Devastated Quotes

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"Many families have been devastated tonight. This just is not right. They did not deserve to die. If someone did this to get back at Bush, then they did so by killing thousands of people who DID NOT VOTE for him! Boston, New York, DC, and the planes` destination of California--these were places that voted AGAINST Bush!"

- Michael Moore

(on the federal government`s reaction in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina) I was just frigging devastated, it was a real sad day. I don`t get how people can have all these facts and still turn away from them. 9/11 was too ambiguous. You couldn`t prove how the government was somehow in on the deal. You could say, "Oh, that`s just Michael Moore". New Orleans was undeniable irresponsibility.

- Madonna

(when asked why he thought George W. Bush, after hearing that New York was under attack on Sept 11, remained in a Florida classroom, doing nothing, for several minutes) It`s obviously very disturbing footage. On the one hand, you see a reaction on a man`s face that he is clearly pained and shocked. I probably did the same thing sitting on my chair. I was completely freaked out and a little devastated. On the other hand, one does hope that in one`s leaders, that they have the instinct to spring into action, to take some action or make the appearance of taking some action. And I was disappointed to see that he didn`t do that, although I don`t entirely hold it against him because, frankly, I was as shocked and devastated as he was. Although I think flying around in Air Force One for 11 hours before coming back and landing in the White House was probably less forgivable.

- Ben Affleck

"The thing is, I`m not ashamed -- that`s the one thing I want to say... I don`t think it`s wrong, I`m not devastated going through this. I`m more liberated and happy than I`ve been my whole life. I`m just happy."

- Lance Bass

*(on hitting middle age) "I am devastated at what has happened. I have completely disappeared. I am totally invisible. I never really liked my sexy label but on the other hand, to disappear so totally is quite startling."

- Diana Rigg

"The real hopeful thing about theater and the arts in general is you take these painful experiences and you shape them, give them form -- and people can experience them together. You come out of an experience like this not devastated, not demolished by it, but hopefully healed or having experienced a catharsis."

- Joe Spano

er 50% of Americans don`t agree with the administration (of President `George W. Bush`); that`s a lot of people. But they don`t get the press. I know myself and my friends in New York were devastated after the last election (2004). We could hardly stand up it was so devastating. And those are the people that I`m around a fair amount.

- Joan Allen

"Dennis is very, very sad. I`ve never heard him sound so sad. I got the feeling he hasn`t slept recently. He`s devastated just by the thought of any separation mostly because they have a son. He`s very concerned about the effects on his son." - about the separation of Dennis Quaid from Meg Ryan.

- P.J. Soles

My father`s death, my move, and my frightening and difficult delivery created a tremendous amount of stress, pain, and sadness for me. I was practically devastated beyond recovery.

- Brooke Shields

I have watched people who have nothing to do with the film business, but who have become part of the circle for a short period of time. They can be truly devastated when the film wraps and people leave.

- Jacqueline Bisset

I also experienced serious rejection. I auditioned for dozens of commercials, for example, but was never chosen. That might have devastated other children, but somehow my attitude was `well if I don`t get this one, I`ll get the next`. Looking back, I see I had a built-in toughness.

- Janet Jackson

I don`t read reviews because if they`re bad I`m devastated and if they`re good I get a big head.

- Kim Cattrall

I was just frigging devastated, it was a real sad day. I don`t get how people can have all these facts and still turn away from them. 9/11 was too ambiguous. You couldn`t prove how the government was somehow in on the deal. You could say, `Oh that`s just Michael Moore`. New Orleans was undeniable irresponsibility.

- Madonna

I think I`ve drawn from some of the most feminine women, like Jackie Kennedy. I am totally devastated that she`s gone. She had it all.

- Sandra Bernhard

The reaction of the fans being on the field and then seeing how you kind of want it to come out, then seeing the exact opposite all in a matter of minutes. People were pretty shocked and devastated.

- Brady Quinn

We`re not devastated. It`s definitely at lot tougher, but as long as you have a mathematical chance, anything can happen. We can catch fire and that`s what we need to do.

- Jimmy Rollins

To not sing with an orchestra, to not be able to communicate through my voice, which I`ve done all my life, and not to be able to phrase lyrics and give people that kind of joy, I think I would be totally devastated.

- Barbara Walters

Shocked and devastated. I`ll have to start all over again. I had no idea my room was one that was affected until I walked in this morning.

- Nancy Allen

I feel like it`s what God wants me to do. I know how it feels and how devastated people can be.

- Betty White

Everything in life comes to an end. I`ve known loss. I`ve lost my husband, I`ve lost friends. When my husband died, I was devastated.

- Doris Roberts

We are standing ready shoulder to shoulder to assist people that are coming here that have been devastated by the hurricane.

- Jeff Brooks

(As a result, Nagin himself has become part of the debate over how best to rebuild the devastated Big Easy. Critics suggest the qualities that endeared him to Orleanians before Katrina, among them his political inexperience and his shoot-from-the-hip approach, make him the wrong man for the massive, labyrinthine job ahead. But his supporters, especially members of the business community, say the reconstruction project offers Nagin, 49, a chance to dramatically change not only New Orleans` skyline but also the more larcenous and dysfunctional side of its free wheeling culture.) I`m still high on him, ... He`s the right leader to bring the city back?especially when you consider that the corrupt old guard could try to exploit this disaster and come back into power.

