But that's the truth about my knowledge; it's not actually true that one of those objects could really meet with the calamity while the other does not because they are in fact the same object.

It not only causes us to be unhappy, but can strain or ruin relationships, distract us from work and family and other important things, make us reluctant to open up to new things and people.

A century and a half later we find ourselves in the world he anticipated, where everyone's life is experimental and provisional, and sudden ruin can happen at any time.

Every action you do every day builds your life or, conversely, helps to destroy it.

Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

What if you knew it would be a week from next Sunday?

3D Realms was using contractors on Duke Nuke’em Forever at the time, but when they got wind of Tryptych’s progress , they approached Gearbox to help finish the PC and game console versions.

For some people, fame kills it and becomes more important than the music or the performance.

Look at the movies that we see all the time. It's easy to imagine the end of the world. An asteroid destroying all life and so on.

Physicians and other caregivers typically go into medicine with the honorable and noble goal of helping people. So when our judgment is questioned, it can be devastating.

If your brain rages beyond that, you can diffuse it by acknowledging its request and explaining in detail why it could be devastating were you to honor it.

Such was the ruin to which she had brought the man, once- nay, why should we not speak it?- still so passionately loved!

Since the beloved is a major source of happiness, this person is also a major threat to our happiness: more than anyone else, the beloved can ruin our happiness.

Others didn't know what was happening and talked and laughed, not knowing the impending destruction hitting the nation.

The main goals are to be on time, within budget and deliver quality; a combination that can be impossible to plan and achieve and can be devastating for some project managers.

Their circulation of the ball is spectacular and the final pass from midfield is like a penalty for anyone else.

There is no evidence that they saw the calendar and a world age ending in either transcendence or catastrophe on December 21, 2012.

In spite of the fact that our rivers really need to be cremated, I do believe that we have solutions.

For all I know one of the objects could meet with the calamity while the other one survives, yes that's true.

During most of human history, we simply did not have the ability to destroy the human race, and we probably still don’t have that ability today.