Fritz Kreisler
Fritz Kreisler

The outbreak of the war found my wife and me in Switzerland, where we were taking a cure.

Godfrey Hounsfield
Godfrey Hounsfield

Aeroplanes interested me, and at the outbreak of the Second World War, I joined the RAF as a volunteer reservist. I took the opportunity of studying the books which the RAF made available for radio mechanics and looked forward to an interesting course in radio.

Gord Downie
Gord Downie

Ultimately with our band, it's word of mouth. It seems to be the largest cause of The Hip outbreak - if we can align ourselves with a virus.

Hendrik Poinar
Hendrik Poinar

Every outbreak across the globe today stems from a descendant of the medieval plague.

James Meade
James Meade

After the outbreak of war, in April 1940, we left Geneva with our three children aged 4 years, 2 years and 2 weeks only to become part of the disordered refugee crowds fleeing across France from the German army.

John Schlesinger
John Schlesinger

I'll never forget the first screening at the Berlin Film Festival. As soon as the film ended there was an outbreak of booing, which made us look at each other with some surprise.

Junot Díaz
Junot Díaz

I'm one of those apocalyptics. From the start of my immigrant days, I've been fascinated by end-of-the-world stories, by outbreak narratives, and always wanted to set a world-ender on Hispaniola.

Karl Abraham
Karl Abraham

A considerable number of persons are able to protect themselves against the outbreak of serious neurotic phenomena only through intense work.

Marjorie Liu
Marjorie Liu

We imagine 'the end' as a world-devastating event, but every time there's a terrible earthquake, a tsunami, an outbreak of disease - that's apocalyptic, on a micro-scale.

Michael C. Burgess
Michael C. Burgess

To be able to detect the outbreak of avian flu anywhere in the world is going to require a partnership of several countries that will share information and samples, but it is important to remember a threat anywhere is a threat everywhere.