatePopulationHarmDisasterReasonableIntroducingRabbitsIntroductionNestsPredatorDevastatedStaggeringWeaselsFerretsKiwi Author:Bee Dawson
“I couldn't walk down any street in Britain without being laughed at. It was a nightmare. My children were devastated because their dad was a figure of ridicule.” ChildrenWalksStreetsFiguresDadMy ChildrenBritainNightmareLaughedRidiculeFigure SkatingDevastated Author:David Icke
“There are no words to express how sad and devastated I am. I have lost one of my dearest friends, and the industry has lost a giant.” LostIndustryGiantsDevastatedLost OnesDearest Friend Author:Farrah Fawcett
“We in the west walked away from Afghanistan at the end of the cold war and left it as a country devastated socially and armed to the teeth. If we do that again there will be consequences.” IfsWarEndsCountryLeftColdConsequenceWestTeethAfghanistanCold WarDevastated Author:Bob Ainsworth
“A full scale nuclear exchange, lasting less than 60 minutes...could wipe out more than 300 million Americans, Europeans, and Russians, as well as untold numbers elsewhere. And the survivors-as Chairman Khrushchev warned the Communist Chinese, `the survivors would envy the dead.' For they would inherit a world so devastated by explosions and poison and fire that today we cannot conceive of its horrors.” WorldWellsTodayNumbersMillionsFireMinutesHorrorEnvyNuclearScalesChinesePoisonLastingSurvivorCommunistElsewhereExplosionsWipeChairmanDevastated Author:John F. Kennedy
“The entertainment industry, the advertising industry have taken [the] tools from the art world and made themselves much more politically potent. We are really devastated and very impotent right now. A photographer just working for an advertising company has a platform to be much more politically effective in the world than an artist.” WorldArtMadeArtistCompanyTakenIndustryRight NowToolsPhotographerEntertainmentAdvertisingPlatformsArt WorldDevastatedEntertainment IndustryAdvertising Industry Author:Jeff Koons
“There was one female role, which was Emily. When I did the audition, I flubbed up. It was my first audition back from Christmas break, and I flubbed up and was devastated. In the audition room, they were like, "Oh, you did great!," but you never really know. So, I left the audition in tears.” KnowsFirstsLeftRoomsRolesBreakTearsFemaleAuditionsEmilyDevastatedFemale Roles Author:Tinsel Korey
“We are devastated to learn of the death of Alexander McQueen, one of the greatest talents of his generation. He brought a uniquely British sense of daring and aesthetic fearlessness to the global stage of fashion. In such a short career, Alexander McQueen's influence was astonishing - from street style, to music culture and the world's museums. His passing marks an insurmountable loss.” WorldCultureLossCareersGenerationsInfluenceStreetsStageTalentFashionStyleMarkBritishPassingPassingsMuseumsAestheticDaringAstonishingFearlessnessDevastatedInsurmountableMcqueenMusic Culture Author:Anna Wintour
“When I realised I wasn't Michael Jackson and I was this 10 year old boy growing up in the suburbs, I was devastated” YearsBoysGrowing UpGrowingRealisedSuburbsDevastated Author:Darren Hayes
“The earthquake in Haiti was a class-based catastrophe. It didn't much harm the wealthy elite up in the hills, they were shaken but not destroyed. On the other hand the people who were living in the miserable urban slums, huge numbers of them, they were devastated. Maybe a couple hundred thousand were killed. How come they were living there? They were living there because of-it goes back to the French colonial system-but in the past century, they were living there because of US policies, consistent policies.” PeopleHandsPastNumbersClassCenturyPolicyHugeCoupleThousandHundredHarmDestroyedMiserableHillsConsistentWealthyElitesUrbanCatastropheEarthquakesHaitiDevastatedSlumsHuge Numbers Author:Noam Chomsky
“As an individual with my own hurts, I go into the Garden (Gethsemane) as often as I need to. There I identify with the pain in the other, with my part in that pain, my part in tempting someone to wound me. I experience the other's pain, and God's pain, and am devastated - because their pain becomes my own. Feeling such anguish, I can forgive, or deeply repent, either for myself or on behalf of the other.” NeedsI CanFeelingsPainIndividualHurtMy OwnGardenForgivingWoundsAnguishBehalfRepentTemptingDevastatedGethsemane Author:John Sandford
