Catastrophe quotes

“What I do know, is that if we do not act soon, it is our children and our grandchildren who will have to pay the price.”

Dennis Quaid - Jack Hall

“First there was the collapse of civilization: anarchy, genocide, starvation. Then when it seemed things couldn't get any worse, we got the plague.”
Vincent Klyn - Fender Tremolo

“Everything I've ever cared about, everything I've worked for... has all been preparation for a future that no longer exists. I know you always thought I took the competition too seriously. You were right. It was all for nothing.”

Emmy Rossum - Laura Chapman

“For years, we operated under the belief that we could continue consuming our planet's natural resources, without consequence. We were wrong. I was wrong.”

Kenneth Welsh - Vice President Becker

“- Maj. Jack Ross: This generation's had its chance. Hitler, Mussolini, those were the men. Now it's the age of the barbarians. The world's going up in smoke. I say let it come. Get it over with.
- Billy Dannreuther: Well, if you don't mind, I'd like another year or so of worrying.”
Ivor Barnard - Maj. Jack Ross
Humphrey Bogart - Billy Dannreuther

“- George Grisby: What's your guess, Michael? You think the world's coming to an end?
- Michael O'Hara: Well, there was a start to the world sometime; so, I guess there'll be a stop.
- George Grisby: It's coming, you know. Oh, yeah. It's got to come. First the big cities. Then, maybe even this. It's just got to come.
- Michael O'Hara: I'd prefer...” (continue)(continue reading)
Glenn Anders - George Grisby
Orson Welles - Michael O'Hara

“Our world is changing. The mass extinction we feared... Has already begun. And we are the cause. We are the infection.”
Vera Farmiga - Dr. Emma Russell

“General, Godzilla's like a hurricane or a tidal wave. We must approach him as we would a force of nature. We must understand him. Deal with him. Perhaps, even, try to communicate with him. And, just for the record, 30 years ago they never found any corpse.”

Raymond Burr - Steve Martin

“Why can't we fear the apocalypse like normal families?”
Max Greenfield - Roger

“Don't bother landing! I don't have time for any more disasters!”
Alan Young - Scrooge McDuck

“We built a system of satellites to stop natural disasters and someone is using it to create them.”
Gerard Butler - Jake Lawson

“I don’t need to remind you how many people died from catastrophic climate conditions.”
Jim Sturgess - Max Lawson

“The whole town's underwater. You're grabbing a bucket when you should be grabbing a bathing suit.”
Ryan Gosling - Sgt. Jerry Wooters

- John Morlar: I have a "gift" for disaster.
- Dr. Zonfeld: You seem to have survived it.
- John Morlar: I don't mean for me, I mean for others.
Richard Burton - John Morlar
Lee Remick - Dr. Zonfeld

“In this first generation, the original male also produced a queen, and together they will construct a primary nest which the queen will guard. But eventually, she will create reproductive offspring of her own. And when that happens, this town is dead... and the next town... and the next town... and the next one, and so on.”

Julian Sands - Dr. James Atherton

“There’s potential for catastrophic weather events on a global scale. A geostorm.”
Daniel Wu - Cheng Long

“You know what the funny thing about earthquakes is? After an earthquake you see people pulling other people out of broken down buildings and people hugging and junk because they saw a little girl's shoe in the middle of the road and no little girl around. Then a couple days later they forget all about it.”
Ryan Gosling - Leland P. Fitzgerald

“- Ray Castro: Why are hurricanes named after women?
- Montel Gordon: I don't know.
- Ray Castro: Because when they arrive, they're wet and wild, and when they leave they take your house and your car.”
Luis Guzmán - Ray Castro
Don Cheadle - Montel Gordon

“You know what the difference between the state of California and Titanic? And this is being webcast, and I know I'm going to regret this - at least when the Titanic went down, the lights were on.”
Jeff Skilling - Himself

“- Jason Evans: What do you think's going to happen to us?
- Jack Hall: What do you mean?
- Jason Evans: I mean us? Civilization? Everyone?
- Jack Hall: Mankind survived the last ice age. We're certainly capable of surviving this one. All depends on whether or not we're able to learn from our mistakes.”
Dash Mihok - Jason Evans
Dennis Quaid - Jack Hall

“- Dena: By 2048 the oceans are going to be empty.
- Harmon: Yeah, who says?
- Dena: Science.
- Harmon: Science... Maybe science is wrong.
- Dena: No. 29% of edible fish have gone day by 90%. More people are moving to the coast lines, there there's more pollution, more waste. Situation is getting geometically worse. It'll all go fast in the end....” (continue)(continue reading)
Dakota Fanning - Dena
Peter Sarsgaard - Harmon

“- Dr. Kate McCrae: I had a professor who predicted that eventually black holes would devour the entire universe.
- Dr. Alex Durant: Why not? When you can see giant suns sucked in and disappear without a trace.”
Yvette Mimieux - Dr. Kate McCrae
Anthony Perkins - Dr. Alex Durant

“Maybe we're gonna have a big earthquake. They say things get really weird just before.”
Amanda Wyss - Tina Gray

“Catastrophe equals opportunity.”
Michael Douglas - Charlie

“Nature has a way sometimes of reminding man of just how small he is. She occasionally throws up terrible offspring's of our pride and carelessness to remind us of how puny we really are in the face of a tornado, an earthquake, or a Godzilla.”
Raymond Burr - Steve Martin