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21 " The greatest efforts of the race have always been traceable to the love of praise as the greatest catastrophes to the love of pleasure. "
22 " War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory. "
23 " When, thirty-five years ago, I tried to give a summary of the ideas and principles of that social philosophy that was once known under the name of liberalism, I did not indulge in the vain hope that my account would prevent the impending catastrophes to which the policies adopted by the European nations were manifestly leading. All I wanted to achieve was to offer to the small minority of thoughtful people an opportunity to learn something about the aims of classical liberalism and its achievements and thus to pave the way for a resurrection of the spirit of freedom after the coming debacle. "
― Ludwig von Mises , Liberalism: The Classical Tradition
24 " Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not. "
― Isaac Asimov
25 " The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things. "
26 " Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback. "