“We have no interest in seeing an unstable Yemen or seeing a Yemen that is devastated.” InterestSeeingUnstableDevastatedYemen Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“The cost of war impacts all of us - both in the human cost and the cost that's being felt frankly in places like Flint, Michigan, where families and children are devastated and destroyed by completely failed infrastructure because of lack of investment.” HumansChildrenWarFeltCostImpactInvestmentDestroyedInfrastructureMichiganDevastatedCost Of War Author:Tulsi Gabbard
“The two world wars boosted American power and devastated potential rivals to an extent that could not have lasted more than a few decades.” WorldTwoWarDecadesWar Of The WorldsRivalsDevastatedTwo WorldsAmerican Power Author:Ian Bremmer
“Being in Vietnam changed him [Johnny Cash] fundamentally. He was devastated when we went into Iraq.” ChangedIraqVietnamCashDevastated Author:Rosanne Cash
“He [Prince] changed the world!!A true visionary.What a loss.I'm devastated.” WorldLossChangedVisionariesDevastated Author:Madonna Ciccone
“I can't even think of the words of what I'm feeling. This man [Prince] was my everything, we had a family. I am beyond deeply saddened and devastated.” ThinkingMenI CanFeelingsDevastatedSaddened Author:Madonna Ciccone
“I never had becoming Miss America on my radar screen. But when I was 17, I decided to quit the violin and my parents were devastated.” AmericaParentMissingBecomingDecidedScreensQuittingViolinRadarDevastatedMiss America Author:Gretchen Carlson
“African Americans, in particular, saw their cumulative wealth crash. They used to have 10 cents on the dollar of the average white family. That 10 cents on the dollar that the African American family used to have crashed down to 5 cents on the dollar, given the focus of predatory lending on the African American community and the degree to which they were really devastated by the foreclosure crisis. So yeah, I think there is a lot of disappointment out there.” ThinkingUsedGivenCommunityWealthWhiteSawsFocusParticularDegreesCrisisYeahDollarsAverageDisappointmentAfrican AmericanCentsCrashLendingDevastatedAmerican FamilyCumulativePredatoryForeclosure Author:Jill Stein
“My schedule has not calmed down, but I'm definitely not so devastated as I used to be. Definitely cooler now. A lot of blessings have fallen into my lap, and I'm very thankful to receive all of them.” UsedBlessingUsed To BeFallenSchedulesLapDevastatedVery Thankful Author:Joey Badass
“I remember when I was maybe 27 years old and kind of at the height of my movie stardom - it was around the time of the Oscar and this and that. I think I was very much believing my own hype, which how could you not? I was sitting with my dad, feeling great about my life and everything that was happening, and he was like, "You know, you're getting a little weird...You're kind of an asshole." And I was like, "What the hell?" I was totally devastated. But it turned out to be basically the best thing that ever happened to me.” ThinkingKnowsYearsBelieveKindLittlesFeelingsRememberMy OwnHellHappenedLike YouDadHappeningsSittingMy DadBest ThingsHeightOscarsRemember WhenMovie StarHypeDevastatedStardomBest Thing That Ever Happened To MeFeeling Great Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“[My father] had a massive middle-age breakdown. And left the family. And then it just completely fell apart. And my mother was heartbroken, just completely devastated. To make ends meet we started selling off all our possessions.” EndsAgeMotherFatherLeftMiddlePossessionSellingMassiveHeartbrokenMiddle AgesBreakdownDevastated Author:Bryan Cranston
“You're making a fantasy. You're making something real out of a fantasy. And then it no longer exists. It's heartbreaking to leave behind. I was devastated after Waiting for Guffman. I had never gotten so close to people I've worked with.” PeopleRealWaitingBehindsFantasyHeartbreakingDevastatedSomething Real Author:Parker Posey
“Haiti is the poorest country in our hemisphere. The earthquake and the hurricanes, it has devastated Haiti. Bill Clinton and I have been involved in trying to help Haiti for many years.” TryingYearsHas BeensCountryHelpingInvolvedBillsClintonHurricanesEarthquakesPoorestHaitiDevastatedHemisphere Author:Hillary Clinton