- Mark Lewis

Field of Dreams is the only movie - and I saw it in the theater - on an afternoon when I was on location somewhere, and there were like 12 people in the theater. I was just so devastated; I couldn`t get out of my seat. And I sat and watched it a second time.

- Paul Reiser

The destruction of that area has devastated both our property tax and sales tax,

- Richard Bennett

We`re both devastated. We`ve actually been in shock for the last few days since Maurice was taken ill, and so this has all gone too fast for us.

- Robin Gibb

Some 90,000 square miles of the Gulf Coast was devastated by the hurricane, and it seems so hard to imagine where to start any relief effort, especially in low and moderate income communities, ... The opportunity to adopt a community like Kenner gives a focused structure to directly provide assistance on an ongoing basis.

- David Roberts

I was with a famous comedian when a young fan walked up and asked for an autograph. The comedian blew him off. I`ll never forget the look on the young boy`s face. He was devastated.

- Louie Anderson

(Johnston`s neighbors decided to weather the storm because they believed it would be similar to what they`d experienced in 1969 with Hurricane Camille.) Camille had strong winds of 200 mph, but it was much smaller, ... People who lived through both told me this one was much worse. This hurricane moved slow and devastated everything.

- Jim Johnston

(And if seeing the devastation wasn`t bad enough, Johnston continued to worry about a friend whom he couldn`t reach.) My friend lived closer to the water. Last I heard from him, he said he`d made a mistake staying; the water was rising and it was too late to leave, ... A woman I know went down to see the area, and it`s devastated. I haven`t heard from Dave since.

- Jim Johnston

I mean, I felt terrible. And in the beginning, I mean, I was completely devastated. I mean, can you imagine the kind of guilt that you would feel, and the responsibility?

- Monica Lewinsky

All those low-lying areas are just devastated.

- Michael Brown

We are all devastated. She was ill for some time but she just passed away peacefully. She is a big part of my life and she has now gone. I will be coming to the funeral on Tuesday and that will be an emotional occasion.

- Michelle Bass

I remember writing `I want to act` on my bed in lipstick. I think I told my mum I wanted to be an actress and she said I needed an agent to do that. I must have said: `Well, I`m going to get one` - and I think that`s why. She was devastated. She said: `Please don`t be an actress, be a doctor or lawyer.` But I was very tunnel-visioned about it all. I`m an only child and I spent a lot of time alone. I played a lot of imaginary games. I just wanted to dress up and be weird, I suppose.

- Jemima Rooper

The American people have seen so much damage they are saturated. There may not have been much incentive for people to get down to these little towns. But for the people down here who are totally devastated, they feel left out and ignored, as if their story hasn`t been told.

- Charles Gibson

This was an horrendous, totally irresponsible piece of dangerous driving. It has taken the lives of two young men and devastated the lives of family and friends. No sentence can bring back the young lives which have been lost.

- Richard Brown

This is a big blow. He`s devastated after all of this.

- Jim Dunn

Over 50% of Americans don`t agree with the administration (of President `George W. Bush`); that`s a lot of people. But they don`t get the press. I know myself and my friends in New York were devastated after the last election (2004). We could hardly stand up it was so devastating. And those are the people that I`m around a fair amount.

- Joan Allen

I decided not to rebuild right away, ... It was a devastated area.

- Tom Anderson

They took me to the World Series and sent me a letter and said a lot of people would be getting rings, and I thought I`d be one of them, ... But I`m devastated I didn`t get the ring. I don`t want it to be sour grapes about the thing. It`s just that everything went so well, and the final step would have been to give me a ring. I had it earmarked for my grandson.

- Charles Carroll

It`s almost to the point that we need election observers. The limits we have now are almost the same as in a developing society: an economic infrastructure that`s been devastated and various factions trying to seize political control and influence.

- Gary Clark

(On television) they were only showing one place, and that`s because New Orleans was the most devastated. We didn`t know about our house until a neighbor told us.

- Megan Edwards

There`s no country in the world that`s more devastated from natural resources than Afghanistan.

- Jim Fowler

We didn`t do anything wrong, but among the lessons learned, given the magnitude of the problems we now face in Afghanistan, a major U.S. force on the ground would convince the world we were in for the long-haul recovery of a country devastated by 21 years of warfare.

- Alexander Haig

Rural communities can just be devastated,

- Randy Harris

We`re devastated by this. We don`t know why it happened, we`ll probably never know.

- James Lee

Everybody`s scattered to the wind. It is kind of a crazy time. So we can come together a couple times for concerts. It is great getting to see everybody again. You kind of realize the spirit of the city is not devastated like it may look physically. It is alive in the music, musicians and the people.

- Peter Martin

I couldn`t walk down any street in Britain without being laughed at. It was a nightmare. My children were devastated because their dad was a figure of ridicule.

- David Icke

This is the first time when we can touch people when they have been devastated.

- Tim Cox

My wife had taken off on a plane. Two airplanes had crashed into the World Trade Center. I, of course, like any other person, felt potentially devastated, panicky a little bit.

- Ted Olson

The town was devastated, its livelihood ruined,

- Mohammed Hassan