Quotes by Tragedy In an environment in which tragedy is genuine and frequent, laughter is essential to sanity. Laura Bohannan laughteressentialstragedy This is a nation tragedy, of course - that we've changed from a society to an audience. Kurt Vonnegut audiencechangedtragedy If we lacked imagination enough to foresee something better, life would indeed be a tragedy. Laurence J. Peter tragedyimaginationenough I could croak with no warning, and the only tragedy anyone would experience would be showing up on the last day of my estate sale simply to discover that all remaining items had copious amounts of dog hair on them. Laurie Notaro tragedydoghair It's easy enough to predict that there will be conflict, but you place yourself in a maelstrom when you offer a view about the conflict, and I don't have an investment in one side or the other; I feel compassion for both sides. I've spent a fair amount of time in Gaza and Israel, done a lot of reporting and lived over there, and the tragedy is sometimes overwhelming. At the same time, America does have an investment in what happens. Lawrence Wright tragedydonecompassion I have been asked whether I would agree that the tragedy of the scientist is that he is able to bring about great advances in our knowledge, which mankind may then proceed to use for purposes of destruction. My answer is that this is not the tragedy of the scientist; it is the tragedy of mankind. Leo Szilard tragedyscienceknowledge The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint. Leon Bloy sadnesstragedyreal Satire is tragedy plus time. Lenny Bruce satirehuman-naturetragedy The great tragedy of atheists is that they walk through this world and have no one to thank. Leo Tolstoy tragedyatheistworld In my life, I've dealt with tragedy. Leona Lewis tragedy And those who only know the non-platonic love have no need to talk of tragedy. In such love there can be no sort of tragedy. Leo Tolstoy platonic-lovetragedyneeds The tragedy in our colleges and seminaries right now is that we turn men out who know the word of God. That is never going to turn the world. Leonard Ravenhill tragedycollegemen When men are oppressed, it's a tragedy. When women are oppressed, it's tradition. Letty Cottin Pogrebin bad-asstragedymen It's so laughable that it's somewhere beyond comedy and right into tragedy again. Libba Bray laughablecomedytragedy Jacian Obregon. It sounds like a melody. Or a tragedy. Lisa McMann melodytragedysound Isn't it funny how the people least impacted by tragedy are the most eager to move on? Lisa Unger tragedypeoplemoving This is not a museum of tragedy. It is not the museum of difficult moments. It is the museum that says -here is a balanced history of America that allows us to cry and smile. Lonnie Bunch crymomentstragedy It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist, as it is of the great scientist, that he frightens the ordinary man. Loren Eiseley tragedymenart All tragedies are finished by a death, All comedies are ended by a marriage. Lord Byron funny-marriagecomedytragedy There is a design and a purpose for each of our lives. Living unaware of that is sad, but dying unaware of it is a tragedy. Lou Engle designdyingtragedy«2627282930313233343536»