“The middle class in America has been devastated.” Has BeensAmericaClassMiddleMiddle ClassDevastated Author:Donald Trump
“The problem with Keith Ellison's message and what you all are saying - and I - and I respect what you're saying because we have been there - is - and another irony of this campaign - is that Barack Obama always won astronomically on his own, but he has completely devastated the party. He's lost the Senate, the House, 30 governorships, over 900 legislatures.” Has BeensProblemHouseLostPartyMessagesCampaignsBarackIronySenateLegislatureDevastatedKeith Author:Mary Matalin
“As I got older, my ambitions changed and I wanted to be a graphic designer. In form five, I did Art for CXC and got a grade 2 at the general proficiency level. I was devastated because I was aspiring for a grade 1. I took a break from art when I went to A level because I could not cope with the disappointment of my Grade 2. But I guess when you love doing something you just can't turn you back on it completely.” ArtWantedFormTurnsLevelsBreakFiveChangedAmbitionDisappointmentDesignerGradesGraphicMy AmbitionDevastatedGraphic DesignerProficiency Author:St. Lucia
“The most dramatic case is that of the Central Americans. Why are people fleeing Central America? It's because of the atrocities the U.S. committed there. Take Boston, where there's a fairly large Mayan population. These people are fleeing from the highlands of Guatemala, where there was virtual genocide in the early 1980s backed by Ronald Reagan. The region was devastated, and people are still fleeing to this day, yet they're sent back.” PeopleStillsAmericaCasesPopulationCommittedDramaticRegionsThis DayGenocideBostonAtrocitiesDevastatedFleeingCentral AmericaGuatemala Author:Noam Chomsky
“Art keeps me alive. I've obviously been devastated or heartbroken all my life, since my mother's death.” ArtMotherAliveHeartbrokenDevastated Author:Madonna Ciccone
“If the Taliban comes back to power, the impact would be devastating. A country that has made great strides, in terms of development indicators, would take a huge step backwards. Afghanistan's national economy would be devastated.” IfsMadeCountryWould BeTermStepsEconomyHugeDevelopmentImpactAfghanistanBackwardsTalibanStrideDevastatedIndicatorsNational Economy Author:Chris Alexander
“I still have people coming up to me, and it was, what, six or seven years ago when that finale aired? And they tell me who they were watching with, what their emotional reaction was, and how they were devastated for weeks about [Rita's death in Dexter].” PeopleYearsStillsWeekEmotionalSixYears AgoSevenReactionsSeven YearsDevastatedFinaleEmotional Reactions Author:Julie Benz
“So it's nice to know that Rita had that impact, and it was nice to end a character on a high note like that. But, again, in the moment... I always say, nobody was more devastated than me [from Rita's death in Dexter]!” KnowsEndsMomentsCharacterNiceImpactNotesDevastatedHigh Notes Author:Julie Benz
“The Second World War had really devastating effects for much of Europe. It really didn't take them very long to reconstruct state capitalist democracies because it was in people's heads. There were other parts of the world that were pretty much devastated and they couldn't do it; they didn't have the conceptions in their mind. A lot of it is human consciousness.” PeopleWorldMindHumansLongWarStatesConsciousnessDemocracyEffectsEuropeWar Of The WorldsConceptionCapitalistSecond World WarDevastatedHuman Consciousness Author:Noam Chomsky
“There have, for years, been comparative studies of religious fanaticism and factors that correlate with it. By and large, it tends to decline with increasing industrialization and education. The US, however, is off the chart, ranking near devastated peasant societies. About 1/2 the population believe the world was created a few thousand years ago: the justification for the belief is that that is what they were ordered to believe by authority figures to whom they were taught one must subordinate oneself. And on, and on.” WorldYearsBelieveBeliefReligiousStudyFiguresTaughtThousandAuthorityYears AgoOneselfPopulationFactorsDeclineJustificationThousand YearsPeasantsFanaticismSubordinatesDevastatedRankingIndustrializationAuthority Figures Author:Noam Chomsky
