We’re just having a bit of an earthquake here. Quite a decent shake here, if you see things moving behind me. – Jacinda Ardern New Zealand Premier calmly continues live TV interview as quake strikes.
The Oscar sits on some shelf above my desk. If there was an earthquake, I could actually be killed by my own Academy Award. – Helen Hunt
Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else. – Anne M. Mulcahy
Each year, at the typical nuclear reactor in the U.S., there’s a 1 in 74,176 chance of an earthquake strong enough to cause damage to the reactor’s core, which could expose the public to radiation. No tsunami required. – Bill Dedman
Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else. I’ll never forget the wrenching days I spent in Haiti last year for Save the Children just weeks after the earthquake. – Anne M. Mulcahy
The outpouring of support from millions of people in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti has been impressive. – Bill Gates
It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming Israel for the recent earthquake in Iran it would probably have a majority, the U.S. would veto it and Britain and France would abstain. – Amos Oz
I experienced the California Northridge Earthquake of 1994 and the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980, and I have thus seen firsthand how terrible and awesomely devastating a force of nature can be. – Paul Watson
Already 2008 has proved a tumultuous year in terms of global perceptions of China, and there are still 59 days to go until the Beijing Olympics. The tragedy of the Sichuan earthquake followed hard on the heels of the riots in Tibet and the demonstrations surrounding the Olympic torch relay. – Martin Jacques
If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity. – Charles Francis Richter
I’m a doer, and whether it was the tsunami in Sri Lanka or the earthquake in Indonesia, I was always saying, ‘I should be there; I should be helping out.’ – Paul Walker
In every area of the world where there is earthquake risk, there are still many buildings of this type; it is very frustrating to try to get rid of them. – Charles Francis Richter
In the middle of my third Hollywood picture The Magician, the earthquake hit Hollywood. Not the real earthquake. Just the talkies. – Conrad Veidt
When you are submitted and committed to the Lord, you will look forward to Jesus coming back, and not even an earthquake or Hurricane Irene will be able to shake you from the love of Christ. – Monica Johnson
When the Haiti earthquake happened, I registered with UNICEF to set up an account, and posted to Twitter for people to donate to it. In a matter of a couple of hours, $30,000 had been donated. That, to me, was eye-opening. – Misha Collins
In the harrowing aftermath of Haiti’s earthquake, one of the greatest needs became desperately clear: safe water. – Marcus Samuelsson
An earthquake strikes Haiti, and care packages from America are among the first to arrive – and not far behind are former Presidents Clinton and Bush. – Mitt Romney
We still carry this old caveman-imprint idea that we’re small, nature’s big, and it’s everything we can manage to hang on and survive. When big geophysical events happen – a huge earthquake, tsunami, or volcanic eruption – we’re reminded of that. – James Balog
We don’t suggest that because San Francisco lies on top of an earthquake fault that it should be moved. – John Breaux
There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave themselves in such a state? – Lord Byron
If you have a sudden emergency, earthquake, hurricane, you name it, we want to be able to have a National Guard officer able to command federal forces. – James A. Winnefeld, Jr.
Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery. – Phil Donahue
We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax. – Samuel Goldwyn
