Disaster Quotations | Page 9

Lowe's is committed to recognizing and supporting efforts that help our neighbors and customers. No time is this support more important than following natural disasters. Since Lowe's launched its customer donation program in 2000, thanks to the generosity and cooperation of our customers and vendor partners, we have raised nearly $16 million for American Red Cross disaster relief efforts.

People are getting the help they need, ... This is an ongoing disaster. This disaster didn't just end when Katrina left.

People are getting in trouble by buying out of their price range. They are dreaming really big. That could be a disaster later.

People are currently focused on disaster and flood preparation, ... They are focused in a way that I think we need to use to help them be prepared.

People are being generous and I want them to but every penny that comes in here marked disaster goes to disaster. We don't keep anything locally for overhead. It all goes to disaster.

It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture.

Leaving American disaster victims to languish is morally reprehensible and un-American.

Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.

I don't want the federal government to take over disaster response, believe me,

I expect some people will walk out of the theater. But I don't want to be timid. I want to treat the disaster genre realistically. That's what makes it effective and truly scary.