“Most of us who were opposed to the war, especially in the early '60's - the war we were opposed to was the war on South Vietnam which destroyed South Vietnam's rural society. The South was devastated. But now anyone who opposed this atrocity is regarded as having defended North Vietnam. And that's part of the effort to present the war as if it were a war between South Vietnam and North Vietnam with the United States helping the South. Of course it's fabrication. But it's "official truth" now.” IfsWarStatesHelpingCoursesUnitedEffortUnited StatesSouthDestroyedOfficialsVietnamAtrocitiesDevastatedFabrication Author:Noam Chomsky
“Europe is being subjected to the kinds of programs that devastated Latin America for many years. Latin America has thrown them out and is pulling out: It's successful; it's democratizing; it's economically developing; and it's free from the shrapnel of US imperialism for 25 years. Meanwhile, Western Europe is destroying itself systematically, destroying itself going in the opposite direction.” YearsKindAmericaSuccessfulEuropeProgramOppositesWesternDevelopingThrownLatinDestroyingPullingImperialismLatin AmericaDevastatedWestern Europe Author:Noam Chomsky
“My first heartbreak devastated me, but it was the support of my family and my second family, my church family, that helped me understand that it wasn't my fault, and that everything was going to be alright. That helped me tremendously later in life because in this acting business, there are a lot of things beyond your control.” ChurchActingSupportMy FamilyAlrightDevastated Author:Michael Ealy
“With suicide, it's a strange thing in Japanese culture. It's acceptable. My parents would have been devastated if my attempt had been successful, but they would have somehow accepted it.” CultureParentSuccessfulStrangeSuicideAcceptedDevastated Author:Ken Ono
“I remember Reagan`s election, I was pretty devastated. But you didn`t have the fear like this that so many people of color and so many disabled people and gay people and people who aren`t Christians have. And this is just making things worse. And Trump needs to try to heal. And you don`t do things like Trump does this to heal.” PeopleTryingChristianRememberGayElectionHealGay PeopleDevastated Author:Sherrod Brown
“I'm sure that if I had a partner and that partner cheated on me, that I would be devastated if we were in a committed, monogamous relationship. So of course, it's a devastating thing.” CommittedCheatedDevastated Author:Jenny Slate
“The problem a lot of writers have is that they really enjoy people saying, "You're brilliant." They let their self-perception be dictated by reader response. But if you're going to let other people make you feel good, you're going to end up feeling bad when they say the opposite. You've got to be a cultural stoic. Then you won't be devastated by people who respond negatively. Of course, the downside is that it sort of stops you from being able to enjoy people liking your work.” PeopleFeelingsProblemEnjoyLike YouResponseBrilliantFeel GoodDevastatedStoicFeeling Bad Author:Chuck Klosterman
“Music has as many roles as people make it. I traveled to Burma once years ago to witness the people's struggle for democracy, meet some people and learn some stuff. And I had this incredible experience over and over again in the Burmese jungle or refugee camps or health clinics with very oppressed, very devastated people. I show up, and I'm white and I'm American and I'm privileged and I have an experience that these people can't fathom and vice versa. There was this huge chasm when I met people for all good reasons.” PeopleReasonStruggleDemocracyIncrediblesWitnessOppressedRefugeeJungleDevastated Author:Ani DiFranco
“I'm too into skateboarding to be devastated by anything.” DevastatedSkateboarding Author:Jamie Campbell Bower
“Once I started on 'Frances' I discovered it was literally a bottomless well. It devastated me to maintain that for eighteen weeks, to be immersed in this state of rage for twelve to eighteen hours a day. It spilled all over, into other areas of my life.” WellsStatesHoursWeekAreasRageFranceTwelveEighteenDevastated Author:Jessica Lange