Quotes by Tragedy What quarrel, what harshness, what unbelief in each other can subsist in the presence of a great calamity, when all the artificial vesture of our life is gone, and we are all one with each other in primitive mortal needs? George Eliot tragedygoneneeds I think it's the tragedy of our time that we're not aware of the affect of the manner in which we've adopted tools. Those tools have become who we are. Godfrey Reggio toolstragedythinking History is moving, and it will tend toward hope, or tend toward tragedy. George W. Bush tragedyhopemoving You know, honestly - look, I'm not a journalist. This is the first, you know, tragedy that I have covered on the air. Glenn Beck tragedyairfirsts Envy is a horrible thing. It is unlike all other kinds of suffering in that there is no disguising it, no elevating it into tragedy. It is more than merely painful, it is disgusting. George Orwell envytragedysuffering There are two great tragedies in life: one is to fail to achieve one's grandest ambitions, and the other one is to succeed. Graham T. Allison tragedyambitiontwo It's a walk of remembrance, a commemorative event for the victims of the twin towers, Pentagon, and Pennsylvania, ... We must reflect on the tragedy of that day and the events that have unfolded from it, and recommit to the ideals of freedom that epitomize our country and our vow to never forget. Greg Hicks remembrancetragedycountry Life is never static. Despite catastrophic tragedies, life has persisted in evolving new varieties of unimaginable forms. I find comfort in the narrative of evolutionary history. Greg Graffin narrativetragedycomfort We all have to go through hard times. Tragedies. Those are given to us to see what we're going to do with them. Gwen Stefani hard-timesgiventragedy Imagine, there is almost no possibility for a foreign language film to be distributed in America right now. That doesn't just make the industry poorer, it makes the landscape of cinema poorer, in America. The impossibility to get a good release on a really good European, Latin American, Asian movie is a tragedy. Guillermo del Toro tragedylatinamerica Our sense of the tragic waxes and wanes with our sensuality. Friedrich Nietzsche tragicsensualitytragedy Is not wounded vanity the mother of all tragedies? Friedrich Nietzsche vanitytragedymother Always be comic in a tragedy. What the deuce else can you do? Gilbert K. Chesterton deucescomictragedy Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator, and not infrequently they actually have comic touches to the victim. Happiness probably consists largely in the capacity to detect and relish them. A man who can laugh, if only at himself, is never really miserable. H. L. Mencken tragedylaughingmen One-man-one-vote combined with "free entry" into government-democracy--implies that every person and his personal property comes within reach of-and is up for grabs by-everyone else: a "tragedy of the commons" is created. Hans-Hermann Hoppe democracytragedymen Somehow even tragedies seem less tragical, when you are the actors in them, than they look to outsiders Hannah Whitall Smith actorstragedylooks Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher. Harlan Coben helltragedyteacher Newspapers have developed what might be called a vested interest in catastrophe. If they can spot a fight, they play up that fight. If they can uncover a tragedy, they will headline that tragedy. Harry Allen Overstreet fightingtragedyplay You can perceive life as tragic, or you can laugh at the tragedy of it and that turns it into comedy. It doesn't change the circumstances. Harold Ramis comedytragedylaughing God, who neither causes nor prevents tragedies, helps by inspiring people to help. Harold S. Kushner causestragedypeople«1516171819202122232425»
