William R. Sparks Quotes

Something will break very bad.

If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.

Only the stupidest calves choose their own butcher.

As my early drawings warned me, where humans go, lions and tidal waves follow.

Palin was a political Hail Mary, a long bomb in the closing minutes of a game that John McCain and Co. were certain to lose. They didn't care if she had the policy or political or emotional capacity to serve as vice president, let alone president. They were willing to drive the country off a cliff, if that's what it took to win.

Politics is tricky; it cuts both ways. Every time you make a choice, it has unintended consequences.

If we didn't do the tour, it would have been disastrous.

Great breakthroughs are always followed by great catastrophes.

I can't do anything else. So if this falls through, I'm screwed.

I don’t want you to be a laughing stock … a circus where we just throw people out the minute they make a tough decision. Don’t do this. Don’t do this.

What is the distinction between "misfortune" and "calamity"? If Mr. Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune; but if someone pulled him out, it would be a calamity.

It does not matter how frequently something succeeds if failure is too costly to bear.

The consequences of failure are so profound that we can not even contemplate it….We’re going to have to ask for more money—after the election [scheduled for November 2004]

There are going to be screw-ups, mistakes, confusion, and missteps. One hopes they won’t be fatal.

A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.

Boris Johnson was elected on a strategy that went down well with members, but was inevitably going to collide with reality and unravel. And it's happened more quickly than it might have done, for reasons for which he and his team are responsible.

Local government is a gamble that can have disastrous consequences when it fails.

If we fail to act, we will end up with a different planet.

No more terrible disaster could befall your people than for them to fall into the hands of a Hero.

There is usually only a limited amount of damage that can be done by dull or stupid people. For creating a truly monumental disaster, you need people with high IQs.

We are living even now among punishments and ruins.

If what the science tells us about climate change is correct, then unabated it will result in catastrophic consequences for our world.

Nothing but disaster follows from applause.

Calamitous collapse is better than mediocre defeat!

Stupid people can cause problems, but it usually takes brilliant people to create a real catastrophe.